Search for Very High Energy Gamma-ray Emission from Pulsar-Pulsar Wind Nebula Systems with the MAGIC Telescope
| Title | Search for Very High Energy Gamma-ray Emission from Pulsar-Pulsar Wind Nebula Systems with the MAGIC Telescope |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2010 |
| Authors | Anderhub H., Antonelli L.A, Antoranz P., Backes M., Baixeras C., Balestra S., Barrio J.A, Bastieri D., J. González B, Becker J.K et al. |
| Journal | The Astrophysical Journal |
| Volume | 710 |
| Pagination | 828-835 |
| Date Published | feb |
| Keywords | gamma rays: stars, methods: observational, pulsars: individual: PSR J0205+6449 PSR J2229+6114 PSR J0218+4232, telescopes |
| Abstract | The MAGIC collaboration has searched for high-energy gamma-ray emission of some of the most promising pulsar candidates above an energy threshold of 50 GeV, an energy not reachable up to now by other ground-based instruments. Neither pulsed nor steady gamma-ray emission has been observed at energies of 100 GeV from the classical radio pulsars PSR J0205+6449 and PSR J2229+6114 (and their nebulae 3C58 and Boomerang, respectively) and the millisecond pulsar PSR J0218+4232. Here, we present the flux upper limits for these sources and discuss their implications in the context of current model predictions. |
| URL | http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2010ApJ...710..828A |
| DOI | 10.1088/0004-637X/710/1/828 |