A Population of Gamma-Ray Millisecond Pulsars Seen with the Fermi Large Area Telescope

A.A. Abdo; Markus Ackermann; Marco Ajello; W. B. Atwood; Magnus Axelsson; Luca Baldini; Jean Ballet; Guido Barbiellini; M. G. Baring; D. Bastieri; B. M. Baughman; K. Bechtol; R. Bellazzini; B. Berenji; G. F. Bignami; R. D. Blandford; E. D. Bloom; E. Bonamente; A. W. Borgland; J. Bregeon; A. Brez; M. Brigida; Pascal Bruel; T. H. Burnett; G. A. Caliandro; R. A. Cameron; F. Camilo; P. A. Caraveo; P. Carlson; J. M. Casandjian; C. Cecchi; Ö. Celik; E. Charles; A. Chekhtman; C. C. Cheung; J. Chiang; S. Ciprini; R. Claus; Ismaël Cognard; J. Cohen-Tanugi; L. R. Cominsky; J. Conrad; R. Corbet; S. Cutini; C. D. Dermer; G. Desvignes; A. de Angelis; A. de Luca; F. de Palma; S. W. Digel; M. Dormody; E. Do Couto E Silva; P. S. Drell; R. Dubois; D. Dumora; Y. Edmonds; C. Farnier; C. Favuzzi; S. J. Fegan; W. B. Focke; M. Frailis; P. C. C. Freire; Y. Fukazawa; S. Funk; P. Fusco; F. Gargano; D. Gasparrini; N. Gehrels; S. Germani; B. Giebels; N. Giglietto; F. Giordano; T. Glanzman; G. Godfrey; I. A. Grenier; M. H. Grondin; J. E. Grove; L. Guillemot; S. Guiriec; Y. Hanabata; A. K. Harding; M. Hayashida; E. Hays; G. Hobbs; R. E. Hughes; G. Jóhannesson; A. S. Johnson; R. P. Johnson; T. J. Johnson; W. N. Johnson; S. Johnston; T. Kamae; H. Katagiri; J. Kataoka; N. Kawai; M. Kerr; Jürgen Knödlseder; M. L. Kocian; M. Kramer; M. Kuss; J. Lande; L. Latronico; M. Lemoine-Goumard; F. Longo; F. Loparco; B. Lott; M. N. Lovellette; P. Lubrano; G. M. Madejski; A. Makeev; R. N. Manchester; M. Marelli; M. N. Mazziotta; W. Mcconville; J. E. Mcenery; M. A. Mclaughlin; C. Meurer; P. F. Michelson; W. Mitthumsiri; T. Mizuno; A. A. Moiseev; C. Monte; M. E. Monzani; A. Morselli; I. V. Moskalenko; S. Murgia; P. L. Nolan; J. P. Norris; E. Nuss; T. Ohsugi; N. Omodei; E. Orlando; J. F. Ormes; D. Paneque; J. H. Panetta; D. Parent; V. Pelassa; M. Pepe; M. Pesce-Rollins; F. Piron; T.A. Porter; S. Rainò; R. Rando; S. M. Ransom; P. S. Ray; M. Razzano; N. Rea; A. Reimer; O. Reimer; T. Reposeur; S. Ritz; L. S. Rochester; A. Y. Rodriguez; R. W. Romani; M. Roth; F. Ryde; H. F.W. Sadrozinski; D. Sanchez; A. Sander; P. M. Saz Parkinson; J. D. Scargle; T. L. Schalk; C. Sgro; E. J. Siskind; David Stanley Smith; P. D. Smith; G. Spandre; P. Spinelli; B. W. Stappers; Jean-Luc Starck; E. Striani; M. S. Strickman; D. J. Suson; H. Tajima; H. Takahashi; T. Tanaka; J. B. Thayer; J. G. Thayer; G. Theureau; D. J. Thompson; S. E. Thorsett; L. Tibaldo; D. F. Torres; G. Tosti; A. Tramacere; Y. Uchiyama; T. L. Usher; A. van Etten; V. Vasileiou; C. Venter; N. Vilchez; V. Vitale; A. P. Waite; E. Wallace; P. Wang; K. Watters; N. Webb; P. Weltevrede; B. L. Winer; K. S. Wood; T. Ylinen; M. Ziegler

