A SEARCH FOR VERY HIGH ENERGY GAMMA RAYS FROM THE MISSING LINK BINARY PULSAR J1023+0038 WITH VERITAS

E. Aliu; S. Archambault; A. Archer; W. Benbow; R. Bird; J. Biteau; M. Buchovecky; J. H. Buckley; V. Bugaev; K. L. Byrum; J. V. Cardenzana; M. Cerruti; X. Chen; L. Ciupik; M. P. Connolly; W. Cui; H. J. Dickinson; J. D. Eisch; A. D. Falcone; Q. Feng; J. P. Finley; H. Fleischhack; A. Flinders; P. Fortin; L. F. Fortson; A. Furniss; G. H. Gillanders; S. Griffin; J. Grube; G. Gyuk; M. Hütten; N. Håkansson; J. Holder; T. B. Humensky; C. A. Johnson; P. Kaaret; P. Kar; N. Kelley-Hoskins; M. Kertzman; D. B. Kieda; M. Krause; Mark Lang; A. Loo; G. Maier; S. McArthur; A. J. McCann; K. Meagher; Patrick Moriarty; R. Mukherjee; T. Nguyen; D. Nieto; A. O'Faoláin De Bhróithe; R. A. Ong; A. N. Otte; D. Pandel; N. Park; V. Pelassa; A. Petrashyk; M. Pohl; A. Popkow; E. Pueschel; J. Quinn; K. Ragan; P. T. Reynolds; G. T. Richards; E. Roache; C. B. Rulten; M. Santander; G. H. Sembroski; K. Shahinyan; A. W. Smith; D. Staszak; I. Telezhinsky; J. V. Tucci; J. Tyler; A. Varlotta; S. Vincent; S. P. Wakely; O. M. Weiner; A. Weinstein; A. Wilhelm; D. A. Williams; B. Zitzer; M. Chernyakova; M. S. E. Roberts

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A SEARCH FOR VERY HIGH ENERGY GAMMA RAYS FROM THE MISSING LINK BINARY PULSAR J1023+0038 WITH VERITAS

E. Aliu
, S. Archambault
, A. Archer
, W. Benbow
, R. Bird
, J. Biteau
, M. Buchovecky
, J. H. Buckley
, V. Bugaev
, K. L. Byrum
, J. V. Cardenzana
, M. Cerruti
, X. Chen
, L. Ciupik
, M. P. Connolly
, W. Cui
, H. J. Dickinson
, J. D. Eisch
, A. D. Falcone
, Q. Feng

J. P. Finley, H. Fleischhack, A. Flinders, P. Fortin, L. F. Fortson, A. Furniss, G. H. Gillanders, S. Griffin, J. Grube, G. Gyuk, M. Hütten, N. Håkansson, J. Holder, T. B. Humensky, C. A. Johnson, P. Kaaret, P. Kar, N. Kelley-Hoskins, M. Kertzman, D. B. Kieda, M. Krause, Mark Lang, A. Loo, G. Maier, S. McArthur, A. J. McCann, K. Meagher, Patrick Moriarty, R. Mukherjee, T. Nguyen, D. Nieto, A. O'Faoláin De Bhróithe, R. A. Ong, A. N. Otte, D. Pandel, N. Park, V. Pelassa, A. Petrashyk, M. Pohl, A. Popkow, E. Pueschel, J. Quinn, K. Ragan, P. T. Reynolds, G. T. Richards, E. Roache, C. B. Rulten, M. Santander, G. H. Sembroski, K. Shahinyan, A. W. Smith, D. Staszak, I. Telezhinsky, J. V. Tucci, J. Tyler, A. Varlotta, S. Vincent, S. P. Wakely, O. M. Weiner, A. Weinstein, A. Wilhelm, D. A. Williams, B. Zitzer, M. Chernyakova, M. S. E. Roberts

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Abstract

The binary millisecond radio pulsar PSR J1023+0038 exhibits many characteristics similar to the gamma-ray binary system PSR B1259-63 LS 2883, making it an ideal candidate for the study of high-energy nonthermal emission. It has been the subject of multiwavelength campaigns following the disappearance of the pulsed radio emission in 2013 June, which revealed the appearance of an accretion disk around the neutron star. We present the results of very high energy (VHE) gamma-ray observations carried out by the Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System before and after this change of state. Searches for steady and pulsed emission of both data sets yield no significant gamma-ray signal above 100 GeV, and upper limits are given for both a steady and pulsed gamma-ray flux. These upper limits are used to constrain the magnetic field strength in the shock region of the PSR J1023+0038 system. Assuming that VHE gamma rays are produced via an inverse Compton mechanism in the shock region, we constrain the shock magnetic field to be greater than similar to 2 G before the disappearance of the radio pulsar and greater than similar to 10 G afterward.

Original language	English (Ireland)
Article number	193
Journal	Astrophysical Journal
Volume	831
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.13025/28205 https://doi.org/10.3847/0004-637x/831/2/193
Publication status	Published - 1 Nov 2016

Keywords

binaries: general
gamma rays: general
pulsars: general
pulsars: individual (PSR J1023+0038)

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Aliu, E., Archambault, S., Archer, A., Benbow, W., Bird, R., Biteau, J., Buchovecky, M., Buckley, J. H., Bugaev, V., Byrum, K. L., Cardenzana, J. V., Cerruti, M., Chen, X., Ciupik, L., Connolly, M. P., Cui, W., Dickinson, H. J., Eisch, J. D., Falcone, A. D., ... Roberts, M. S. E. (2016). A SEARCH FOR VERY HIGH ENERGY GAMMA RAYS FROM THE MISSING LINK BINARY PULSAR J1023+0038 WITH VERITAS. Astrophysical Journal, 831(2), Article 193. https://doi.org/10.13025/28205, https://doi.org/10.3847/0004-637x/831/2/193

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AU - Quinn, J.

AU - Ragan, K.

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A SEARCH FOR VERY HIGH ENERGY GAMMA RAYS FROM THE MISSING LINK BINARY PULSAR J1023+0038 WITH VERITAS

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