Detection of the energetic pulsar PSR B1509-58 and its pulsar wind nebula in MSH 15-52 using the Fermi-Large Area Telescope

A. A. Abdo; M. Ackermann; M. Ajello; A. Allafort; K. Asano; L. Baldini; Jean Ballet; G. Barbiellini; M. G. Baring; D. Bastieri; K. Bechtol; R. Bellazzini; B. Berenji; R. D. Blandford; E. D. Bloom; E. Bonamente; A. W. Borgland; J. Bregeon; A. Brez; M. Brigida; Pascal Bruel; S. Buson; G. A. Caliandro; R. A. Cameron; F. Camilo; P. A. Caraveo; S. Carrigan; J. M. Casandjian; C. Cecchi; O. Celik; A. Chekhtman; C. C. Cheung; J. Chiang; S. Ciprini; R. Claus; J. Cohen-Tanugi; J. Conrad; P. R. den Hartog; C. D. Dermer; A. de Luca; F. de Palma; M. Dormody; E. Do Couto e Silva; P. S. Drell; R. Dubois; D. Dumora; C. Farnier; C. Favuzzi; S. J. Fegan; E. C. Ferrara; W. B. Focke; M. Frailis; Y. Fukazawa; S. Funk; P. Fusco; F. Gargano; N. Gehrels; S. Germani; N. Giglietto; F. Giordano; T. Glanzman; G. Godfrey; E. V. Gotthelf; I. A. Grenier; M.-H. Grondin; J. E. Grove; L. Guillemot; S. Guiriec; Y. Hanabata; A. K. Harding; E. Hays; G. Hobbs; D. Horan; R. E. Hughes; G. Jóhannesson; A. S. Johnson; T. J. Johnson; W. N. Johnson; S. Johnston; T. Kamae; Y. Kanai; G. Kanbach; H. Katagiri; J. Kataoka; N. Kawai; M. Keith; M. Kerr; Jürgen Knödlseder; M. Kuss; J. Lande; L. Latronico; M. Lemoine-Goumard; M. Llena Garde; F. Longo; F. Loparco; B. Lott; M. N. Lovellette; P. Lubrano; A. Makeev; R. N. Manchester; M. Marelli; M. N. Mazziotta; J. E. Mcenery; P. F. Michelson; W. Mitthumsiri; T. Mizuno; A. A. Moiseev; C. Monte; M. E. Monzani; A. Morselli; I. V. Moskalenko; S. Murgia; T. Nakamori; P. L. Nolan; J. P. Norris; E. Nuss; M. Ohno; 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. Raino; R. Rando; M. Razzano; N. Rea; A. Reimer; O. Reimer; T. Reposeur; A. Y. Rodriguez; R. W. Romani; M. Roth; F. Ryde; H. F.-W. Sadrozinski; A. Sander; P. M. Saz Parkinson; C. Sgrò; E. J. Siskind; David Stanley Smith; P. D. Smith; G. Spandre; P. Spinelli; Jean-Luc Starck; M. S. Strickman; D. J. Suson; H. Takahashi; T. Takahashi; T. Tanaka; J. B. Thayer; J. G. Thayer; D. J. Thompson; S. E. Thorsett; L. Tibaldo; D. F. Torres; G. Tosti; A. Tramacere; Y. Uchiyama; T. L. Usher; V. Vasileiou; C. Venter; N. Vilchez; V. Vitale; A. P. Waite; P. Wang; P. Weltevrede; B. L. Winer; K. S. Wood; Z. Yang; T. Ylinen; M. Ziegler

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Detection of the energetic pulsar PSR B1509-58 and its pulsar wind nebula in MSH 15-52 using the Fermi-Large Area Telescope

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Detection of the energetic pulsar PSR B1509-58 and its pulsar wind nebula in MSH 15-52 using the Fermi-Large Area Telescope

A. A. Abdo, M. Ackermann, M. Ajello, A. Allafort, K. Asano, L. Baldini, Jean Ballet, G. Barbiellini, M. G. Baring, D. Bastieri, …

