A search for very high energy gamma rays from the Crab pulsar-nebula

Thesis/Dissertation · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1989

OSTI ID:7010265

Kenter, A T

The Haleakala Gamma Ray Observatory (HGO) uses the Cerenkov Technique to look for point sources of greater than or = 0.3 TeV gamma rays. The Crab pulsar (PSR0531 + 21) is a well studied, isolated, radio pulsar in a supernova remnant. This pulsar is unique in that it has been observed at virtually all wavelengths. Recent reports indicate that the pulsar and nebula are emitting TeV gamma rays both continuously and sporadically. During the period of October 1986 through February 1988 the HGO observed the Crab pulsar-nebula for 174 hours. The data set was examined for several types of emission; continuous pulsed, continuous nonpulsed, episodic pulsed and episodic nonpulsed. No conclusive evidence for emission was found in the data set.

• Research Organization: Wisconsin Univ., Madison, WI (USA)
• OSTI ID: 7010265
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

640102* -- Astrophysics & Cosmology-- Stars & Quasi-Stellar
Radio & X-Ray Sources
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
CHERENKOV RADIATION
COSMIC RADIO SOURCES
CRAB NEBULA
DATA
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
GAMMA RADIATION
INFORMATION
IONIZING RADIATIONS
NEBULAE
NUMERICAL DATA
PULSARS
RADIATIONS
STELLAR RADIATION
SUPERNOVA REMNANTS