Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Scientific paper
2011-01-11
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
8 pages, 5 figures, to appear in the Proceedings of the Pulsar Conference 2010, Chia (Italy), 10-15 October 2010
Scientific paper
The AGILE gamma-ray satellite provides large sky exposure levels ($\geq 10^9$ cm$^2$ s per year on the Galactic Plane) with sensitivity peaking at $E\sim$100 MeV where the bulk of pulsar energy output is typically released. Its $\sim$1 $\mu$s absolute time tagging capability makes it perfectly suited for the study of gamma-ray pulsars. AGILE collected a large number of gamma-ray photons from EGRET pulsars ($\geq$40,000 pulsed counts for Vela) in two years of observations unveiling new interesting features at sub-millisecond level in the pulsars' high-energy light-curves, gamma-ray emission from pulsar glitches and Pulsar Wind Nebulae. AGILE detected about 20 nearby and energetic pulsars with good confidence through timing and/or spatial analysis. Among the newcomers we find pulsars with very high rotational energy losses, such as the remarkable PSR B1509--58 with a magnetic field in excess of 10$^{13}$ Gauss, and PSR J2229+6114 providing a reliable identification for the previously unidentified EGRET source 3EG 2227+6122. Moreover, the powerful millisecond pulsar B1821--24, in the globular cluster M28, is detected during a fraction of the observations.
AGILE Pulsar Working Group
AGILE Team Alberto Pellizzoni on behalf of the
Pilia Maura
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