The Astrophysical Journal, Vol.714, pp.927-936

01/05/2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/714/1/927

Abstract

ISM: individual objects (G320.4−1.2

PSR J1513−5908)

MSH 15−52)

pulsars: individual (PSR B1509−58

We report the detection of high energy gamma-ray emission from the young and energetic pulsar PSR B1509$-$58 and its pulsar wind nebula (PWN) in the composite supernova remnant SNR G320.4-1.2 (aka MSH 15-52). Using 1 year of survey data with the Fermi-Large Area Telescope (LAT), we detected pulsations from PSR B1509-58 up to 1 GeV and extended gamma-ray emission above 1 GeV spatially coincident with the PWN. The pulsar light curve presents two peaks offset from the radio peak by phases 0.96 $\pm$ 0.01 and 0.33 $\pm$ 0.02. New constraining upper limits on the pulsar emission are derived below 1 GeV and confirm a severe spectral break at a few tens of MeV. The nebular spectrum in the 1 - 100 GeV energy range is well described by a power-law with a spectral index of (1.57 $\pm$ 0.17 $\pm$ 0.13) and a flux above 1 GeV of (2.91 $\pm$ 0.79 $\pm$ 1.35) 10^{-9} cm^{-2} s^{-1}. The first errors represent the statistical errors on the fit parameters, while the second ones are the systematic uncertainties. The LAT spectrum of the nebula connects nicely with Cherenkov observations, and indicates a spectral break between GeV and TeV energies.

