PSR J1906+0722: An elusive gamma-ray pulsar

C. J. Clark; H. J. Pletsch; J. Wu; L. Guillemot; M. Ackermann; B. Allen; A. De Angelis; C. Aulbert; L. Baldini; J. Ballet; G. Barbiellini; D. Bastieri; R. Bellazzini; E. Bissaldi; O. Bock; R. Bonino; E. Bottacini; T. J. Brandt; J. Bregeon; P. Bruel; S. Buson; G. A. Caliandro; R. A. Cameron; M. Caragiulo; P. A. Caraveo; C. Cecchi; D. J. Champion; E. Charles; A. Chekhtman; J. Chiang; G. Chiaro; S. Ciprini; R. Claus; J. Cohen-Tanugi; A. Cuéllar; S. Cutini; F. D'Ammando; R. Desiante; P. S. Drell; H. B. Eggenstein; C. Favuzzi; H. Fehrmann; E. C. Ferrara; W. B. Focke; A. Franckowiak; P. Fusco; F. Gargano; D. Gasparrini; N. Giglietto; F. Giordano; T. Glanzman; G. Godfrey; I. A. Grenier; J. E. Grove; S. Guiriec; A. K. Harding; E. Hays; J. W. Hewitt; A. B. Hill; D. Horan; X. Hou; T. Jogler; A. S. Johnson; G. Jóhannesson; M. Kramer; F. Krauss; M. Kuss; H. Laffon; S. Larsson; L. Latronico; J. Li; L. Li; F. Longo; F. Loparco; M. N. Lovellette; P. Lubrano; B. Machenschalk; A. Manfreda; M. Marelli; M. Mayer; M. N. Mazziotta; P. F. Michelson; T. Mizuno; M. E. Monzani; A. Morselli; I. V. Moskalenko; S. Murgia; E. Nuss; T. Ohsugi; M. Orienti; E. Orlando; F. De Palma; D. Paneque; M. Pesce-Rollins; F. Piron; G. Pivato; S. Rainò; R. Rando; M. Razzano; A. Reimer; P. M.Saz Parkinson; M. Schaal; A. Schulz; C. Sgrò; E. J. Siskind; F. Spada; G. Spandre; P. Spinelli; D. J. Suson; H. Takahashi; J. B. Thayer; L. Tibaldo; P. Torne; D. F. Torres; G. Tosti; E. Troja; G. Vianello; K. S. Wood; M. Wood; M. Yassine

doi:10.1088/2041-8205/809/1/L2

PSR J1906+0722: An elusive gamma-ray pulsar

C. J. Clark
, H. J. Pletsch
, J. Wu
, L. Guillemot
, M. Ackermann
, B. Allen
, A. De Angelis
, C. Aulbert
, L. Baldini
, J. Ballet
, G. Barbiellini
, D. Bastieri
, R. Bellazzini
, E. Bissaldi
, O. Bock
, R. Bonino
, E. Bottacini
, T. J. Brandt
, J. Bregeon
, P. Bruel

S. Buson, G. A. Caliandro, R. A. Cameron, M. Caragiulo, P. A. Caraveo, C. Cecchi, D. J. Champion, E. Charles, A. Chekhtman, J. Chiang, G. Chiaro, S. Ciprini, R. Claus, J. Cohen-Tanugi, A. Cuéllar, S. Cutini, F. D'Ammando, R. Desiante, P. S. Drell, H. B. Eggenstein, C. Favuzzi, H. Fehrmann, E. C. Ferrara, W. B. Focke, A. Franckowiak, P. Fusco, F. Gargano, D. Gasparrini, N. Giglietto, F. Giordano, T. Glanzman, G. Godfrey, I. A. Grenier, J. E. Grove, S. Guiriec, A. K. Harding, E. Hays, J. W. Hewitt, A. B. Hill, D. Horan, X. Hou, T. Jogler, A. S. Johnson, G. Jóhannesson, M. Kramer, F. Krauss, M. Kuss, H. Laffon, S. Larsson, L. Latronico, J. Li, L. Li, F. Longo, F. Loparco, M. N. Lovellette, P. Lubrano, B. Machenschalk, A. Manfreda, M. Marelli, M. Mayer, M. N. Mazziotta, P. F. Michelson, T. Mizuno, M. E. Monzani, A. Morselli, I. V. Moskalenko, S. Murgia, E. Nuss, T. Ohsugi, M. Orienti, E. Orlando, F. De Palma, D. Paneque, M. Pesce-Rollins, F. Piron, G. Pivato, S. Rainò, R. Rando, M. Razzano, A. Reimer, P. M.Saz Parkinson, M. Schaal, A. Schulz, C. Sgrò, E. J. Siskind, F. Spada, G. Spandre, P. Spinelli, D. J. Suson, H. Takahashi, J. B. Thayer, L. Tibaldo, P. Torne, D. F. Torres, G. Tosti, E. Troja, G. Vianello, K. S. Wood, M. Wood, M. Yassine

