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Very High Energy Gamma Rays from PSR1706-44

T. Kifune, CANGAROO Collaboration

Published 1994-12-27Version 1

We have obtained evidence of gamma-ray emission above 1 TeV from PSR1706-44, using a ground-based telescope of the atmospheric \v{C}erenkov imaging type located near Woomera, South Australia. This object, a $\gamma$-ray source discovered by the COS B satellite (2CG342-02), was identified with the radio pulsar through the discovery of a 102 ms pulsed signal with the EGRET instrument of the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory. The flux of the present observation above a threshold of 1 TeV is $\bf \sim $ 1 $\cdot$ 10$^{-11}$ photons cm$^{-2}$ s$^{-1}$, which is two orders of magnitude smaller than the extrapolation from GeV energies. The analysis is not restricted to a search for emission modulated with the 102 ms period, and the reported flux is for all $\gamma$-rays from PSR1706-44, pulsed and unpulsed. The energy output in the TeV region corresponds to about 10$^{-3}$ of the spin down energy loss rate of the neutron star.

Comments: 13 pages, latex format (article), 2 figures included
Journal: Astrophys.J.438:L91-L94,1995
Categories: astro-ph
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