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A VLA search for the Geminga Pulsar at 74 and 326 MHz

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2016

T. Joseph W. Lazio
Affiliation:
Naval Research Laboratory, Code 7213, Washington, DC 20375-5351 USA
Namir E. Kassim
Affiliation:
Naval Research Laboratory, Code 7213, Washington, DC 20375-5351 USA

Abstract

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We have used the VLA to image the location of the gamma-ray pulsar Geminga at 74 and 326 MHz. Upper limits to the pulse-averaged flux density, taking diffractive scintillation (DISS) into account, are S < 56 mJy (2σ; DISS quenched) at 74 MHz and S < 5 mJy (95% confidence) at 326 MHz. Intrinsic variability appears to be required in order to reconcile our upper limits with previous low-frequency detections.

Type
Part 7: Pulsars and other Compact Galactic Objects
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2002 

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