Max-Planck-Institut fuer Gravitationsphysik
Leibniz Universität Hannover
Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie
CNRS
Centre national de la recherche scientifique
c/o DESY
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
and Physics University of Udine
University of Pisa
Stanford University
Universite Paris-Saclay
INFN Sezione di Trieste
University of Trieste
INFN
University of Padova
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
INFN Sezione di Bari
INFN Sezione di Torino
University of Turin
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier
Consorzio Interuniversitario per la Fisica Spaziale (CIFS)
INAF Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica, Milan
INFN Sezione di Perugia
University of Perugia
George Mason University
Science and Research Directorate
Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma
INAF Istituto di Radioastronomia
University of Bologna
Politecnico di Bari
Naval Research Laboratory
Biochemical and Environmental Engineering
University of Southampton
Yunnan Observatories
Chinese Academy of Sciences
University of Iceland
Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics
Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen
University of Würzburg
UMR 5797
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Oskar Klein Centre
University of Sheffield
Hiroshima University
INFN Roma Tor Vergata
Long Beach VA and University of California
Università Telematica Pegaso
Max-Planck-Institut für Physik
Medical University of Innsbruck
University of California at Santa Cruz
University of Hong Kong
National Research Council
NYCB Real-Time Computing Inc.
Purdue University Northwest
Pompeu Fabra University (UPF)
University of Maryland

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

25 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

We report the discovery of PSR J1906+0722, a gamma-ray pulsar detected as part of a blind survey of unidentified Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) sources being carried out on the volunteer distributed computing system, Einstein@Home. This newly discovered pulsar previously appeared as the most significant remaining unidentified gamma-ray source without a known association in the second Fermi-LAT source catalog (2FGL) and was among the top 10 most significant unassociated sources in the recent third catalog (3FGL). PSR J1906+0722 is a young, energetic, isolated pulsar, with a spin frequency of 8.9 Hz, a characteristic age of 49 kyr, and spin-down power erg s^-1. In 2009 August it suffered one of the largest glitches detected from a gamma-ray pulsar (). Remaining undetected in dedicated radio follow-up observations, the pulsar is likely radio-quiet. An off-pulse analysis of the gamma-ray flux from the location of PSR J1906+0722 revealed the presence of an additional nearby source, which may be emission from the interaction between a neighboring supernova remnant and a molecular cloud. We discuss possible effects which may have hindered the detection of PSR J1906+0722 in previous searches and describe the methods by which these effects were mitigated in this survey. We also demonstrate the use of advanced timing methods for estimating the positional, spin and glitch parameters of difficult-to-time pulsars such as this.

Original language	English
Article number	L2
Journal	Astrophysical Journal Letters
Volume	809
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/809/1/L2
Publication status	Published - 10 Aug 2015

Keywords

gamma rays: stars
pulsars: individual (PSR J1906+0722)

Access to Document

10.1088/2041-8205/809/1/L2

Cite this

Clark, C. J., Pletsch, H. J., Wu, J., Guillemot, L., Ackermann, M., Allen, B., De Angelis, A., Aulbert, C., Baldini, L., Ballet, J., Barbiellini, G., Bastieri, D., Bellazzini, R., Bissaldi, E., Bock, O., Bonino, R., Bottacini, E., Brandt, T. J., Bregeon, J., ... Yassine, M. (2015). PSR J1906+0722: An elusive gamma-ray pulsar. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 809(1), Article L2. https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/809/1/L2

