Constraints on the steady and pulsed very high energy Gamma-Ray emission from observations of PSR B1951+32/CTB 80 with the MAGIC Telescope
We report on very high energy γ-ray observations with the MAGIC Telescope of the pulsar PSR B1951+32 and its associated nebula, CTB 80. Our data constrain the cutoff energy of the pulsar to be less than 32 GeV, assuming the pulsed γ-ray emission to be exponentially cut off. In the case that the cuto...
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| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Estado: | Versão publicada |
| Data de publicação: | 2007 |
| País: | España |
| Recursos: | Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya) |
| Repositório: | Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:recercat.cat:2445/150832 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://hdl.handle.net/2445/150832 |
| Access Level: | Acceso aberto |
| Palavra-chave: | Astronomia de raigs gamma Observacions astronòmiques Acceleradors de partícules Púlsars Gamma ray astronomy Astronomical observations Particle accelerators Pulsars |
| Resumo: | We report on very high energy γ-ray observations with the MAGIC Telescope of the pulsar PSR B1951+32 and its associated nebula, CTB 80. Our data constrain the cutoff energy of the pulsar to be less than 32 GeV, assuming the pulsed γ-ray emission to be exponentially cut off. In the case that the cutoff follows a superexponential behavior, the cutoff energy can be as high as ~60 GeV. The upper limit on the flux of pulsed γ-ray emission above 75 GeV is 4.3 × 10-11 photons cm-2 s-1, and the upper limit on the flux of steady emission above 140 GeV is 1.5 × 10-11 photons cm-2 s-1. We discuss our results in the framework of recent model predictions and other studies. |
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