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NuSTAR observations of rotation-powered pulsars and magnetars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 March 2013

V. M. Kaspi ,
H. An ,
M. Bachetti ,
E. Bellm ,
A. M. Beloborodov ,
S. Boggs ,
D. Chakrabarty ,
F. Christensen ,
B. Craig  and
F. Dufour
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V. M. Kaspi
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, McGill University, Montreal, Canada email: [email protected]
H. An
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, McGill University, Montreal, Canada email: [email protected]
M. Bachetti
Affiliation:
IRAP/Toulouse, France
E. Bellm
Affiliation:
California Institute of Technology, USA
A. M. Beloborodov
Affiliation:
Columbia University, USA
S. Boggs
Affiliation:
University of California, Berkeley, USA
D. Chakrabarty
Affiliation:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
F. Christensen
Affiliation:
Denmark Technical University, Denmark
B. Craig
Affiliation:
University of California, Berkeley, USA Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories, USA
F. Dufour
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, McGill University, Montreal, Canada email: [email protected]
F. Harrison
Affiliation:
California Institute of Technology, USA
E. V. Gotthelf
Affiliation:
Columbia University, USA
T. Kitaguchi
Affiliation:
RIKEN, Japan
C. Kouveliotou
Affiliation:
NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center, USA
K. Mori
Affiliation:
Columbia University, USA
M. Pivovaroff
Affiliation:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories, USA
D. Stern
Affiliation:
California Institute of Technology, USA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA
J. K. Vogel
Affiliation:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories, USA
W. Zhang
Affiliation:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, USA
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Abstract

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NASA's NuSTAR observatory is the first focusing hard X-ray telescope. Launched in June 2012, NuSTAR is sensitive in the 3–79 keV range with unprecedented ~17″ FWHM angular resolution above 12 keV, a result of its multilayer-coated optics and 10-m focal length. With its large effective area (900 cm2 at 10 keV), NuSTAR has point-source sensitivity ~100 times better than previous hard X-ray telescopes. Here we describe NuSTAR and its planned work on rotation-powered pulsars and magnetars during its nominal 2-yr baseline mission that has just commenced.

Keywords

stars: neutronpulsars: generalX-rays: generalX-rays: binariestelescopes
Type
Contributed Papers
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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 8 , Symposium S291: Neutron Stars and Pulsars: Challenges and Opportunities after 80 years , August 2012 , pp. 331 - 336
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2013

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