Pulsed optical emission from PSR 0656+14

A. Shearer; R. M. Redfern; G. Gorman; R. Butler; A. Golden; P. O'Kane; G. M. Beskin; S. I. Neizvestny; V. V. Neustroev; V. L. Plokhotnichenko; M. Cullum

doi:10.1086/310888

Pulsed optical emission from PSR 0656+14

A. Shearer
, R. M. Redfern
, G. Gorman
, R. Butler
, A. Golden
, P. O'Kane
, G. M. Beskin
, S. I. Neizvestny
, V. V. Neustroev
, V. L. Plokhotnichenko
, M. Cullum

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Using data collected with the Special Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) 6 m telescope and the University College Galway (UCG) Transputer Instrument for Fast Image Deconvolution (TRIFFID) imaging photometer, we show that the radio, X-ray, and γ-ray pulsar PSR 0656+14 exhibits pulsed optical emission. We observed that the pulsed fraction was consistent with 100% and that the flux was higher than that expected from a thermal source. The magnitude of PSR 0656+14 in the B band was observed to be 25.1 ± 0.3, consistent with previous CCD observations. The peak of the optical signal is at phase 0.2 compared to the radio and in phase with the weak γ-ray pulse.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	L181-L185
Journal	Astrophysical Journal
Volume	487
Issue number	2 PART II
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/310888
Publication status	Published - 1997

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