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Detection of sub-100 GeV gamma-ray pulsations from PSR B1706-44 with H.E.S.S

2019/08/18 by Marion Spir-Jacob, Spir-Jacob, Marion, A. Djannati-Ataı̈ +13 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #FOS: Physical sciences #Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae #High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE) #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1908.06464

openalex publication_date 2019/08/18 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

We report on the detection of pulsations from PSR B1706-44 based on 28.3 hours of observations with the H.E.S.S. II array with CT5 in monoscopic mode. The lightcurve is similar to that obtained with the Fermi-LAT above 15 GeV and the pulsations exhibit a steep spectrum with index ~ -3.8 in the sub 20 GeV to sub-100 GeV energy range. While a significant signal of ~ 1000 events is detected at energies ~ 70 GeV, it is not possible to either confirm or rule out a power-law behaviour of PSR B1706-44 spectrum in this range.

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