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2001A&A...370.1004K - Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 370, 1004-1016 (2001/5-2)

Optical photometry of the PSR B0656+14 and its neighborhood.

KOPTSEVICH A.B., PAVLOV G.G., ZHARIKOV S.V., SOKOLOV V.V., SHIBANOV Y.A. and KURT V.G.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present the results of broad-band photometry of the nearby middle-aged radio pulsar PSR B0656+14 and its neighborhood obtained with the 6-meter telescope of the SAO RAS and with the Hubble Space Telescope. The broad-band spectral flux Fν of the pulsar decreases with increasing frequency in the near-IR range and increases with frequency in the near-UV range. The increase towards UV can be naturally interpreted as the Rayleigh-Jeans tail of the soft thermal component of the X-ray spectrum emitted from the surface of the cooling neutron star. Continuation of the power-law component, which dominates in the high-energy tail of the X-ray spectrum, to the IR-optical-UV frequencies is consistent with the observed fluxes. This suggests that the non-thermal pulsar radiation may be of the same origin in a broad frequency range from IR to hard X-rays. We also studied 4 objects detected within 5" from the pulsar.

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Journal keyword(s): stars: neutron - pulsars: individual: PSR B0656+14, Geminga

Simbad objects: 9

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