1. Phase-resolved energy spectra of the Crab pulsar in the range of 50-400 GeV measured with the MAGIC telescopes
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Adrian Biland, Aaron Dominguez, K. Berger, L. Maraschi, Elina Lindfors, Daniel Mazin, Fabio Zandanel, E. Colombo, S. Partini, D. Höhne-Mönch, Felix Spanier, Abelardo Moralejo, K. Saito, J. M. Paredes, Ralph Bock, L. O. Takalo, Victor Stamatescu, Stefano Covino, Antonio Stamerra, M. V. Fonseca, M. Uellenbeck, M. Shayduk, R. Reinthal, D. Eisenacher, V. Scalzotto, P. Antoranz, Oscar Blanch, Victor Zabalza, Christian Fruck, Patrick Vogler, Dominik Elsaesser, J. Moldón, Ignasi Reichardt, D. Dominis Prester, P. G. Prada Moroni, E. Carmona, Markus Garczarczyk, Silvia Pardo, T. Schweizer, Damir Lelas, J. Storz, D. Häfner, M. Doert, Michael Backes, T. Jogler, J. Krause, B. De Lotto, O. Tibolla, B. Steinke, C. Delgado Mendez, Nina Nowak, L. A. Antonelli, Nijil Mankuzhiyil, P. Munar-Adrover, Francisco Prada, Dorota Sobczyńska, G. Maneva, Konstancja Satalecka, Michele Doro, S. Klepser, Mosè Mariotti, Daniel Ferenc, Jelena Aleksić, Francesco Dazzi, Daniela Dorner, Elisa Prandini, M. A. Perez-Torres, H. Vankov, A. Niedzwiecki, W. Bednarek, S. Rügamer, Diego F. Torres, Ilana M. Braun, M. Pilia, E. Leonardo, Juan Abel Barrio, Kari Nilsson, David Paneque, Fabrizio Tavecchio, M. Asensio, Aldo Treves, D. Borla Tridon, A. Sillanpää, I. Puljak, Masahiro Teshima, Petar Temnikov, Julian Sitarek, Ll. Font, Elisa Bernardini, H. Kellermann, A. Cañellas, E. De Cea del Pozo, Saverio Lombardi, Takashi Saito, Gianluca Giavitto, G. Bonnoli, Pierre Colin, R. J. García López, J. Pochon, Jose Luis Contreras, A. Diago Ortega, Robert Wagner, Riccardo Paoletti, Dario Hrupec, Reiko Orito, J. Hose, Daniela Hadasch, Juan Cortina, M. A. Lopez, I. Snidaric, A. De Angelis, M. Salvati, Tomislav Terzić, J. Kushida, Thomas Bretz, S. N. Shore, R. Mirzoyan, S. Spiro, E. Lorenz, Wolfgang Rhode, Daniel Nieto, Marc Ribó, A. Boller, L. Cossio, Artemio Herrero, M. Makariev, J. Rico, I. Puerto Gimenez, Roberta Zanin, D. Hildebrand, L. Peruzzo, M. I. Martínez, D. Tescaro, T. Krähenbühl, N. Strah, A. López-Oramas, Alessandro Carosi, D. Garrido, Jose Miguel Miranda, Kouichi Hirotani, Hajime Takami, Andrei Berdyugin, G. De Caneva, C. Schultz, Massimo Persic, V. Scapin, E. A. Alvarez, Nikola Godinovic, Denis Bastieri, Q. Weitzel, Tihomir Surić, Karl Mannheim, Natalia Lewandowska, A. La Barbera, J. Becerra González, Mario Meucci, and A. Saggion
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Photon ,Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,FOS: Physical sciences ,Flux ,Astrophysics ,ACCELERATION ,01 natural sciences ,Spectral line ,gamma rays: stars ,pulsars: individual: Crab Pulsar ,Raigs gamma ,SLOT GAPS ,Pulsar ,NEBULA ,OUTER MAGNETOSPHERE ,0103 physical sciences ,MAGIC (telescope) ,010306 general physics ,010303 astronomy & astrophysics ,Cosmic rays ,Pulsars ,High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE) ,Physics ,astro-ph.HE ,Crab Pulsar ,gamma ray astronomy ,IMAGING CHERENKOV DETECTOR ,Gamma rays ,Compton scattering ,Astronomy and Astrophysics ,GAMMA-RAY EMISSION ,RADIATION ,WIND ,Stars ,Estels ,Púlsars ,Crab Nebula ,Space and Planetary Science ,ddc:520 ,Electrónica ,Física nuclear ,Electricidad ,Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena - Abstract
We use 73 h of stereoscopic data taken with the MAGIC telescopes to investigate the very high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray emission of the Crab pulsar. Our data show a highly significant pulsed signal in the energy range from 50 to 400 GeV in both the main pulse (P1) and the interpulse (P2) phase regions. We provide the widest spectra to date of the VHE components of both peaks, and these spectra extend to the energy range of satellite-borne observatories. The good resolution and background rejection of the stereoscopic MAGIC system allows us to cross-check the correctness of each spectral point of the pulsar by comparison with the corresponding (strong and well-known) Crab nebula flux. The spectra of both P1 and P2 are compatible with power laws with photon indices of 4.0 \pm 0.8 (P1) and 3.42 \pm 0.26 (P2), respectively, and the ratio P1/P2 between the photon counts of the two pulses is 0.54 \pm 0.12. The VHE emission can be understood as an additional component produced by the inverse Compton scattering of secondary and tertiary e\pm pairs on IR-UV photons., 6 pages, 4 figures. Accepted for publication in A&A on 16 February 2012
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- 2012
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