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Search for the optical counterpart of the nearby pulsar J0108-1431 | | Roberto P. Mignani
; Richard N. Manchester
; George G. Pavlov
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13 Sep 2002 | | Journal: | Astrophys.J. 582 (2003) 978-983 | | Subject: | astro-ph | | Affiliation: | ESO), Richard N. Manchester (ATNF, CSIRO), George G. Pavlov (PennState University | | Abstract: | We present the results of first deep optical observations of the field of the old ($sim 10^8$ yr), nearby, isolated pulsar J0108-1431, in an attempt to detect its optical counterpart. The observations were performed using the FORS1 instrument at the focus of the European Southern Observatory Antu Telescope of the VLT. Observations with the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) were made to determine an accurate position for the radio pulsar at the current epoch. The imaging data, obtained in the V, B, and U passbands reveal no counterpart at the revised radio position down to $V simeq 28$, $Bsimeq 28.6$ and $U simeq 26.4$. For a distance of 130 pc, estimated from the pulsar’s dispersion measure, our constraints on the optical flux put an upper limit of $T=4.5 imes 10^4$ K for the surface temperature of the neutron star, assuming a stellar radius $R_infty=13$ km. Our new radio position allows us to place an upper limit on the pulsar proper motion of 82 mas yr$^{-1}$ which, for d=130 pc, implies a transverse velocity $la 50$ km sec$^{-1}$. | | Source: | arXiv, astro-ph/0209268 | | Services: | Forum | Review | PDF | Favorites | |
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