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Fermi Large Area Telescope observations of PSR J1836+5925

Astrophysics of Galaxies 2015-05-18 v1

Abstract

The discovery of the gamma-ray pulsar PSR J1836+5925, powering the formerly unidentified EGRET source 3EG J1835+5918, was one of the early accomplishments of the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT). Sitting 25 degrees off the Galactic plane, PSR J1836+5925 is a 173 ms pulsar with a characteristic age of 1.8 million years, a spindown luminosity of 1.1×1034\times10^{34} erg s1^{-1}, and a large off-peak emission component, making it quite unusual among the known gamma-ray pulsar population. We present an analysis of one year of LAT data, including an updated timing solution, detailed spectral results and a long-term light curve showing no indication of variability. No evidence for a surrounding pulsar wind nebula is seen and the spectral characteristics of the off-peak emission indicate it is likely magnetospheric. Analysis of recent XMM observations of the X-ray counterpart yields a detailed characterization of its spectrum, which, like Geminga, is consistent with that of a neutron star showing evidence for both magnetospheric and thermal emission.

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@article{arxiv.1002.2977,
  title  = {Fermi Large Area Telescope observations of PSR J1836+5925},
  author = {The Fermi LAT Collaboration},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1002.2977},
  year   = {2015}
}

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Accepted to Astrophysical Journal