An extremely bright gamma-ray pulsar in the Large Magellanic Cloud
Ackermann M, Albert A, Baldini L, Ballet J, Barbiellini G, Barbieri C, Bastieri D, Bellazzini R, Bissaldi E, Bonino R, Bottacini E, Brandt TJ, Bregeon J, Bruel P, Buehler R, Caliandro GA, Cameron RA, Caraveo PA, Cecchi C, Charles E, Chekhtman A, Cheung CC, Chiang J, Chiaro G, Ciprini S, Cohen-Tanugi J, Cuoco A, Cutini S, D'Ammando F, De Palma F, Desiante R, Digel SW, Di Venere L, Drell PS, Favuzzi C, Fegan SJ, Ferrara EC, Franckowiak A, Funk S, Fusco P, Gargano F, Gasparrini D, Giglietto N, Giordano F, Godfrey G, Grenier IA, Grondin MH, Grove JE, Guillemot L, Guiriec S, Hagiwara K, Harding AK, Hays E, Hewitt JW, Hill AB, Horan D, Johnson TJ, Knoediseder J, Kuss M, Larsson S, Latronico L, Lemoine-Goumard M, Li J, Li L, Longo F, Loparco F, Lovellette MN, Lubrano P, Maldera S, Manfreda A, Marshall F, Martin P, Mayer M, Mazziotta MN, Michelson PF, Mirabal N, Mizuno T, Monzani ME, Morselli A, Moskalenko IV, Murgia S, Naletto G, Nuss E, Ohsugi T, Orienti M, Orlando E, Paneque D, Pesce-Rollins M, Piron F, Pivato G, Porter TA, Raino S, Rando R, Razzano M, Reimer A, Reimer O, Reposeur T, Romani RW, Parkinson PMS, Schulz A, Sgro C, Siskind EJ, Smith DA, Spada F, Spandre G, Spinelli P, Suson DJ, Takahashi HH, Thayer JB, Thompson DJ, Tibaldo L, Torres DF, Uchiyama Y, Vianello G, Wood KS, Wood M, Zampieri L (2015)
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2015
Journal
Book Volume: 350
Pages Range: 801-805
Journal Issue: 6262
Abstract
Pulsars are rapidly spinning, highly magnetized neutron stars, created in the gravitational collapse of massive stars. We report the detection of pulsed giga-electron volt gamma rays from the young pulsar PSR J0540-6919 in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. This is the first gamma-ray pulsar detected in another galaxy. It has the most luminous pulsed gamma-ray emission yet observed, exceeding the Crab pulsar's by a factor of 20. PSR J0540-6919 presents an extreme test case for understanding the structure and evolution of neutron star magnetospheres.
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National Institute for Astrophysics / Istituto Nazionale Astrofisica (INAF)
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University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
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University of Padua / Universita degli Studi di Padova
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National Institute for Nuclear Physics / Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN)
Italy (IT)
University of Montpellier / Université Montpellier
France (FR)
National Institute for Astrophysics / Istituto Nazionale Astrofisica (INAF)
Italy (IT)
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
Germany (DE)
Université Bordeaux 1, Sciences et Technologies
France (FR)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
United States (USA) (US)
University of Bari Aldo Moro / Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro
Italy (IT)
University of Paris 7 - Denis Diderot / Université Paris VII Denis Diderot
France (FR)
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
United States (USA) (US)
University of California Irvine
United States (USA) (US)
NYCB Real-Time Computing, Inc.
United States (USA) (US)
National Center for Scientific Research / Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)
France (FR)
École Polytechnique - Université Paris-Saclay
France (FR)
Purdue University Northwest / Purdue University Calumet
United States (USA) (US)
University of California Santa Cruz
United States (USA) (US)
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) / National Research Council of Italy
Italy (IT)
Hiroshima University / 広島大学
Japan (JP)
Royal Institute of Technology / Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (KTH)
Sweden (SE)
George Mason University
United States (USA) (US)
University of Orléans / Université d'Orléans
France (FR)
Spanish National Research Council / Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Spain (ES)
University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
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University of Padua / Universita degli Studi di Padova
Italy (IT)
How to cite
APA:
Ackermann, M., Albert, A., Baldini, L., Ballet, J., Barbiellini, G., Barbieri, C.,... Zampieri, L. (2015). An extremely bright gamma-ray pulsar in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Science, 350(6262), 801-805. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aac7400
MLA:
Ackermann, Markus, et al. "An extremely bright gamma-ray pulsar in the Large Magellanic Cloud." Science 350.6262 (2015): 801-805.
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