@article{7e53f510c73147bc857a7500444ce025,

title = "PSR J1906+0722: An elusive gamma-ray pulsar",

abstract = "We report the discovery of PSR J1906+0722, a gamma-ray pulsar detected as part of a blind survey of unidentified Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) sources being carried out on the volunteer distributed computing system, Einstein@Home. This newly discovered pulsar previously appeared as the most significant remaining unidentified gamma-ray source without a known association in the second Fermi-LAT source catalog (2FGL) and was among the top 10 most significant unassociated sources in the recent third catalog (3FGL). PSR J1906+0722 is a young, energetic, isolated pulsar, with a spin frequency of 8.9 Hz, a characteristic age of 49 kyr, and spin-down power erg s-1. In 2009 August it suffered one of the largest glitches detected from a gamma-ray pulsar (). Remaining undetected in dedicated radio follow-up observations, the pulsar is likely radio-quiet. An off-pulse analysis of the gamma-ray flux from the location of PSR J1906+0722 revealed the presence of an additional nearby source, which may be emission from the interaction between a neighboring supernova remnant and a molecular cloud. We discuss possible effects which may have hindered the detection of PSR J1906+0722 in previous searches and describe the methods by which these effects were mitigated in this survey. We also demonstrate the use of advanced timing methods for estimating the positional, spin and glitch parameters of difficult-to-time pulsars such as this.",

keywords = "gamma rays: stars, pulsars: individual (PSR J1906+0722)",

author = "Clark, \{C. J.\} and Pletsch, \{H. J.\} and J. Wu and L. Guillemot and M. Ackermann and B. Allen and \{De Angelis\}, A. and C. Aulbert and L. Baldini and J. Ballet and G. Barbiellini and D. Bastieri and R. Bellazzini and E. Bissaldi and O. Bock and R. Bonino and E. Bottacini and Brandt, \{T. J.\} and J. Bregeon and P. Bruel and S. Buson and Caliandro, \{G. A.\} and Cameron, \{R. A.\} and M. Caragiulo and Caraveo, \{P. A.\} and C. Cecchi and Champion, \{D. J.\} and E. Charles and A. Chekhtman and J. Chiang and G. Chiaro and S. Ciprini and R. Claus and J. Cohen-Tanugi and A. Cu{\'e}llar and S. Cutini and F. D'Ammando and R. Desiante and Drell, \{P. S.\} and Eggenstein, \{H. B.\} and C. Favuzzi and H. Fehrmann and Ferrara, \{E. C.\} and Focke, \{W. B.\} and A. Franckowiak and P. Fusco and F. Gargano and D. Gasparrini and N. Giglietto and F. Giordano and T. Glanzman and G. Godfrey and Grenier, \{I. A.\} and Grove, \{J. E.\} and S. Guiriec and Harding, \{A. K.\} and E. Hays and Hewitt, \{J. W.\} and Hill, \{A. B.\} and D. Horan and X. Hou and T. Jogler and Johnson, \{A. S.\} and G. J{\'o}hannesson and M. Kramer and F. Krauss and M. Kuss and H. Laffon and S. Larsson and L. Latronico and J. Li and L. Li and F. Longo and F. Loparco and Lovellette, \{M. N.\} and P. Lubrano and B. Machenschalk and A. Manfreda and M. Marelli and M. Mayer and Mazziotta, \{M. N.\} and Michelson, \{P. F.\} and T. Mizuno and Monzani, \{M. E.\} and A. Morselli and Moskalenko, \{I. V.\} and S. Murgia and E. Nuss and T. Ohsugi and M. Orienti and E. Orlando and Palma, \{F. De\} and D. Paneque and M. Pesce-Rollins and F. Piron and G. Pivato and S. Rain{\`o} and R. Rando and M. Razzano and A. Reimer and Parkinson, \{P. M.Saz\} and M. Schaal and A. Schulz and C. Sgr{\`o} and Siskind, \{E. J.\} and F. Spada and G. Spandre and P. Spinelli and Suson, \{D. J.\} and H. Takahashi and Thayer, \{J. B.\} and L. Tibaldo and P. Torne and Torres, \{D. F.\} and G. Tosti and E. Troja and G. Vianello and Wood, \{K. S.\} and M. Wood and M. Yassine",