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Title: Detection of the energetic pulsar PSR B1509-58 and its pulsar wind nebula in MSH 15-52 using the Fermi-Large Area Telescope
Creators - without role: A. A. Abdo - United States Naval Research Laboratory
M. Ackermann - Stanford University
M. Ajello - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
A. Allafort - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
K. Asano - Tokyo Institute of Technology
L. Baldini - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
Jean Ballet - Astrophysique, Instrumentation et Modélisation
G. Barbiellini - University of Trieste
M. G. Baring - Rice University
D. Bastieri - University of Padua
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
R. D. Blandford - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
E. D. Bloom - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
E. Bonamente - University of Perugia
A. W. Borgland - Stanford University
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
S. Buson - INFN Sezione di Padova
G. A. Caliandro - Institute of Space Sciences
R. A. Cameron - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
F. Camilo - Columbia University
P. A. Caraveo - Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica di Milano
S. Carrigan - University of Padua
J. M. Casandjian - Université Paris Cité
C. Cecchi - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Perugia
O. Celik - Goddard Space Flight Center
A. Chekhtman - George Mason University
C. C. Cheung - United States Naval Research Laboratory
J. Chiang - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
S. Ciprini - University of Perugia
R. Claus - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
J. Cohen-Tanugi - Laboratoire de Physique Théorique
J. Conrad - Stockholm University
P. R. den Hartog
C. D. Dermer - United States Naval Research Laboratory
A. de Luca - Istituto Universitario di Studi Superiori di Pavia
F. de Palma - Polytechnic University of Bari
M. Dormody - University of California, Santa Cruz
E. Do Couto e Silva
P. S. Drell - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
R. Dubois - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
D. Dumora - Laboratoire de Physique des deux infinis Bordeaux
C. Farnier - Laboratoire de Physique Théorique
C. Favuzzi - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari
S. J. Fegan - Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet
E. C. Ferrara - Goddard Space Flight Center
W. B. Focke - Stanford University
M. Frailis - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Trieste
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
N. Gehrels - Goddard Space Flight Center
S. Germani - University of Perugia
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
E. V. Gotthelf - Columbia University
I. A. Grenier - Astrophysique, Instrumentation et Modélisation
M.-H. Grondin - Laboratoire de Physique des deux infinis Bordeaux
J. E. Grove - United States Naval Research Laboratory
L. Guillemot - Université de Bordeaux
S. Guiriec - University of Alabama in Huntsville
Y. Hanabata - Hiroshima University
A. K. Harding - Goddard Space Flight Center
E. Hays - Goddard Space Flight Center
G. Hobbs - Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
D. Horan - Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet
R. E. Hughes - The Ohio State University
G. Jóhannesson - Stanford University
A. S. Johnson - Stanford University
T. J. Johnson - University of Maryland, College Park
W. N. Johnson - United States Naval Research Laboratory
S. Johnston - Australia Telescope National Facility
T. Kamae - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
Y. Kanai - Tokyo Institute of Technology
G. Kanbach - Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
H. Katagiri - Hiroshima University
J. Kataoka - Waseda University
N. Kawai - RIKEN
M. Keith - Australia Telescope National Facility
M. Kerr - University of Washington
Jürgen Knödlseder - Centre National d'Études Spatiales
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
M. Llena Garde
F. Longo - University of Trieste
F. Loparco - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari
B. Lott - Laboratoire de Physique des deux infinis Bordeaux
M. N. Lovellette - United States Naval Research Laboratory
P. Lubrano - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Perugia
A. Makeev - United States Naval Research Laboratory
R. N. Manchester - Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
M. Marelli - Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica di Milano
M. N. Mazziotta - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari
J. E. Mcenery - Goddard Space Flight Center
P. F. Michelson - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
W. Mitthumsiri - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
T. Mizuno - Hiroshima University
A. A. Moiseev - Goddard Space Flight Center
C. Monte - Polytechnic University of Bari
M. E. Monzani - SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
A. Morselli - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Roma Tor Vergata
I. V. Moskalenko - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
S. Murgia - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
T. Nakamori - Tokyo Institute of Technology
P. L. Nolan - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
J. P. Norris - University of Denver
E. Nuss - Laboratoire de Physique Théorique
M. Ohno - Institute of Space and Astronautical Science
T. Ohsugi - Hiroshima University
N. Omodei - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
E. Orlando - Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
J. F. Ormes - University of Denver
D. Paneque - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
J. H. Panetta - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
D. Parent - George Mason University
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 - Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules
T. A. Porter - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
S. Raino - Polytechnic University of Bari
R. Rando - University of Padua
M. Razzano - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
N. Rea - Institute of Space Sciences
A. Reimer - Universität Innsbruck
O. Reimer - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
T. Reposeur - Laboratoire de Physique des deux infinis Bordeaux
A. Y. Rodriguez - Institute of Space Sciences
R. W. Romani - Stanford University
M. Roth - University of Washington
F. Ryde - AlbaNova
H. F.-W. Sadrozinski - University of California, Santa Cruz
A. Sander - The Ohio State University
P. M. Saz Parkinson
C. Sgrò - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
E. J. Siskind - Real Time Tomography
David Stanley Smith - Laboratoire de Physique des deux infinis Bordeaux
P. D. Smith - The Ohio State University
G. Spandre - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
P. Spinelli - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari
Jean-Luc Starck - Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation
M. S. Strickman - United States Naval Research Laboratory
D. J. Suson - Purdue University Northwest
H. Takahashi - Hiroshima University
T. Takahashi - Institute of Space and Astronautical Science
T. Tanaka - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
J. B. Thayer - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
J. G. Thayer - Stanford University
D. J. Thompson - Goddard Space Flight Center
S. E. Thorsett - University of California, Santa Cruz
L. Tibaldo - CEA Paris-Saclay
D. F. Torres - Institute of Space Sciences
G. Tosti - University of Perugia
A. Tramacere - Consorzio Interuniversitario Fisica Spaziale
Y. Uchiyama - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
T. L. Usher - 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 - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
P. Wang - Stanford University
P. Weltevrede - University of Manchester
B. L. Winer - The Ohio State University
K. S. Wood - United States Naval Research Laboratory
Z. Yang - AlbaNova
T. Ylinen - Fraunhofer Chalmers Research Centre for Industrial Mathematics
M. Ziegler - University of California, Santa Cruz
Publication Details: The Astrophysical Journal, Vol.714, pp.927-936
Identifiers: 9933952309311
Academic Unit: Université de Montpellier
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
Local Fields: in2p3-00483010