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A Population of Gamma-Ray Millisecond Pulsars Seen with the Fermi Large Area Telescope

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A Population of Gamma-Ray Millisecond Pulsars Seen with the Fermi Large Area Telescope

A.A. Abdo, Markus Ackermann, Marco Ajello, W. B. Atwood, Magnus Axelsson, Luca Baldini, Jean Ballet, Guido Barbiellini, M. G. Baring, D. Bastieri, …

Science, Vol.325, pp.848-852

14/09/2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1176113

Abstract

Pulsars are born with subsecond spin periods and slow by electromagnetic braking for several tens of millions of years, when detectable radiation ceases. A second life can occur for neutron stars in binary systems. They can acquire mass and angular momentum from their companions, to be spun up to millisecond periods and begin radiating again. We searched Fermi Large Area Telescope data for pulsations from all known millisecond pulsars (MSPs) outside of globular clusters using rotation parameters from radio telescopes. Strong gamma-ray pulsations were detected for eight MSPs. The gamma-ray pulse profiles and spectral properties resemble those of young gamma-ray pulsars. The basic emission mechanism seems to be the same for MSPs and young pulsars, with the emission originating in regions far from the neutron star surface.

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Title: A Population of Gamma-Ray Millisecond Pulsars Seen with the Fermi Large Area Telescope
Creators - without role: A.A. Abdo - United States Naval Research Laboratory
Markus Ackermann - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
Marco Ajello - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
W. B. Atwood
Magnus Axelsson - Stockholm University
Luca Baldini - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
Jean Ballet - Astrophysique, Instrumentation et Modélisation
Guido Barbiellini - University of Trieste
M. G. Baring
D. Bastieri - University of Padua
B. M. Baughman
K. Bechtol - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
R. Bellazzini - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
B. Berenji - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
G. F. Bignami
R. D. Blandford
E. D. Bloom
E. Bonamente - University of Perugia
A. W. Borgland
J. Bregeon - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
A. Brez - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
M. Brigida - Polytechnic University of Bari
Pascal Bruel - École Polytechnique
T. H. Burnett
G. A. Caliandro
R. A. Cameron
F. Camilo - Columbia University
P. A. Caraveo - Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica di Milano
P. Carlson - AlbaNova
J. M. Casandjian - Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation
C. Cecchi - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Perugia
Ö. Celik - Goddard Space Flight Center
E. Charles - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
A. Chekhtman - United States Naval Research Laboratory
C. C. Cheung
J. Chiang - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
S. Ciprini - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Perugia
R. Claus - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
Ismaël Cognard - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
J. Cohen-Tanugi - Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules
L. R. Cominsky
J. Conrad - Stockholm University
R. Corbet - University of Maryland, Baltimore County
S. Cutini - Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
C. D. Dermer
G. Desvignes - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
A. de Angelis - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Trieste
A. de Luca - Istituto Universitario di Studi Superiori di Pavia
F. de Palma - Polytechnic University of Bari
S. W. Digel
M. Dormody - University of California, Santa Cruz
E. Do Couto E Silva
P. S. Drell
R. Dubois - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
D. Dumora - Laboratoire de Physique des deux infinis Bordeaux
Y. Edmonds - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
C. Farnier - Laboratoire de Physique Théorique
C. Favuzzi - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari
S. J. Fegan - Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet
W. B. Focke
M. Frailis - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Trieste
P. C. C. Freire
Y. Fukazawa - Hiroshima University
S. Funk - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
P. Fusco - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari
F. Gargano - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari
D. Gasparrini - Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
N. Gehrels - Goddard Space Flight Center
S. Germani - University of Perugia
B. Giebels - École Polytechnique
N. Giglietto - Polytechnic University of Bari
F. Giordano - Polytechnic University of Bari
T. Glanzman - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
G. Godfrey - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
I. A. Grenier - Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation
M. H. Grondin - Laboratoire de Physique des deux infinis Bordeaux
J. E. Grove
L. Guillemot - Laboratoire de Physique des deux infinis Bordeaux
