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1998A&A...335L..21S - Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 335L21-24 (1998/7-1)

Possible pulsed optical emission from Geminga.

SHEARER A., GOLDEN A., HARFST S., BUTLER R., REDFERN R.M., O'SULLIVAN C.M.M., BESKIN G.M., NEIZVESTNY S.I., NEUSTROEV V.V., PLOKHOTNICHENKO V.L., CULLUM M. and DANKS A.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present optical data which suggests that G", the optical counterpart of the γ-ray pulsar Geminga, possibly pulses in B with a period of 0.237 seconds. The similarity between the optical pulse shape and the γ-ray light curve indicates that a large fraction of the optical emission is non-thermal in origin - contrary to recent suggestions based upon the total optical flux. The derived magnitude of the pulsed emission is mB=26.0±0.4. Whilst it is not possible to give an accurate figure for the pulsed fraction (due to variations in the sky background) we can give an 1σ upper limit of mB≃27 for the unpulsed fraction.

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Journal keyword(s): pulsars: individual (Geminga) - techniques: 2-d photon-counting detectors

Simbad objects: 4

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