Physics
Scientific paper
May 1990
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990nascp3071..101k&link_type=abstract
In NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, The Energetic Gamma-Ray Experiment Telescope (EGRET) Science Symposium p 101-113 (SEE N90-
Physics
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Crab Nebula, Gamma Rays, Neutron Stars, Pulsars, Signature Analysis, X Rays, Emitters, Energy Spectra, Gamma Ray Observatory, Photons, Secular Variations
Scientific paper
The young pulsars in Crab and Vela were observed as very efficient emitters of high energy gamma radiation. While their radiation in the radio, optical, and x ray range was always known to differ considerably, the gamma ray emission on a superficial level appears quite similar: lightcurves with two narrow peaks, separated by 141 deg (Crab) and 153 deg (Vela) and photon energies in excess of 1 GeV with spectra that can be described by a power-law for Crab and a broken power-law for Vela. The detailed observations of these sources with the COS-B instrument, extending over nearly seven years, have revealed significant differences in the characteristics of the pulsars in the gamma-ray domain. Secular changes in the temporal (Crab) and spectral (Vela) properties above 50 MeV were found. These tantalizing signatures of the pulsar emission processes must now be explored in more detail and over a larger spectral range with the GRO (Gamma Ray Observatory) instruments in order to gain a deeper understanding of the physics of young neutron stars.
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