year = "2015",

month = aug,

day = "10",

doi = "10.1088/2041-8205/809/1/L2",

language = "English",

volume = "809",

journal = "Astrophysical Journal Letters",

issn = "2041-8205",

publisher = "American Astronomical Society",

number = "1",

}

Clark, CJ, Pletsch, HJ, Wu, J, Guillemot, L, Ackermann, M, Allen, B, De Angelis, A, Aulbert, C, Baldini, L, Ballet, J, Barbiellini, G, Bastieri, D, Bellazzini, R, Bissaldi, E, Bock, O, Bonino, R, Bottacini, E, Brandt, TJ, Bregeon, J, Bruel, P, Buson, S, Caliandro, GA, Cameron, RA, Caragiulo, M, Caraveo, PA, Cecchi, C, Champion, DJ, Charles, E, Chekhtman, A, Chiang, J, Chiaro, G, Ciprini, S, Claus, R, Cohen-Tanugi, J, Cuéllar, A, Cutini, S, D'Ammando, F, Desiante, R, Drell, PS, Eggenstein, HB, Favuzzi, C, Fehrmann, H, Ferrara, EC, Focke, WB, Franckowiak, A, Fusco, P, Gargano, F, Gasparrini, D, Giglietto, N, Giordano, F, Glanzman, T, Godfrey, G, Grenier, IA, Grove, JE, Guiriec, S, Harding, AK, Hays, E, Hewitt, JW, Hill, AB, Horan, D, Hou, X, Jogler, T, Johnson, AS, Jóhannesson, G, Kramer, M, Krauss, F, Kuss, M, Laffon, H, Larsson, S, Latronico, L, Li, J, Li, L, Longo, F, Loparco, F, Lovellette, MN, Lubrano, P, Machenschalk, B, Manfreda, A, Marelli, M, Mayer, M, Mazziotta, MN, Michelson, PF, Mizuno, T, Monzani, ME, Morselli, A, Moskalenko, IV, Murgia, S, Nuss, E, Ohsugi, T, Orienti, M, Orlando, E, Palma, FD, Paneque, D, Pesce-Rollins, M, Piron, F, Pivato, G, Rainò, S, Rando, R, Razzano, M, Reimer, A, Parkinson, PMS, Schaal, M, Schulz, A, Sgrò, C, Siskind, EJ, Spada, F, Spandre, G, Spinelli, P, Suson, DJ, Takahashi, H, Thayer, JB, Tibaldo, L, Torne, P, Torres, DF, Tosti, G, Troja, E, Vianello, G, Wood, KS, Wood, M & Yassine, M 2015, 'PSR J1906+0722: An elusive gamma-ray pulsar', Astrophysical Journal Letters, vol. 809, no. 1, L2. https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/809/1/L2

TY - JOUR

T1 - PSR J1906+0722

T2 - An elusive gamma-ray pulsar

AU - Clark, C. J.

AU - Pletsch, H. J.

AU - Wu, J.

AU - Guillemot, L.

AU - Ackermann, M.

AU - Allen, B.

AU - De Angelis, A.

AU - Aulbert, C.

AU - Baldini, L.

AU - Ballet, J.

AU - Barbiellini, G.

AU - Bastieri, D.

AU - Bellazzini, R.

AU - Bissaldi, E.

AU - Bock, O.

AU - Bonino, R.

AU - Bottacini, E.

AU - Brandt, T. J.

AU - Bregeon, J.

AU - Bruel, P.

AU - Buson, S.

AU - Caliandro, G. A.

AU - Cameron, R. A.

AU - Caragiulo, M.

AU - Caraveo, P. A.

AU - Cecchi, C.

AU - Champion, D. J.

AU - Charles, E.

AU - Chekhtman, A.

AU - Chiang, J.

AU - Chiaro, G.

AU - Ciprini, S.

AU - Claus, R.

AU - Cohen-Tanugi, J.

AU - Cuéllar, A.

AU - Cutini, S.

AU - D'Ammando, F.

AU - Desiante, R.

AU - Drell, P. S.

AU - Eggenstein, H. B.

AU - Favuzzi, C.

AU - Fehrmann, H.

AU - Ferrara, E. C.

AU - Focke, W. B.

AU - Franckowiak, A.

AU - Fusco, P.

AU - Gargano, F.

AU - Gasparrini, D.

AU - Giglietto, N.

AU - Giordano, F.

AU - Glanzman, T.

AU - Godfrey, G.

AU - Grenier, I. A.

AU - Grove, J. E.

AU - Guiriec, S.

AU - Harding, A. K.

AU - Hays, E.

AU - Hewitt, J. W.

AU - Hill, A. B.

AU - Horan, D.

AU - Hou, X.

AU - Jogler, T.

AU - Johnson, A. S.

AU - Jóhannesson, G.

AU - Kramer, M.

AU - Krauss, F.

AU - Kuss, M.

AU - Laffon, H.

AU - Larsson, S.

AU - Latronico, L.

AU - Li, J.

AU - Li, L.

AU - Longo, F.

