Optical Observations of PSR J0205+6449 TeX Export

@misc{citeulike:2972918, abstract = {PSR J0205+6449 is a X-ray and radio pulsar in supernova remnant 3C 58. We report on observations of the central region of 3C 58 using the 4.2-m William Herschel Telescope with the intention of identifying the optical counterpart of PSR J0205+6449 and characterising its pulsar wind nebula. Around the pulsar position we identified extended emission with a magnitude of \$B = 23 \fm 97 \pm 0.10\$, \$V = 22 \fm 95 \pm 0.05\$ and \$R = 22 \fm 15 \pm 0.03\$ consistent with a pulsar wind nebula. From the R-band image we identified three knots with \$m\_R\$ = \$24 \fm 08 \pm 0.07\$ (o1), \$24 \fm 15 \pm 0.07\$ (o2) and \$24 \fm 24 \pm 0.08\$ (o3). We confirm the presence of an optical pulsar wind nebula around PSR J0205+6449 and give an upper limit of \$m\_R \approx\$ 24 for the optical magnitude of the pulsar. Furthermore we make the tentative suggestion that our object o1, with an \$m\_R \approx\$ 24.08 is the optical counterpart. If confirmed the pulsar would have an \$L\_R/L\_x\approx 0.004\$ and an optical efficiency of about 5\% of the Crab pulsar. Such a low efficiency is more consistent with the characteristic age of the pulsar rather than that of SN 1181.}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, author = {Shearer, A. and Neustroev, V. V.}, citeulike-article-id = {2972918}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://arxiv.org/abs/0807.0983}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://arxiv.org/pdf/0807.0983}, day = {7}, eprint = {0807.0983}, keywords = {3c58, optical, pulsar}, month = {Jul}, posted-at = {2008-07-08 16:38:40}, priority = {2}, title = {Optical Observations of PSR J0205+6449}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/0807.0983}, year = {2008} }

TY - ELEC ID - citeulike:2972918 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2972918 N2 - PSR J0205+6449 is a X-ray and radio pulsar in supernova remnant 3C 58. We report on observations of the central region of 3C 58 using the 4.2-m William Herschel Telescope with the intention of identifying the optical counterpart of PSR J0205+6449 and characterising its pulsar wind nebula. Around the pulsar position we identified extended emission with a magnitude of $B = 23 \fm 97 \pm 0.10$, $V = 22 \fm 95 \pm 0.05$ and $R = 22 \fm 15 \pm 0.03$ consistent with a pulsar wind nebula. From the R-band image we identified three knots with $m_R$ = $24 \fm 08 \pm 0.07$ (o1), $24 \fm 15 \pm 0.07$ (o2) and $24 \fm 24 \pm 0.08$ (o3). We confirm the presence of an optical pulsar wind nebula around PSR J0205+6449 and give an upper limit of $m_R \approx$ 24 for the optical magnitude of the pulsar. Furthermore we make the tentative suggestion that our object o1, with an $m_R \approx$ 24.08 is the optical counterpart. If confirmed the pulsar would have an $L_R/L_x\approx 0.004$ and an optical efficiency of about 5% of the Crab pulsar. Such a low efficiency is more consistent with the characteristic age of the pulsar rather than that of SN 1181. TI - Optical Observations of PSR J0205+6449 KW - 3c58 KW - optical KW - pulsar AU - Shearer, A AU - Neustroev, VV PY - 2008/Jul/07/ UR - http://arxiv.org/abs/0807.0983 ER -