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A 60 Second Periodic Modulation in Crab Pulsar Optical Light-Curve

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Andrej Čadež
Affiliation:
University of Ljubljana, FMF, Department of Physics, Slovenia
Mirjam Galičič
Affiliation:
University of Ljubljana, FMF, Department of Physics, Slovenia

Abstract

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The HST High Speed Photometer data and stroboscopic photometry data from the Asiago 1.82m telescope (1994) show a (0.0065±0.0015) magnitude weak modulation peak in Crab’s light-curve at 60 seconds. Hubble data also suggest a phase modulation peak at the same period with the amplitude (0.07 ± 0.02)°. New stroboscopic data from December 1995 Asiago observations suggests the modulation amplitude (0.0045±0.0015) magnitude, consistent with previous results.

Type
Part 5 High Energy Phenomena
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1996

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