Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Scientific paper
2010-06-02
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Submitted for publication to ApJ. 45 pages, 19 images, 8 tables. A version with higher resolution images is available from f
Scientific paper
We have systematically studied the X-ray emission properties of globular cluster millisecond pulsars in order to evaluate their spectral properties and luminosities in a uniform way. Cross-correlating the radio timing positions of the cluster pulsars with the high resolution Chandra images revealed 31 X-ray counterparts identified in nine different globular cluster systems, including those in 47 Tuc. Timing analysis has been performed for all sources corresponding to the temporal resolution available in the archival Chandra data. Making use of unpublished data on M28, M4 and NGC 6752 allowed us to obtain further constraints for the millisecond pulsar counterparts located in these clusters. Counting rate and energy flux upper limits were computed for those 36 pulsars for which no X-ray counterparts could be detected. Comparing the X-ray and radio pulse profiles of PSR J1821-2452 in M28 and the 47 Tuc pulsars PSR J0024-7204D,O,R indicated some correspondence between both wavebands. The X-ray efficiency of the globular cluster millisecond pulsars was found to be in good agreement with the efficiency Lx ~ 10^-3 Edot observed in Galactic field rotation-powered pulsars. Millisecond pulsars in the galactic plane and in globular clusters appear to show no distinct differences in their X-ray emission properties.
Becker Walter
Huang Haifeng
Prinz Tobias
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