THE SECOND FERMI LARGE AREA TELESCOPE CATALOG OF GAMMA-RAY PULSARS

Journal Article · Tue Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2013 · Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/0067-0049/208/2/17· OSTI ID:22273336

Abdo, A. A. ^[1]; Ajello, M. ^[2]; Allafort, A.; Bloom, E. D.; Bottacini, E. ^[3]; Baldini, L. ^[4]; Ballet, J. ^[5]; Barbiellini, G. ^[6]; Baring, M. G. ^[7]; Bastieri, D. ^[8]; Belfiore, A. ^[9]; Bellazzini, R.; Bregeon, J. ^[10]; Bhattacharyya, B. ^[11]; Bissaldi, E. ^[12]; Bonamente, E. ^[13]; Brandt, T. J. ^[14]; others, and

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1. Center for Earth Observing and Space Research, College of Science, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030 (United States)
2. Space Sciences Laboratory, 7 Gauss Way, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-7450 (United States)
3. W. W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Department of Physics and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305 (United States)
4. Università di Pisa and Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa (Italy)
5. Laboratoire AIM, CEA-IRFU/CNRS/Université Paris Diderot, Service d'Astrophysique, CEA Saclay, F-91191 Gif sur Yvette (France)
6. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste (Italy)
7. Rice University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, MS-108, P.O. Box 1892, Houston, TX 77251 (United States)
8. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova (Italy)
9. Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics, Department of Physics and Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 (United States)
10. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa (Italy)
11. National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Pune 411 007 (India)
12. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Trieste, and Università di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste (Italy)
13. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia (Italy)
14. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771 (United States)

This catalog summarizes 117 high-confidence ≥0.1 GeV gamma-ray pulsar detections using three years of data acquired by the Large Area Telescope (LAT) on the Fermi satellite. Half are neutron stars discovered using LAT data through periodicity searches in gamma-ray and radio data around LAT unassociated source positions. The 117 pulsars are evenly divided into three groups: millisecond pulsars, young radio-loud pulsars, and young radio-quiet pulsars. We characterize the pulse profiles and energy spectra and derive luminosities when distance information exists. Spectral analysis of the off-peak phase intervals indicates probable pulsar wind nebula emission for four pulsars, and off-peak magnetospheric emission for several young and millisecond pulsars. We compare the gamma-ray properties with those in the radio, optical, and X-ray bands. We provide flux limits for pulsars with no observed gamma-ray emission, highlighting a small number of gamma-faint, radio-loud pulsars. The large, varied gamma-ray pulsar sample constrains emission models. Fermi's selection biases complement those of radio surveys, enhancing comparisons with predicted population distributions.

• OSTI ID: 22273336
• Journal Information: Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series, Vol. 208, Issue 2; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0067-0049
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

79 ASTROPHYSICS
COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY
CATALOGS
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
ENERGY SPECTRA
GAMMA DETECTION
GEV RANGE
LUMINOSITY
NEBULAE
NEUTRON STARS
PERIODICITY
PULSARS
PULSES
SATELLITES
STELLAR MAGNETOSPHERES
STELLAR WINDS
TELESCOPES