AU - Loparco, F.

AU - Lovellette, M. N.

AU - Lubrano, P.

AU - Machenschalk, B.

AU - Manfreda, A.

AU - Marelli, M.

AU - Mayer, M.

AU - Mazziotta, M. N.

AU - Michelson, P. F.

AU - Mizuno, T.

AU - Monzani, M. E.

AU - Morselli, A.

AU - Moskalenko, I. V.

AU - Murgia, S.

AU - Nuss, E.

AU - Ohsugi, T.

AU - Orienti, M.

AU - Orlando, E.

AU - Palma, F. De

AU - Paneque, D.

AU - Pesce-Rollins, M.

AU - Piron, F.

AU - Pivato, G.

AU - Rainò, S.

AU - Rando, R.

AU - Razzano, M.

AU - Reimer, A.

AU - Parkinson, P. M.Saz

AU - Schaal, M.

AU - Schulz, A.

AU - Sgrò, C.

AU - Siskind, E. J.

AU - Spada, F.

AU - Spandre, G.

AU - Spinelli, P.

AU - Suson, D. J.

AU - Takahashi, H.

AU - Thayer, J. B.

AU - Tibaldo, L.

AU - Torne, P.

AU - Torres, D. F.

AU - Tosti, G.

AU - Troja, E.

AU - Vianello, G.

AU - Wood, K. S.

AU - Wood, M.

AU - Yassine, M.

PY - 2015/8/10

Y1 - 2015/8/10

N2 - We report the discovery of PSR J1906+0722, a gamma-ray pulsar detected as part of a blind survey of unidentified Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) sources being carried out on the volunteer distributed computing system, Einstein@Home. This newly discovered pulsar previously appeared as the most significant remaining unidentified gamma-ray source without a known association in the second Fermi-LAT source catalog (2FGL) and was among the top 10 most significant unassociated sources in the recent third catalog (3FGL). PSR J1906+0722 is a young, energetic, isolated pulsar, with a spin frequency of 8.9 Hz, a characteristic age of 49 kyr, and spin-down power erg s-1. In 2009 August it suffered one of the largest glitches detected from a gamma-ray pulsar (). Remaining undetected in dedicated radio follow-up observations, the pulsar is likely radio-quiet. An off-pulse analysis of the gamma-ray flux from the location of PSR J1906+0722 revealed the presence of an additional nearby source, which may be emission from the interaction between a neighboring supernova remnant and a molecular cloud. We discuss possible effects which may have hindered the detection of PSR J1906+0722 in previous searches and describe the methods by which these effects were mitigated in this survey. We also demonstrate the use of advanced timing methods for estimating the positional, spin and glitch parameters of difficult-to-time pulsars such as this.

AB - We report the discovery of PSR J1906+0722, a gamma-ray pulsar detected as part of a blind survey of unidentified Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) sources being carried out on the volunteer distributed computing system, Einstein@Home. This newly discovered pulsar previously appeared as the most significant remaining unidentified gamma-ray source without a known association in the second Fermi-LAT source catalog (2FGL) and was among the top 10 most significant unassociated sources in the recent third catalog (3FGL). PSR J1906+0722 is a young, energetic, isolated pulsar, with a spin frequency of 8.9 Hz, a characteristic age of 49 kyr, and spin-down power erg s-1. In 2009 August it suffered one of the largest glitches detected from a gamma-ray pulsar (). Remaining undetected in dedicated radio follow-up observations, the pulsar is likely radio-quiet. An off-pulse analysis of the gamma-ray flux from the location of PSR J1906+0722 revealed the presence of an additional nearby source, which may be emission from the interaction between a neighboring supernova remnant and a molecular cloud. We discuss possible effects which may have hindered the detection of PSR J1906+0722 in previous searches and describe the methods by which these effects were mitigated in this survey. We also demonstrate the use of advanced timing methods for estimating the positional, spin and glitch parameters of difficult-to-time pulsars such as this.

KW - gamma rays: stars

KW - pulsars: individual (PSR J1906+0722)

U2 - 10.1088/2041-8205/809/1/L2

DO - 10.1088/2041-8205/809/1/L2

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:84939162392

SN - 2041-8205

VL - 809

JO - Astrophysical Journal Letters

JF - Astrophysical Journal Letters

IS - 1

M1 - L2

ER -

PSR J1906+0722: An elusive gamma-ray pulsar

Abstract

Keywords

Access to Document

Fingerprint

Cite this