DETECTION OF THE ENERGETIC PULSAR PSR B1509-58 AND ITS PULSAR WIND NEBULA IN MSH 15-52 USING THE FERMI-LARGE AREA TELESCOPE

Abdo AA, Ackermann M, Ajello M, Allafort A, Asano K, Baldini L, Ballet J, Barbiellini G, Baring MG, Bastieri D, Bechtol K, Bellazzini R, Berenji B, Blandford RD, Bloom ED, Bonamente E, Borgland AW, Bregeon J, Brez A, Brigida M, Bruel P, Buson S, Caliandro GA, Cameron RA, Camilo F, Caraveo PA, Carrigan S, Casandjian JM, Cecchi C, Celik O, Chekhtman A, Cheung CC, Chiang J, Ciprini S, Claus R, Cohen-Tanugi J, Conrad J, Den Hartog PR, Dermer CD, De Luca A, De Palma F, Dormody M, Do Couto E Silva E, Drell PS, Dubois R, Dumora D, Farnier C, Favuzzi C, Fegan SJ, Ferrara EC, Focke WB, Frailis M, Fukazawa Y, Funk S, Fusco P, Gargano F, Gehrels N, Germani S, Giglietto N, Giordano F, Glanzman T, Godfrey G, Gotthelf EV, Grenier IA, Grondin MH, Grove JE, Guillemot L, Guiriec S, Hanabata Y, Harding AK, Hays E, Hobbs G, Horan D, Hughes RE, Johannesson G, Johnson AS, Johnson TJ, Johnson WN, Johnston S, Kamae T, Kanai Y, Kanbach G, Katagiri H, Kataoka J, Kawai N, Keith M, Kerr M, Knoedlseder J, Kuss MW, Lande J, Latronico L, Lemoine-Goumard M, Garde ML, Longo F, Loparco F, Lott B, Lovellette MN, Lubrano P, Makeev A, Manchester RN, Marelli M, Mazziotta MN, Mcenery JE, Michelson PF, Mitthumsiri W, Mizuno T, Moiseev AA, Monte C, Monzani ME, Morselli A, Moskalenko IV, Murgia S, Nakamori T, Nolan PL, Norris JP, Nuss E, Ohno M, Ohsugi T, Omodei N, Orlando E, Ormes JF, Paneque D, Panetta JH, Parent D, Pelassa V, Pepe M, Pesce-Rollins M, Piron F, Porter TA, Raino S, Rando R, Razzano M, Rea N, Reimer A, Reimer O, Reposeur T, Rodriguez AY, Romani RW, Roth M, Ryde F, Sadrozinski HFW, Sander A, Parkinson PMS, Sgro C, Siskind EJ, Smith DA, Smith PD, Spandre G, Spinelli P, Starck JL, Strickman MS, Suson DJ, Takahashi HH, Takahashi T, Tanaka T, Thayer JB, Thayer JG, Thompson DJ, Thorsett SE, Tibaldo L, Torres DF, Tosti G, Tramacere A, Uchiyama Y, Usher TL, Vasileiou V, Venter C, Vilchez N, Vitale V, Waite AP, Wang P, Weltevrede P, Winer BL, Wood KS, Yang Z, Ylinen T, Ziegler M (2010)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2010

Journal

Book Volume: 714

Pages Range: 927-936

Journal Issue: 1

DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/714/1/927

Abstract

We report the detection of high-energy gamma-ray emission from the young and energetic pulsar PSR B1509-58 and its pulsar wind nebula (PWN) in the composite supernova remnant G320.4-1.2 (aka MSH 15-52). Using 1 yr of survey data with the Fermi-Large Area Telescope (LAT), we detected pulsations from PSR B1509-58 up to 1 GeV and extended gamma-ray emission above 1 GeV spatially coincident with the PWN. The pulsar light curve presents two peaks offset from the radio peak by phases 0.96 +/- 0.01 and 0.33 +/- 0.02. New constraining upper limits on the pulsar emission are derived below 1 GeV and confirm a severe spectral break at a few tens of MeV. The nebular spectrum in the 1-100 GeV energy range is well described by a power law with a spectral index of (1.57 +/- 0.17 +/- 0.13) and a flux above 1 GeV of (2.91 +/- 0.79 +/- 1.35) x 10(-9) cm(-2) s(-1). The first errors represent the statistical errors on the fit parameters, while the second ones are the systematic uncertainties. The LAT spectrum of the nebula connects nicely with Cherenkov observations, and indicates a spectral break between GeV and TeV energies.

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U.S. Naval Research Laboratory United States (USA) (US) Stanford University United States (USA) (US) Tokyo Institute of Technology Japan (JP) National Institute for Nuclear Physics / Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) Italy (IT) University of Paris 7 - Denis Diderot / Université Paris VII Denis Diderot France (FR) Rice University United States (USA) (US) Politecnico di Bari Italy (IT) École Polytechnique - Université Paris-Saclay France (FR) Spanish National Research Council / Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) Spain (ES) Columbia University United States (USA) (US) National Institute for Astrophysics / Istituto Nazionale Astrofisica (INAF) Italy (IT) University of Padua / Universita degli Studi di Padova Italy (IT) Università degli Studi di Perugia Italy (IT) University of Montpellier / Université Montpellier France (FR) Stockholm University / Stockholms universitet Sweden (SE) Istituto Universitario Di Studi Superiori Di Pavia Italy (IT) University of California Santa Cruz United States (USA) (US) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) United States (USA) (US) University of Udine / Università degli Studi di Udine Italy (IT) Hiroshima University / 広島大学 Japan (JP) National Center for Scientific Research / Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) France (FR) Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Australia (AU) University of Denver United States (USA) (US) University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) United States (USA) (US) Ohio State University United States (USA) (US) Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik (MPE) / Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics Germany (DE) Waseda University / 早稲田大学 Japan (JP) University of Washington United States (USA) (US) Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier France (FR) Japan Aerospace eXploration Agency (JAXA) Japan (JP) George Mason University United States (USA) (US) AlbaNova University Centre / Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan AlbaNova Universitetscentrum Sweden (SE) NYCB Real-Time Computing, Inc. United States (USA) (US) Purdue University Northwest / Purdue University Calumet United States (USA) (US) Noordwes-Universiteit / North-West University South Africa (ZA) University of Manchester United Kingdom (GB)

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APA:

Abdo, A.A., Ackermann, M., Ajello, M., Allafort, A., Asano, K., Baldini, L.,... Ziegler, M. (2010). DETECTION OF THE ENERGETIC PULSAR PSR B1509-58 AND ITS PULSAR WIND NEBULA IN MSH 15-52 USING THE FERMI-LARGE AREA TELESCOPE. Astrophysical Journal, 714(1), 927-936. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/714/1/927

MLA:

Abdo, A. A., et al. "DETECTION OF THE ENERGETIC PULSAR PSR B1509-58 AND ITS PULSAR WIND NEBULA IN MSH 15-52 USING THE FERMI-LARGE AREA TELESCOPE." Astrophysical Journal 714.1 (2010): 927-936.

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