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2006ApJ...637..456C - Astrophys. J., 637, 456-465 (2006/January-3)

PSR J1833-1034: discovery of the central young pulsar in the supernova remnant G21.5-0.9.

CAMILO F., RANSOM S.M., GAENSLER B.M., SLANE P.O., LORIMER D.R., REYNOLDS J., MANCHESTER R.N. and MURRAY S.S.

Abstract (from CDS):

We have discovered the pulsar associated with the supernova remnant G21.5-0.9. PSR J1833-1034, with spin period P=61.8 ms and dispersion measure 169/cm3 pc, is very faint, with pulse-averaged flux density of ~70 µJy at a frequency of 1.4 GHz, and was first detected in a deep search with the Parkes telescope. Subsequent observations with Parkes and the Green Bank Telescope have confirmed this detection and yield a period derivative P{dot}=2.02x10–13. These spin parameters imply a characteristic age τc=4.8 kyr and a spin-down luminosity E{dot}=3.3x1037 ergs/s, the latter value exceeded only by the Crab pulsar among the rotation-powered pulsars known in our Galaxy. The pulsar has an unusually steep radio spectrum in the 0.8-2.0 GHz range, with power-law index ~3.0, and a narrow single-peaked pulse profile with FWHM of 0.04P. We have analyzed 350 ks of archival Chandra X-Ray Observatory HRC data and find a pointlike source of luminosity ~3x10–5E{dot}, offset from the center of an elliptical region of size ~7''x5'' and luminosity ~10–3E{dot} within which likely lies the pulsar wind termination shock. We have searched for X-ray pulsations in a 30 ks HRC observation without success, deriving a pulsed fraction upper limit for a sinusoidal pulse shape of about 70% of the pulsar flux. We revisit the distance to G21.5-0.9 based on H I and CO observations, arguing that it is 4.7±0.4 kpc. We use existing X-ray and radio observations of the pulsar wind nebula, along with the measured properties of its engine and a recent detection of the supernova remnant shell, to argue that G21.5-0.9 and PSR J1833-1034 are much younger than τcand likely their true age is ≲1000 yr. In that case, the initial spin period of the pulsar was ≳55 ms.

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Journal keyword(s): ISM: individual (G21.5-0.9) - pulsars: individual (PSR J1833-1034) - Stars: Neutron - ISM: Supernova Remnants

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