The Spectrum and the Light Curve of the Nearest Millisecond Pulsar

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Jul 2001

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HST Proposal ID #9098

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Hst Proposal Id #9098 Hot Stars

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PSR J0437-4715 is the nearest and the brightest millisecond {recycled} pulsar, and the only one that has been well studied at X-ray/EUV energies, where it has a strong pulsed signal. It is the most promising candidate for detecting the first optical counterpart of a millisecond pulsar. The HST has the unique ability to detect the cyclotron spectral line in the far UV from this weakly magnetized neutron star and to measure directly, for the first time, the magnetic field of a rotation-powered pulsar. The cyclotron line would be recognized by its sharp pulse profile in the FUV MAMA detector. The spectral and timing analysis of the far-UV continuum will allow us to study synchrotron radiation from the pulsar magnetosphere and thermal radiation from the surface of the neutron star. The magnetospheric and thermal components will be distinguished by their different pulse shapes and spectral slopes.

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