Search Menu
DOE PAGES title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information
Search Scholarly Publications

Title: Discovery of gamma- and X-ray pulsations from the young and energetic PSR J1357$$-$$6429 with Fermi and XMM-Newton

Abstract

Context. Since the launch of the Fermi satellite, the number of known gamma-ray pulsars has increased tenfold. Most gamma-ray detected pulsars are young and energetic, and many are associated with TeV sources. PSR J1357-6429 is a high spin-down power pulsar (È = 3.1 × 1036 erg s-1), discovered during the Parkes multibeam survey of the Galactic plane, with significant timing noise typical of very young pulsars. In the very-high-energy domain (E > 100 GeV), H.E.S.S. has reported the detection of the extended source HESS J1356-645 (intrinsic Gaussian width of 12') whose centroid lies 7' from PSR J1357-6429. Aims. We search for gamma- and X-ray pulsations from this pulsar, characterize the neutron star emission and explore the environment of PSR J1357-6429. Methods. Using a rotational ephemeris obtained with 74 observations made with the Parkes telescope at 1.4 GHz, we phase-fold more than two years of gamma-ray data acquired by the Large Area Telescope on-board Fermi as well as those collected with XMM-Newton, and perform gamma-ray spectral modeling. Results. Significant gamma- and X-ray pulsations are detected from PSR J1357-6429. The light curve in both bands shows one broad peak. Gamma-ray spectral analysis of the pulsed emission suggests that it is well describedmore » by a simple power-law of index 1.5 ± 0.3stat ± 0.3syst with an exponential cut-off at 0.8 ± 0.3stat ± 0.3syst GeV and an integral photon flux above 100 MeV of (6.5 ± 1.6stat ± 2.3syst) × 10-8 cm-2 s-1. The X-ray spectra obtained from the new data provide results consistent with previous work. Upper limits on the gamma-ray emission from its potential pulsar wind nebula (PWN) are also reported. Conclusions. Assuming a distance of 2.4 kpc, the Fermi LAT energy flux yields a gamma-ray luminosity for PSR J1357-6429 of Lγ = (2.13 ± 0.25stat ± 0.83syst) × 1034 erg s-1, consistent with an relationship. The Fermi non-detection of the pulsar wind nebula associated with HESS J1356-645 provides new constraints on the electron population responsible for the extended TeV emission.« less

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [1];  [5];  [6];  [7];  [8]; ;  [8];  [4];  [4];  [9];  [4];  [10];  [11];  [5];  [12];  [7] more »;  [13];  [14];  [12] « less
+ Show Author Affiliations
  1. Univ. Bordeaux (France)
  2. NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), Huntsville, AL (United States)
  3. Univ. Tubingen (Germany)
  4. Australia Telescope National Facility, Epping NSW (Australia)
  5. Cagliari Astronomical Observatory, Capoterra (Italy)
  6. Columbia Univ., New York, NY (United States). Columbia Astrophysics Lab.
  7. Univ. Montpellier II (France). Lab. Univers. et Particules de Monpellier
  8. Max Planck Inst. for Radioastronomy, Bonn (Germany)
  9. Max Planck Inst. for Radioastronomy, Bonn (Germany); Univ. of Manchester (United Kingdom)
  10. SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
  11. George Mason Univ., Fairfax, VA (United States)
  12. Naval Research Lab. (NRL), Washington, DC (United States)
  13. Univ. of California, Santa Cruz, CA (United States)
  14. Univ. of Manchester (United Kingdom)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1357196
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-76SF00515
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 533; Journal ID: ISSN 0004-6361
Publisher:
EDP Sciences
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS; gamma rays; pulsars; PSR J1357 / 6429

