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Unpulsed Optical Emission from the Crab Pulsar

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Aaron Golden ,
Andy Shearer  and
Gregory Beskin
Aaron Golden
Affiliation:
The National University of Ireland, Galway, Newcastle Road, Galway, Ireland
Andy Shearer
Affiliation:
The National University of Ireland, Galway, Newcastle Road, Galway, Ireland
Gregory Beskin
Affiliation:
Special Astrophysical Observatory, Russia

Abstract

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Using the high speed 2-d TRIFFID photometer, we have obtained phase resolved photometry of the Crab pulsar in UBV that allows us to flux the unpulsed light curve component. Following de-extinction, weighted least-square fitting indicates a power-law exponent of α = −0.62 ± 0.49. This is steeper than that reported for the peak components and its origin remains unclear with respect to contemporary magnetospheric theory.

Type
Part 4. Optical Observations
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 177: Pulsar Astronomy - 2000 and Beyond , 2000 , pp. 297 - 298
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2000

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