2016MNRAS.463.2932M

Query : 2016MNRAS.463.2932M

2016MNRAS.463.2932M - Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 463, 2932-2938 (2016/December-2)

Searching for the optical counterparts of two young γ-ray pulsars.

MIGNANI R.P., TESTA V., MARELLI M., DE LUCA A., PIERBATTISTA M., RAZZANO M., SALVETTI D., BELFIORE A., SHEARER A. and MORAN P.

Abstract (from CDS):

We report on the first deep optical observations of two γ-ray pulsars, both among the very first discovered by the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. The two pulsars are the radio-loud PSR J1907+0602 in the TeV pulsar wind nebula (PWN) MGRO J1908+06 and the radio-quiet PSR J1809-2332 in the 'Taz' radio/X-ray PWN. These pulsars are relatively young and energetic and have been both detected in the X-rays by XMM-Newton, which makes them viable targets for optical observations. We observed the pulsar fields in the B and V bands with the Very Large Telescope (VLT) in 2015 June/July to search for their optical counterparts. Neither of the two pulsars has been detected down to 3σ limiting magnitudes of mv ∼ 26.9 and ∼27.6 for PSR J1907+0602 and PSR J1809-2332, respectively. We discuss these results in the framework of the multiwavelength emission properties of pulsars.

Abstract Copyright: © 2016 The Authors Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society

Journal keyword(s): stars: neutron - stars: neutron

Simbad objects: 16

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Number of rows : 16
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA 		ICRS (J2000)
DEC 		Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2026 		#notes
1 PSR J0205+6449 Psr 02 05 37.92 +64 49 42.8           ~ 268 1
2 NAME LMC G 05 23 34.6 -69 45 22     0.4     ~ 19090 0
3 V* CM Tau Psr 05 34 31.9474694616 +22 00 52.153698024           ~ 5476 0
4 PSR J0537-6910 Psr 05 37 46.66 -69 10 17.1           ~ 309 1
5 PSR B0540-69 Psr 05 40 11.2000490438 -69 19 54.198559829           ~ 976 3
6 NAME Vela Pulsar Psr 08 35 20.65525 -45 10 35.1545     15.10     ~ 2446 1
7 PSR J1028-5819 Psr 10 28 27.888 -58 19 06.14           ~ 122 1
8 PSR B1046-58 Psr 10 48 13.10000 -58 32 03.0000           ~ 293 0
9 PSR J1357-6429 Psr 13 57 02.525 -64 29 29.89           ~ 171 1
10 PSR J1741-2054 Psr 17 41 57.282 -20 54 04.11           ~ 123 1
11 SNR G007.5-01.7 SNR 18 09 -23.3           ~ 15 0
12 PSR J1809-2332 Psr 18 09 50.250 -23 32 22.68     21.47 19.61 17.48 M5 103 0
13 LDN 227 DNe 18 10.1 -23 39           ~ 14 0
14 SNR G040.5-00.5 SNR 19 07.2 +06 31           ~ 97 0
15 PSR J1907+06 Psr 19 07 54.751 +06 02 15.79           ~ 147 0
16 ARGO J1907+0627 gam 19 08 12.24 +06 23 30.8           ~ 94 0

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