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.
THE SECOND FERMI LARGE AREA TELESCOPE CATALOG OF GAMMA-RAY PULSARS / Abdo AA; Ajello M; Allafort A; Baldini L; Ballet J; Barbiellini G; Baring MG; Bastieri D; Belfiore A; Bellazzini R; Bhattacharyya B; Bissaldi E; Bloom ED; Bonamente E; Bottacini E; Brandt TJ; Bregeon J; Brigida M; Bruel P; Buehler R; Burgay M; Burnett TH; Busetto G; Buson S; Caliandro GA; Cameron RA; Camilo F; Caraveo PA; Casandjian JM; Cecchi C; Celik O; Charles E; Chaty S; Chaves RCG; Chekhtman A; Chen AW; Chiang J; Chiaro G; Ciprini S; Claus R; Cognard I; Cohen-Tanugi J; Cominsky LR; Conrad J; Cutini S; DAmmando F; De Angelis A; DeCesar ME; De Luca A; Den Hartog PR; De Palma F; Dermer CD; Desvignes G; Digel SW; Di Venere L; Drell PS; Drlica-Wagner A; Dubois R; Dumora D; Espinoza CM; Falletti L; Favuzzi C; Ferrara EC; Focke WB; Franckowiak A; Freire PCC; Funk S; Fusco P; Gargano F; Gasparrini D; Germani S; Giglietto N; Giommi P; Giordano F; Giroletti M; Glanzman T; Godfrey G; Gotthelf EV; Grenier IA; Grondin MH; Grove JE; Guillemot L; Guiriec S; Hadasch D; Hanabata Y; Harding AK; Hayashida M; Hays E; Hessels J; Hewitt J; Hill AB; Horan D; Hou X; Hughes RE; Jackson MS; Janssen GH; Jogler T; Johannesson G; Johnson RP; Johnson AS; Johnson TJ; Johnson WN; Johnston S; Kamae T; Kataoka J; Keith M; Kerr M; Knodlseder J; Kramer M; Kuss M; Lande J; Larsson S; Latronico L; Lemoine-Goumard M; Longo F; Loparco F; Lovellette MN; Lubrano P; Lyne AG; Manchester RN; Marelli M; Massaro F; Mayer M; Mazziotta MN; McEnery JE; McLaughlin MA; Mehault J; Michelson PF; Mignani RP; Mitthumsiri W; Mizuno T; Moiseev AA; Monzani ME; Morselli A; Moskalenko IV; Murgia S; Nakamori T; Nemmen R; Nuss E; Ohno M; Ohsugi T; Orienti M; Orlando E; Ormes JF; Paneque D; Panetta JH; Parent D; Perkins JS; Pesce-Rollins M; Pierbattista M; Piron F; Pivato G; Pletsch HJ; Porter TA; Possenti A; Raino S; Rando R; Ransom SM; Ray PS; Razzano M; Rea N; Reimer A; Reimer O; Renault N; Reposeur T; Ritz S; Romani RW; Roth M; Rousseau R; Roy J; Ruan J; Sartori A; Parkinson PMS; Scargle JD; Schulz A; Sgro C; Shannon R; Siskind EJ; Smith DA; Spandre G; Spinelli P; Stappers BW; Strong AW; Suson DJ; Takahashi H; Thayer JG; Thayer JB; Theureau G; Thompson DJ; Thorsett SE; Tibaldo L; Tibolla O; Tinivella M; Torres DF; Tosti G; Troja E; Uchiyama Y; Usher TL; Vandenbroucke J; Vasileiou V; Venter C; Vianello G; Vitale V; Wang N; Weltevrede P; Winer BL; Wolff MT; Wood DL; Wood KS; Wood M; Yang Z. - In: ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT SERIES. - ISSN 0067-0049. - STAMPA. - 208:2(2013), pp. 17.17-17.75. [10.1088/0067-0049/208/2/17]
THE SECOND FERMI LARGE AREA TELESCOPE CATALOG OF GAMMA-RAY PULSARS
D'AMMANDO, FILIPPO;
2013
Abstract
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.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
