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Low-energy and medium-energy gamma rays from PSR 0531 + 21Results are presented from the Crab Pulsar PSR 0531 + 21 for energies of 0.3-30 MeV. For energies of 1-30 MeV, the absolute phase and separation of the first and second pulses 12.9 + or - 0.3 ms, widths of the pulses 2.2 + or - 0.5 ms FWHM, and 1.6 + or - 0.4 ms FWHM, ratio of the counts in the second to the first pulse 0.64 + or - 0.33 and ratio of counts in the interpulse region to the total pulsed counts 0.17 + or - 0.30 are compared to te results vor energies, E greater than 50 MeV and their variations with time. Values from the phase plots for E greater than 0.3 MeV are compared with low-energy gamma rays during 1970 through 1980 from several experiments with energies from about 20 to 360 keV. The above suggest different production mechanisms for low- and high-energy gamma rays with a transition at about 1 MeV. Derived fluxes from 0.3 to 30 MeV confirm a previously derived power law.
Document ID
19860035589
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
White, R. S.
(California Univ. Riverside, CA, United States)
Sweeney, W.
(California Univ. Riverside, CA, United States)
Tumer, T.
(California Univ. Riverside, CA, United States)
Zych, A.
(California, University Riverside, United States)
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
December 1, 1985
Publication Information
Publication: Astrophysical Journal, Part 2 - Letters to the Editor
Volume: 299
ISSN: 0004-637X
Subject Category
Astrophysics
Accession Number
86A20327
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NGR-05-008-022
Distribution Limits
Public
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