S. Guiriec - University of Alabama in Huntsville
Y. Hanabata - Hiroshima University
A. K. Harding
M. Hayashida - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
E. Hays - Goddard Space Flight Center
G. Hobbs - Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
R. E. Hughes
G. Jóhannesson - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
A. S. Johnson
R. P. Johnson
T. J. Johnson
W. N. Johnson
S. Johnston - Australia Telescope National Facility
T. Kamae - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
H. Katagiri - Hiroshima University
J. Kataoka - Waseda University
N. Kawai - RIKEN
M. Kerr - University of Washington
Jürgen Knödlseder - Centre National d'Études Spatiales
M. L. Kocian
M. Kramer - University of Manchester
M. Kuss - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
J. Lande - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
L. Latronico - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
M. Lemoine-Goumard - Laboratoire de Physique des deux infinis Bordeaux
F. Longo - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Trieste
F. Loparco - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari
B. Lott - Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules
M. N. Lovellette
P. Lubrano - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Perugia
G. M. Madejski
A. Makeev - United States Naval Research Laboratory
R. N. Manchester
M. Marelli - Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica di Milano
M. N. Mazziotta
W. Mcconville - Goddard Space Flight Center
J. E. Mcenery
M. A. Mclaughlin
C. Meurer - AlbaNova
P. F. Michelson
W. Mitthumsiri - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
T. Mizuno - Hiroshima University
A. A. Moiseev
C. Monte - Polytechnic University of Bari
M. E. Monzani
A. Morselli - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Roma Tor Vergata
I. V. Moskalenko
S. Murgia - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
P. L. Nolan
J. P. Norris
E. Nuss - Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules
T. Ohsugi - Hiroshima University
N. Omodei - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
E. Orlando - Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
J. F. Ormes
D. Paneque - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
J. H. Panetta
D. Parent - Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules
V. Pelassa - Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules
M. Pepe - University of Perugia
M. Pesce-Rollins - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
F. Piron - Université de Montpellier
T.A. Porter - University of California, Santa Cruz
S. Rainò - Polytechnic University of Bari
R. Rando - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova
S. M. Ransom
P. S. Ray
M. Razzano - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
N. Rea - Institute of Space Sciences
A. Reimer - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
O. Reimer - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
T. Reposeur - Laboratoire de Physique des deux infinis Bordeaux
S. Ritz - Goddard Space Flight Center
L. S. Rochester
A. Y. Rodriguez
R. W. Romani
M. Roth - University of Washington
F. Ryde - AlbaNova
H. F.W. Sadrozinski
D. Sanchez - Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet
A. Sander - The Ohio State University
P. M. Saz Parkinson
J. D. Scargle
T. L. Schalk
C. Sgro - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
E. J. Siskind
David Stanley Smith - Laboratoire de Physique des deux infinis Bordeaux
P. D. Smith
G. Spandre - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
P. Spinelli - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari
B. W. Stappers
Jean-Luc Starck - Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation
E. Striani - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Roma Tor Vergata
M. S. Strickman
D. J. Suson
H. Tajima - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
H. Takahashi - Hiroshima University
T. Tanaka - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
J. B. Thayer
J. G. Thayer
G. Theureau - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
D. J. Thompson
S. E. Thorsett
L. Tibaldo - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova
D. F. Torres
G. Tosti - University of Perugia
A. Tramacere - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
Y. Uchiyama - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
T. L. Usher
A. van Etten - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
V. Vasileiou - University of Maryland, Baltimore County
C. Venter - North-West University
N. Vilchez - Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier
V. Vitale - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Roma Tor Vergata
A. P. Waite
E. Wallace - University of Washington
P. Wang - Stanford University
K. Watters - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
N. Webb - Centre National d'Études Spatiales
P. Weltevrede - Australia Telescope National Facility
B. L. Winer
K. S. Wood
T. Ylinen - AlbaNova
M. Ziegler - University of California, Santa Cruz
Publication Details: Science, Vol.325, pp.848-852
Identifiers: 9933848009311
Academic Unit: Université de Montpellier
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
Local Fields: in2p3-00402863