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Pulsed optical emission from psr 0656+14

Shearer, A.
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Redfern, R. M.
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Gorman, G.
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Butler, R.
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Golden, A.
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O'Kane, P.
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Beskin, G. M.
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Neizvestny, S. I.
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Neustroev, V. V.
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Plokhotnichenko, V. L.
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http://hdl.handle.net/10379/9877
 https://doi.org/10.13025/24025
Publication Date
1997-10-01
Keywords
instrumentation, detectors, pulsars, individual (psr 0656+14), x-ray emission, radio pulsars, proper-motion, psr-0656+14, phenomenology, stars
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Shearer, A. Redfern, R. M.; Gorman, G.; Butler, R.; Golden, A.; O'Kane, P.; Beskin, G. M.; Neizvestny, S. I.; Neustroev, V. V.; Plokhotnichenko, V. L.; Cullum, M. (1997). Pulsed optical emission from psr 0656+14. The Astrophysical Journal 487 (2), L181-L185
Abstract
Using data collected with the Special Astrophysical Observatory (SAG) 6 m telescope and the University College Galway (UCG) Transputer Instrument for Fast Image Deconvolution (TRIFFID) imaging photometer, we show that the radio, X-ray, and gamma-ray pulsar PSR 0656+14 exhibits pulsed optical emission. We observed that the pulsed fraction was consistent with 100% and that the flux was higher than that expected from a thermal source. The magnitude of PSR 0656+14 in the B band was observed to be 25.1 +/- 0.3, consistent with previous CCD observations. The peak of the optical signal is at phase 0.2 compared to the radio and in phase with the weak gamma-ray pulse.
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