An extremely bright gamma-ray pulsar in the Large Magellanic Cloud
| dc.contributor.author | Mirabal, N. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Hewitt, J. W. | |
| dc.contributor.author | et al. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-09-01T18:07:53Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-09-01T18:07:53Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015-11-13 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Pulsars are rapidly spinning, highly magnetized neutron stars, created in the gravitational collapse of massive stars. We report the detection of pulsed giga–electron volt gamma rays from the young pulsar PSR J0540–6919 in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. This is the first gamma-ray pulsar detected in another galaxy. It has the most luminous pulsed gamma-ray emission yet observed, exceeding the Crab pulsar’s by a factor of 20. PSR J0540–6919 presents an extreme test case for understanding the structure and evolution of neutron star magnetospheres. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | The authors very gratefully acknowledge support from Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Canada (RGPIN 170827-2010, RGPIN 04239, and RGPIN 2014-04796), Canada Research Chairs (950206567), Alberta Innovates Technology Futures (iCiNano), National Institute for Nanotechnology (NINT A1-004906), Canada Foundation for Innovation (20314), Manitoba Research and Innovation Fund, and Canadian Microelectronics Corp. The nanomechanical torque sensors were fabricated at the University of Alberta NanoFab and NINT. Electron diffraction was performed by P. Li at the NINT microscopy center. D. Fortin assisted in the design and rendering of Fig. 1A. We thank J. P. Davis and R. Lockwood for critical reading of the manuscript, R. E. Wasilyshen for useful conversations, and anonymous referees for constructive suggestions. The data described in the paper are available upon request. | en_US |
| dc.description.uri | https://science.sciencemag.org/content/350/6262/801.abstract | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 6 pages | en_US |
| dc.genre | journal articles | en_US |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.13016/m2yl5r-k90o | |
| dc.identifier.citation | The Fermi LAT Collaboration, An extremely bright gamma-ray pulsar in the Large Magellanic Cloud, Science 350 (6262), 801-805, DOI: 10.1126/science.aac7400 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | 10.1126/science.aac7400 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11603/19557 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) | en_US |
| dc.relation.isAvailableAt | The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | UMBC Physics Department Collection | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | UMBC Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology (JCET) | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | UMBC Center for Space Sciences and Technology (CSST) / Center for Research and Exploration in Space Sciences & Technology II (CRSST II) | |
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| dc.title | An extremely bright gamma-ray pulsar in the Large Magellanic Cloud | en_US |
| dc.type | Text | en_US |