Observation of Pulsed Gamma-rays Above 25 GeV from the Crab Pulsar with MAGIC

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dc.creatorThe MAGIC Collaboration
dc.creatorAliu, E.
dc.date2008-09-17
dc.date2008-12-18
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T13:01:02Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T13:01:02Z
dc.descriptionOne fundamental question about pulsars concerns the mechanism of their pulsed electromagnetic emission. Measuring the high-end region of a pulsar's spectrum would shed light on this question. By developing a new electronic trigger, we lowered the threshold of the Major Atmospheric gamma-ray Imaging Cherenkov (MAGIC) telescope to 25 GeV. In this configuration, we detected pulsed gamma-rays from the Crab pulsar that were greater than 25 GeV, revealing a relatively high cutoff energy in the phase-averaged spectrum. This indicates that the emission occurs far out in the magnetosphere, hence excluding the polar-cap scenario as a possible explanation of our measurement. The high cutoff energy also challenges the slot-gap scenario.
dc.descriptionSlight modification of the analysis: Fitting a more general function to the combined data set of COMPTEL, EGRET and MAGIC. Final result and conclusion is unchanged
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0809.2998
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0809.2998
dc.identifierScience 322:1221-1224,2008
dc.identifierdoi:10.1126/science.1164718
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/226028
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleObservation of Pulsed Gamma-rays Above 25 GeV from the Crab Pulsar with MAGIC
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