Searching for the optical counterparts of two young γ -ray pulsars

R. P. Mignani; V. Testa; M. Marelli; A. de Luca; M. Pierbattista; M. Razzano; D. Salvetti; A. Belfiore; A. Shearer; P. Moran

doi:10.13025/28604

Searching for the optical counterparts of two young γ -ray pulsars

R. P. Mignani
, V. Testa
, M. Marelli
, A. de Luca
, M. Pierbattista
, M. Razzano
, D. Salvetti
, A. Belfiore
, A. Shearer
, P. Moran

INAF-Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica
University of Zielona G´ora
INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma
INFN-Pavia
Maria Curie-Sklodowska University
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa

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We report on the first deep optical observations of two γ-ray pulsars, both among the very first discovered by the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. The two pulsars are the radio-loud PSR J1907+0602 in the TeV pulsar wind nebula (PWN) MGRO J1908+06 and the radio-quiet PSR J1809-2332 in the 'Taz' radio/X-ray PWN. These pulsars are relatively young and energetic and have been both detected in the X-rays by XMM-Newton, which makes them viable targets for optical observations. We observed the pulsar fields in the B and Vbands with the Very Large Telescope (VLT) in 2015 June/July to search for their optical counterparts. Neither of the two pulsars has been detected down to 3a limiting magnitudes of m_v ~ 26.9 and ~27.6 for PSR J1907+0602 and PSR J1809-2332, respectively. We discuss these results in the framework of the multiwavelength emission properties of pulsars.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2932-2938
Number of pages	7
Journal	Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Volume	463
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.13025/28604 https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw2226
Publication status	Published - 11 Dec 2016

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Stars: neutron

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Searching for the optical counterparts of two young γ -ray pulsars

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