Citation Formats

Lemoine-Goumard, M., Zavlin, V. E., Grondin, M. -H., Shannon, R., Smith, D. A., Burgay, M., Camilo, F., Cohen-Tanugi, J., Freire, P. C. C., Grove, J. E., Guillemot, L., Johnston, S., Keith, M., Kramer, M., Manchester, R. N., Michelson, P. F., Parent, D., Possenti, A., Ray, P. S., Renaud, M., Thorsett, S. E., Weltevrede, P., and Wolff, M. T. Discovery of gamma- and X-ray pulsations from the young and energetic PSR J1357$-$6429 with Fermi and XMM-Newton. United States: N. p., 2011. Web. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201117413.
Copy to clipboard
Lemoine-Goumard, M., Zavlin, V. E., Grondin, M. -H., Shannon, R., Smith, D. A., Burgay, M., Camilo, F., Cohen-Tanugi, J., Freire, P. C. C., Grove, J. E., Guillemot, L., Johnston, S., Keith, M., Kramer, M., Manchester, R. N., Michelson, P. F., Parent, D., Possenti, A., Ray, P. S., Renaud, M., Thorsett, S. E., Weltevrede, P., & Wolff, M. T. Discovery of gamma- and X-ray pulsations from the young and energetic PSR J1357$-$6429 with Fermi and XMM-Newton. United States. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117413
Copy to clipboard
Lemoine-Goumard, M., Zavlin, V. E., Grondin, M. -H., Shannon, R., Smith, D. A., Burgay, M., Camilo, F., Cohen-Tanugi, J., Freire, P. C. C., Grove, J. E., Guillemot, L., Johnston, S., Keith, M., Kramer, M., Manchester, R. N., Michelson, P. F., Parent, D., Possenti, A., Ray, P. S., Renaud, M., Thorsett, S. E., Weltevrede, P., and Wolff, M. T. Wed . "Discovery of gamma- and X-ray pulsations from the young and energetic PSR J1357$-$6429 with Fermi and XMM-Newton". United States. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117413. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1357196.
Copy to clipboard
@article{osti_1357196,
title = {Discovery of gamma- and X-ray pulsations from the young and energetic PSR J1357$-$6429 with Fermi and XMM-Newton},
author = {Lemoine-Goumard, M. and Zavlin, V. E. and Grondin, M. -H. and Shannon, R. and Smith, D. A. and Burgay, M. and Camilo, F. and Cohen-Tanugi, J. and Freire, P. C. C. and Grove, J. E. and Guillemot, L. and Johnston, S. and Keith, M. and Kramer, M. and Manchester, R. N. and Michelson, P. F. and Parent, D. and Possenti, A. and Ray, P. S. and Renaud, M. and Thorsett, S. E. and Weltevrede, P. and Wolff, M. T.},
abstractNote = {Context. Since the launch of the Fermi satellite, the number of known gamma-ray pulsars has increased tenfold. Most gamma-ray detected pulsars are young and energetic, and many are associated with TeV sources. PSR J1357-6429 is a high spin-down power pulsar (È = 3.1 × 1036 erg s-1), discovered during the Parkes multibeam survey of the Galactic plane, with significant timing noise typical of very young pulsars. In the very-high-energy domain (E > 100 GeV), H.E.S.S. has reported the detection of the extended source HESS J1356-645 (intrinsic Gaussian width of 12') whose centroid lies 7' from PSR J1357-6429. Aims. We search for gamma- and X-ray pulsations from this pulsar, characterize the neutron star emission and explore the environment of PSR J1357-6429. Methods. Using a rotational ephemeris obtained with 74 observations made with the Parkes telescope at 1.4 GHz, we phase-fold more than two years of gamma-ray data acquired by the Large Area Telescope on-board Fermi as well as those collected with XMM-Newton, and perform gamma-ray spectral modeling. Results. Significant gamma- and X-ray pulsations are detected from PSR J1357-6429. The light curve in both bands shows one broad peak. Gamma-ray spectral analysis of the pulsed emission suggests that it is well described by a simple power-law of index 1.5 ± 0.3stat ± 0.3syst with an exponential cut-off at 0.8 ± 0.3stat ± 0.3syst GeV and an integral photon flux above 100 MeV of (6.5 ± 1.6stat ± 2.3syst) × 10-8 cm-2 s-1. The X-ray spectra obtained from the new data provide results consistent with previous work. Upper limits on the gamma-ray emission from its potential pulsar wind nebula (PWN) are also reported. Conclusions. Assuming a distance of 2.4 kpc, the Fermi LAT energy flux yields a gamma-ray luminosity for PSR J1357-6429 of Lγ = (2.13 ± 0.25stat ± 0.83syst) × 1034 erg s-1, consistent with an relationship. The Fermi non-detection of the pulsar wind nebula associated with HESS J1356-645 provides new constraints on the electron population responsible for the extended TeV emission.},
doi = {10.1051/0004-6361/201117413},
journal = {Astronomy and Astrophysics},
number = ,
volume = 533,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Sep 07 00:00:00 EDT 2011},
month = {Wed Sep 07 00:00:00 EDT 2011}
}
Copy to clipboard
Journal Article:
Free Publicly Available Full Text
Publisher's Version of Record
https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117413
Copyright Statement
Other availability
Search WorldCat Search WorldCat to find libraries that may hold this journal
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 19 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science
Save / Share:
Export Metadata
Save to My Library
You must Sign In or Create an Account in order to save documents to your library.

Works referenced in this record:

Discovery of X-ray emission from the young radio pulsar PSR J1357–6429
journal, April 2007

THE LARGE AREA TELESCOPE ON THE FERMI GAMMA-RAY SPACE TELESCOPE MISSION
journal, May 2009

FERMI LARGE AREA TELESCOPE DETECTION OF PULSED γ-RAYS FROM THE VELA-LIKE PULSARS PSR J1048–5832 AND PSR J2229+6114
journal, November 2009

The H-test probability distribution revisited: improved sensitivity
journal, July 2010

VLT observations of the two Fermi pulsars PSR  J1357−6429 and PSR  J1048−5832
journal, September 2011

Constraining Pulsar Magnetosphere Geometry with γ-Ray Light Curves
journal, April 2010

Pulsar Timing with the Parkes Radio Telescope for the Fermi Mission
journal, January 2010

  • Weltevrede, P.; Johnston, S.; Manchester, R. N.
  • Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, Vol. 27, Issue 1
  • DOI: 10.1071/AS09054

