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MAGIC Observations of PSR J0631: Analysis and Results

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For purposes of comparison with observations at high photon energies, I have computed the Compton-synchrotron spectrum of the Crab on the assumption that there exists therein production of a synchrotron spectrum extending from the radio to the optical to the x-ray region.

For purposes of comparison with observations at high photon energies, I have computed the Compton-synchrotron spectrum of the Crab on the assumption that there exists therein production of a synchrotron spectrum extending from the radio to the optical to the x-ray region.

Robert J. Gould, 1965

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Notes

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    As described in the bachelor thesis of Joel Betorz in 2015 at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (uab) under the supervision of Dr. Markus Gaug.

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    For the naming convention see Sect. 5.1.

  3. 3.

    We estimate the psf by analyzing Crab nebula data taken under similar conditions to our data. For this estimation we ignore the fact, that the tails of magic’s psf can be slightly better reproduced by the King function or a double Gaussian, see for example [4].

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Carreto Fidalgo, D. (2019). MAGIC Observations of PSR J0631: Analysis and Results. In: Revealing the Most Energetic Light from Pulsars and Their Nebulae. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24194-0_9

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