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American Astronomical Society, Astrophysical Journal, 2(712), p. 1209-1218, 2010

DOI: 10.1088/0004-637x/712/2/1209

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Fermilarge Area Telescope Observations of Psr J1836+5925

Journal article published in 2010 by A. A. Abdo, M. Ackermann ORCID, M. Ajello, W. B. Atwood, L. Baldini ORCID, J. Ballet, G. Barbiellini, M. G. Baring, D. Bastieri ORCID, K. Bechtol, A. Belfiore, R. Bellazzini, B. Berenji, R. D. Blandford, E. D. Bloom and other authors.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.

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Abstract

The discovery of the gamma-ray pulsar PSR J1836+5925, powering the formerly unidentified EGRET source 3EG J1835+5918, was one of the early accomplishments of the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT). Sitting 25 degrees off the Galactic plane, PSR J1836+5925 is a 173 ms pulsar with a characteristic age of 1.8 million years, a spindown luminosity of 1.1$\times10^{34}$ erg s$^{-1}$, and a large off-peak emission component, making it quite unusual among the known gamma-ray pulsar population. We present an analysis of one year of LAT data, including an updated timing solution, detailed spectral results and a long-term light curve showing no indication of variability. No evidence for a surrounding pulsar wind nebula is seen and the spectral characteristics of the off-peak emission indicate it is likely magnetospheric. Analysis of recent XMM observations of the X-ray counterpart yields a detailed characterization of its spectrum, which, like Geminga, is consistent with that of a neutron star showing evidence for both magnetospheric and thermal emission. ; Comment: Accepted to Astrophysical Journal