Detection of 16 Gamma-Ray Pulsars Through Blind Frequency Searches Using the Fermi LAT
journal, July 2009

Sub-Luminous γ-Ray Pulsars
journal, August 2011

FERMI LARGE AREA TELESCOPE FIRST SOURCE CATALOG
journal, May 2010

  • Abdo, A. A.; Ackermann, M.; Ajello, M.
  • The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, Vol. 188, Issue 2
  • DOI: 10.1088/0067-0049/188/2/405

THE FIRST FERMI LARGE AREA TELESCOPE CATALOG OF GAMMA-RAY PULSARS
journal, March 2010

  • Abdo, A. A.; Ackermann, M.; Ajello, M.
  • The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, Vol. 187, Issue 2
  • DOI: 10.1088/0067-0049/187/2/460

Thermal X‐Rays from Millisecond Pulsars: Constraining the Fundamental Properties of Neutron Stars
journal, December 2008

  • Bogdanov, Slavko; Grindlay, Jonathan E.; Rybicki, George B.
  • The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 689, Issue 1
  • DOI: 10.1086/592341

PSRs J0248+6021 and J2240+5832: young pulsars in the northern Galactic plane: Discovery, timing, and gamma-ray observations
journal, December 2010

The Parkes 21 cm Multibeam Receiver
journal, June 1996

  • Staveley-Smith, L.; Wilson, W. E.; Bird, T. S.
  • Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, Vol. 13, Issue 3
  • DOI: 10.1017/S1323358000020919

GAMMA-RAY AND RADIO PROPERTIES OF SIX PULSARS DETECTED BY THE FERMI LARGE AREA TELESCOPE
journal, December 2009

The Likelihood Analysis of EGRET Data
journal, April 1996

  • Mattox, J. R.; Bertsch, D. L.; Chiang, J.
  • The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 461
  • DOI: 10.1086/177068

DISCOVERY OF NEW GAMMA-RAY PULSARS WITH AGILE
journal, March 2009

FERMI -LAT STUDY OF GAMMA-RAY EMISSION IN THE DIRECTION OF SUPERNOVA REMNANT W49B
journal, September 2010

Fermi large area telescope observations of the cosmic-ray induced γ -ray emission of the Earth’s atmosphere
journal, December 2009

First X-Ray Observations of the Young Pulsar J1357-6429
journal, August 2007

  • Zavlin, Vyacheslav E.
  • The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 665, Issue 2
  • DOI: 10.1086/521300

Profile morphology and polarization of young pulsars
journal, June 2006

Pulsar timing for the Fermi gamma-ray space telescope
journal, October 2008

tempo2, a new pulsar-timing package - I. An overview: tempo2, a new pulsar-timing package - I. Overview
journal, May 2006

A Population of Gamma-Ray Millisecond Pulsars Seen with the Fermi Large Area Telescope
journal, July 2009

FERMI LARGE AREA TELESCOPE OBSERVATIONS OF THE VELA PULSAR
journal, April 2009

The Very Young Radio Pulsar J1357-6429
journal, July 2004

  • Camilo, F.; Manchester, R. N.; Lyne, A. G.
  • The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 611, Issue 1
  • DOI: 10.1086/423620
    Sort by:
    [ × clear filter / sort ]

    Works referencing / citing this record:

    Pulsar-Wind Nebulae and Magnetar Outflows: Observations at Radio, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Wavelengths
    journal, March 2017

    • Reynolds, Stephen P.; Pavlov, George G.; Kargaltsev, Oleg
    • Space Science Reviews, Vol. 207, Issue 1-4
    • DOI: 10.1007/s11214-017-0356-6

    FERMI LARGE AREA TELESCOPE SECOND SOURCE CATALOG
    journal, March 2012

    • Nolan, P. L.; Abdo, A. A.; Ackermann, M.
    • The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, Vol. 199, Issue 2
    • DOI: 10.1088/0067-0049/199/2/31

    THE SECOND FERMI LARGE AREA TELESCOPE CATALOG OF GAMMA-RAY PULSARS
    journal, September 2013

    • Abdo, A. A.; Ajello, M.; Allafort, A.
    • The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, Vol. 208, Issue 2
    • DOI: 10.1088/0067-0049/208/2/17

    Spectral characterization of the non-thermal X-ray emission of gamma-ray pulsars
    journal, December 2019

    • Coti Zelati, Francesco; Torres, Diego F.; Li, Jian
    • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 492, Issue 1
    • DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stz3485

    The Second Fermi Large area Telescope Catalog of Gamma-Ray Pulsars
    text, January 2013

    • Abdo, A. A.; Ajello, M.; Allafort, A.
    • Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, DESY, Hamburg
    • DOI: 10.3204/desy-2014-00864

    Pulsar-wind nebulae and magnetar outflows: observations at radio, X-ray, and gamma-ray wavelengths
    text, January 2017

      Sort by:
      [ × clear filter / sort ]

      Similar Records in DOE PAGES and OSTI.GOV collections: