The fermi gamma-ray space telescope discovers the pulsar in the young galactic supernova remnant CTA 1

A. A. Abdo; M. Ackermann; W. B. Atwood; L. Baldini; J. Ballet; G. Barbiellini; M. G. Baring; D. Bastieri; B. M. Baughman; K. Bechtol; R. Bellazzini; B. Berenji; R. D. Blandford; E. D. Bloom; G. Bogaert; E. Bonamente; A. W. Borgland; J. Bregeon; A. Brez; M. Brigida; P. Bruel; T. H. Burnett; G. A. Caliandro; R. A. Cameron; P. A. Caraveo; P. Carlson; J. M. Casandjian; C. Cecchi; E. Charles; A. Chekhtman; C. C. Cheung; J. Chiang; S. Ciprini; R. Claus; J. Cohen-Tanugi; L. R. Cominsky; J. Conrad; S. Cutini; D. S. Davis; C. D. Dermer; A. De Angelis; F. De Palma; S. W. Digel; M. Dormody; E. Do Couto E Silva; P. S. Drell; R. Dubois; D. Dumora; Y. Edmonds; C. Farnier; W. B. Focke; Y. Fukazawa; S. Funk; P. Fusco; F. Gargano; D. Gasparrini; N. Gehrels; S. Germani; B. Giebels; N. Giglietto; F. Giordano; T. Glanzman; G. Godfrey; I. A. Grenier; M. H. Grondin; J. E. Grove; L. Guillemot; S. Guiriec; A. K. Harding; R. C. Hartman; E. Hays; R. E. Hughes; G. Jóhannesson; A. S. Johnson; R. P. Johnson; T. J. Johnson; W. N. Johnson; T. Kamae; Y. Kanai; G. Kanbach; H. Katagiri; N. Kawai; M. Kerr; T. Kishishita; B. Kiziltan; J. Knödlseder; M. L. Kocian; N. Komin; F. Kuehn; M. Kuss; L. Latronico; M. Lemoine-Goumard; F. Longo; V. Lonjou; F. Loparco; B. Lott; M. N. Lovellette; P. Lubrano; A. Makeev; M. Marelli; M. N. Mazziotta; J. E. McEnery; S. McGlynn; C. Meurer; P. F. Michelson; T. Mineo; W. Mitthumsiri; T. Mizuno; A. A. Moiseev; C. Monte; M. E. Monzani; A. Morselli; I. V. Moskalenko; S. Murgia; T. Nakamori; P. L. Nolan; E. Nuss; M. Ohno; T. Ohsugi; A. Okumura; N. Omodei; E. Orlando; J. F. Ormes; M. Ozaki; D. Paneque; J. H. Panetta; D. Parent; V. Pelassa; M. Pepe; M. Pesce-Rollins; G. Piano; L. Pieri; F. Piron; T. A. Porter; S. Rainò; R. Rando; P. S. Ray; M. Razzano; A. Reimer; O. Reimer; T. Reposeur; S. Ritz; L. S. Rochester; A. Y. Rodriguez; R. W. Romani; M. Roth; F. Ryde; H. F.W. Sadrozinski; D. Sanchez; A. Sander; P. M. Saz Parkinson; T. L. Schalk; A. Sellerholm; C. Sgrò; E. J. Siskind; D. A. Smith; P. D. Smith; G. Spandre; P. Spinelli; J. L. Starck; M. S. Strickman; D. J. Suson; H. Tajima; H. Takahashi; T. Takahashi; T. Tanaka; J. B. Thayer; J. G. Thayer; D. J. Thompson; S. E. Thorsett; L. Tibaldo; D. F. Torres; G. Tosti; A. Tramacere; T. L. Usher; A. Van Etten; N. Vilchez; V. Vitale; P. Wang; K. Watters; B. L. Winer; K. S. Wood; H. Yasuda; T. Ylinen; M. Ziegler

doi:10.1126/science.1165572

The fermi gamma-ray space telescope discovers the pulsar in the young galactic supernova remnant CTA 1

A. A. Abdo
, M. Ackermann
, W. B. Atwood
, L. Baldini
, J. Ballet
, G. Barbiellini
, M. G. Baring
, D. Bastieri
, B. M. Baughman
, K. Bechtol
, R. Bellazzini
, B. Berenji
, R. D. Blandford
, E. D. Bloom
, G. Bogaert
, E. Bonamente
, A. W. Borgland
, J. Bregeon
, A. Brez
, M. Brigida

P. Bruel, T. H. Burnett, G. A. Caliandro, R. A. Cameron, P. A. Caraveo, P. Carlson, J. M. Casandjian, C. Cecchi, E. Charles, A. Chekhtman, C. C. Cheung, J. Chiang, S. Ciprini, R. Claus, J. Cohen-Tanugi, L. R. Cominsky, J. Conrad, S. Cutini, D. S. Davis, C. D. Dermer, A. De Angelis, F. De Palma, S. W. Digel, M. Dormody, E. Do Couto E Silva, P. S. Drell, R. Dubois, D. Dumora, Y. Edmonds, C. Farnier, W. B. Focke, Y. Fukazawa, S. Funk, P. Fusco, F. Gargano, D. Gasparrini, N. Gehrels, S. Germani, B. Giebels, N. Giglietto, F. Giordano, T. Glanzman, G. Godfrey, I. A. Grenier, M. H. Grondin, J. E. Grove, L. Guillemot, S. Guiriec, A. K. Harding, R. C. Hartman, E. Hays, R. E. Hughes, G. Jóhannesson, A. S. Johnson, R. P. Johnson, T. J. Johnson, W. N. Johnson, T. Kamae, Y. Kanai, G. Kanbach, H. Katagiri, N. Kawai, M. Kerr, T. Kishishita, B. Kiziltan, J. Knödlseder, M. L. Kocian, N. Komin, F. Kuehn, M. Kuss, L. Latronico, M. Lemoine-Goumard, F. Longo, V. Lonjou, F. Loparco, B. Lott, M. N. Lovellette, P. Lubrano, A. Makeev, M. Marelli, M. N. Mazziotta, J. E. McEnery, S. McGlynn, C. Meurer, P. F. Michelson, T. Mineo, W. Mitthumsiri, T. Mizuno, A. A. Moiseev, C. Monte, M. E. Monzani, A. Morselli, I. V. Moskalenko, S. Murgia, T. Nakamori, P. L. Nolan, E. Nuss, M. Ohno, T. Ohsugi, A. Okumura, N. Omodei, E. Orlando, J. F. Ormes, M. Ozaki, D. Paneque, J. H. Panetta, D. Parent, V. Pelassa, M. Pepe, M. Pesce-Rollins, G. Piano, L. Pieri, F. Piron, T. A. Porter, S. Rainò, R. Rando, P. S. Ray, M. Razzano, A. Reimer, O. Reimer, T. Reposeur, S. Ritz, L. S. Rochester, A. Y. Rodriguez, R. W. Romani, M. Roth, F. Ryde, H. F.W. Sadrozinski, D. Sanchez, A. Sander, P. M. Saz Parkinson, T. L. Schalk, A. Sellerholm, C. Sgrò, E. J. Siskind, D. A. Smith, P. D. Smith, G. Spandre, P. Spinelli, J. L. Starck, M. S. Strickman, D. J. Suson, H. Tajima, H. Takahashi, T. Takahashi, T. Tanaka, J. B. Thayer, J. G. Thayer, D. J. Thompson, S. E. Thorsett, L. Tibaldo, D. F. Torres, G. Tosti, A. Tramacere, T. L. Usher, A. Van Etten, N. Vilchez, V. Vitale, P. Wang, K. Watters, B. L. Winer, K. S. Wood, H. Yasuda, T. Ylinen, M. Ziegler

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Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
University of California at Santa Cruz
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
Université Paris-Diderot
INFN Sezione di Trieste
University of Trieste
Rice University
INFN
University of Padova
The Ohio State University
INFN Sezione di Perugia
University of Perugia
Politecnico di Bari
INFN Sezione di Bari
University of Washington
INAF Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica, Milan
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
George Mason University
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Centre national de la recherche scientifique
Sonoma State University
Stockholm University
Science and Research Directorate
Biochemical and Environmental Engineering
and Physics University of Udine
Université Paris-Sud
Univ. Bordeaux
Hiroshima University
University of Maryland, College Park
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Max Planck Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik
RIKEN (The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research)
ISAS/JAXA
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INAF Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica di Palermo
University of Rome “Tor Vergata”
University of Tokyo
University of Denver
University of São Paulo
NYCB Real-Time Computing Inc.
Purdue University Northwest
Pompeu Fabra University (UPF)
Consorzio Interuniversitario per la Fisica Spaziale (CIFS)
University of Kalmar

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Abstract

Energetic young pulsars and expanding blast waves [supernova remnants (SNRs)] are the most visible remains after massive stars, ending their lives, explode in core-collapse supernovae. The Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope has unveiled a radio quiet pulsar located near the center of the compact synchrotron nebula inside the supernova remnant CTA 1. The pulsar, discovered through its gamma-ray pulsations, has a period of 316.86 milliseconds and a period derivative of 3.614 × 10^?13 seconds per second. Its characteristic age of 10⁴ years is comparable to that estimated for the SNR. We speculate that most unidentified Galactic gamma-ray sources associated with star-forming regions and SNRs are such young pulsars.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1218-1221
Number of pages	4
Journal	Science
Volume	322
Issue number	5905
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1165572
Publication status	Published - 21 Nov 2008

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Abdo, A. A., Ackermann, M., Atwood, W. B., Baldini, L., Ballet, J., Barbiellini, G., Baring, M. G., Bastieri, D., Baughman, B. M., Bechtol, K., Bellazzini, R., Berenji, B., Blandford, R. D., Bloom, E. D., Bogaert, G., Bonamente, E., Borgland, A. W., Bregeon, J., Brez, A., ... Ziegler, M. (2008). The fermi gamma-ray space telescope discovers the pulsar in the young galactic supernova remnant CTA 1. Science, 322(5905), 1218-1221. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1165572

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T1 - The fermi gamma-ray space telescope discovers the pulsar in the young galactic supernova remnant CTA 1

AU - Abdo, A. A.

AU - Ackermann, M.

AU - Atwood, W. B.

AU - Baldini, L.

AU - Ballet, J.

AU - Barbiellini, G.

AU - Baring, M. G.

AU - Bastieri, D.

AU - Baughman, B. M.

AU - Bechtol, K.

AU - Bellazzini, R.

AU - Berenji, B.

AU - Blandford, R. D.

AU - Bloom, E. D.

AU - Bogaert, G.

AU - Bonamente, E.

AU - Borgland, A. W.

AU - Bregeon, J.

AU - Brez, A.

AU - Brigida, M.

AU - Bruel, P.

AU - Burnett, T. H.

AU - Caliandro, G. A.

AU - Cameron, R. A.

AU - Caraveo, P. A.

AU - Carlson, P.

AU - Casandjian, J. M.

AU - Cecchi, C.

AU - Charles, E.

AU - Chekhtman, A.

AU - Cheung, C. C.

AU - Chiang, J.

AU - Ciprini, S.

AU - Claus, R.

AU - Cohen-Tanugi, J.

AU - Cominsky, L. R.

AU - Conrad, J.

AU - Cutini, S.

AU - Davis, D. S.

AU - Dermer, C. D.

AU - De Angelis, A.

AU - De Palma, F.

AU - Digel, S. W.

AU - Dormody, M.

AU - Do Couto E Silva, E.

AU - Drell, P. S.

AU - Dubois, R.

AU - Dumora, D.

AU - Edmonds, Y.

AU - Farnier, C.

AU - Focke, W. B.

AU - Fukazawa, Y.

AU - Funk, S.

AU - Fusco, P.

AU - Gargano, F.

AU - Gasparrini, D.

AU - Gehrels, N.

AU - Germani, S.

AU - Giebels, B.

AU - Giglietto, N.

AU - Giordano, F.

AU - Glanzman, T.

AU - Godfrey, G.

AU - Grenier, I. A.

AU - Grondin, M. H.

AU - Grove, J. E.

AU - Guillemot, L.

AU - Guiriec, S.

AU - Harding, A. K.

AU - Hartman, R. C.

AU - Hays, E.

AU - Hughes, R. E.

AU - Jóhannesson, G.

AU - Johnson, A. S.

AU - Johnson, R. P.

AU - Johnson, T. J.

AU - Johnson, W. N.

AU - Kamae, T.

AU - Kanai, Y.

AU - Kanbach, G.

AU - Katagiri, H.

AU - Kawai, N.

AU - Kerr, M.

AU - Kishishita, T.

AU - Kiziltan, B.

AU - Knödlseder, J.

AU - Kocian, M. L.

AU - Komin, N.

AU - Kuehn, F.

AU - Kuss, M.

AU - Latronico, L.

AU - Lemoine-Goumard, M.

AU - Longo, F.

AU - Lonjou, V.

AU - Loparco, F.

AU - Lott, B.

AU - Lovellette, M. N.

AU - Lubrano, P.

AU - Makeev, A.

AU - Marelli, M.

AU - Mazziotta, M. N.

AU - McEnery, J. E.

AU - McGlynn, S.

AU - Meurer, C.

AU - Michelson, P. F.

AU - Mineo, T.

AU - Mitthumsiri, W.

AU - Mizuno, T.

AU - Moiseev, A. A.

AU - Monte, C.

AU - Monzani, M. E.

AU - Morselli, A.

AU - Moskalenko, I. V.

AU - Murgia, S.

AU - Nakamori, T.

AU - Nolan, P. L.

AU - Nuss, E.

AU - Ohno, M.

AU - Ohsugi, T.

AU - Okumura, A.

AU - Omodei, N.

AU - Orlando, E.

AU - Ormes, J. F.

AU - Ozaki, M.

AU - Paneque, D.

AU - Panetta, J. H.

AU - Parent, D.

AU - Pelassa, V.

AU - Pepe, M.

AU - Pesce-Rollins, M.

AU - Piano, G.

AU - Pieri, L.

AU - Piron, F.

AU - Porter, T. A.

AU - Rainò, S.

AU - Rando, R.

AU - Ray, P. S.

AU - Razzano, M.

AU - Reimer, A.

AU - Reimer, O.

AU - Reposeur, T.

AU - Ritz, S.

AU - Rochester, L. S.

AU - Rodriguez, A. Y.

AU - Romani, R. W.

AU - Roth, M.

AU - Ryde, F.

AU - Sadrozinski, H. F.W.

AU - Sanchez, D.

AU - Sander, A.

AU - Saz Parkinson, P. M.

AU - Schalk, T. L.

AU - Sellerholm, A.

AU - Sgrò, C.

AU - Siskind, E. J.

AU - Smith, D. A.

AU - Smith, P. D.

AU - Spandre, G.

AU - Spinelli, P.

AU - Starck, J. L.

AU - Strickman, M. S.

AU - Suson, D. J.

AU - Tajima, H.

AU - Takahashi, H.

AU - Takahashi, T.

AU - Tanaka, T.

AU - Thayer, J. B.

AU - Thayer, J. G.

AU - Thompson, D. J.

AU - Thorsett, S. E.

AU - Tibaldo, L.

AU - Torres, D. F.

AU - Tosti, G.

AU - Tramacere, A.

AU - Usher, T. L.

AU - Van Etten, A.

AU - Vilchez, N.

AU - Vitale, V.

AU - Wang, P.

AU - Watters, K.

AU - Winer, B. L.

AU - Wood, K. S.

AU - Yasuda, H.

AU - Ylinen, T.

AU - Ziegler, M.

PY - 2008/11/21

Y1 - 2008/11/21

N2 - Energetic young pulsars and expanding blast waves [supernova remnants (SNRs)] are the most visible remains after massive stars, ending their lives, explode in core-collapse supernovae. The Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope has unveiled a radio quiet pulsar located near the center of the compact synchrotron nebula inside the supernova remnant CTA 1. The pulsar, discovered through its gamma-ray pulsations, has a period of 316.86 milliseconds and a period derivative of 3.614 × 10?13 seconds per second. Its characteristic age of 104 years is comparable to that estimated for the SNR. We speculate that most unidentified Galactic gamma-ray sources associated with star-forming regions and SNRs are such young pulsars.

AB - Energetic young pulsars and expanding blast waves [supernova remnants (SNRs)] are the most visible remains after massive stars, ending their lives, explode in core-collapse supernovae. The Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope has unveiled a radio quiet pulsar located near the center of the compact synchrotron nebula inside the supernova remnant CTA 1. The pulsar, discovered through its gamma-ray pulsations, has a period of 316.86 milliseconds and a period derivative of 3.614 × 10?13 seconds per second. Its characteristic age of 104 years is comparable to that estimated for the SNR. We speculate that most unidentified Galactic gamma-ray sources associated with star-forming regions and SNRs are such young pulsars.

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/57149104772

U2 - 10.1126/science.1165572

DO - 10.1126/science.1165572

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:57149104772

SN - 0036-8075

VL - 322

SP - 1218

EP - 1221

JO - Science

JF - Science

IS - 5905

ER -

The fermi gamma-ray space telescope discovers the pulsar in the young galactic supernova remnant CTA 1

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