| Canonical Name: | Crab Pulsar |
| TeVCat Name: | TeV J0534+220p |
| Other Names: | |
| Source Type: | PSR |
| R.A.: | 05 34 31.9 (hh mm ss) |
| Dec.: | +22 00 52.2 (dd mm ss) |
| Gal Long: | 184.56 (deg) |
| Gal Lat: | -5.78 (deg) |
| Distance: | 2 kpc |
| Flux: | 0.01 (Crab Units) |
| Energy Threshold: | 150 GeV |
| Spectral Index: | 3.8 |
| Extended: | No |
| Discovery Date: | 2008-11 |
| Discovered By: | MAGIC |
| TeVCat SubCat: | Default Catalog |
Source Notes:
The Crab Pulsar was listed under the
Crab TeVCat entry until 141027
Source position:
The source position is taken from SIMBAD:
- R.A. (J2000): 05 34 31.9
- Dec. (J2000): +22 00 52.2
Spectral Information:
From
de Ona Wilhelmi (2015) via
Lemoine-Goumard (2015):
- "... the MAGIC collaboration is now seeing significant pulsed
emission (from the Crab) above 1 TeV as can be seen Figure in 5 in
de Ona Wilhelmi (2015)."
From
VERITAS Collaboration (2015):
- "In this work, we show an updated energy spectrum that extends
beyond 400 GeV and up to 1 TeV. The results agree well with the
originally published VERITAS measurement. However, the accumulated
statistics were not sufficient to reconstruct a spectral point at 1 TeV."
From
VERITAS Collaboration (2011):
- spectral index: 3.8 +/- 0.5(stat) +/- 0.2(syst)
Flux:
From
VERITAS Collaboration (2011):
- flux: approximately 1% that of the nebula
Emission components:
-
Saito et al. reported on the discovery of VHE Bridge emission
from the Crab Pulsar at the
2014 Fermi Symposium
- in addition to the pulsed
component,
steady
gamma-ray emission is
also detected from the nebula,
e.g.,
Weekes
et al.
(1989),
Konopelko et al. (1996)
Seen by: MAGIC, VERITAS
-
On the fraction of particles involved in magneto-centrifugally generated ultra-high energy electrons in the Crab pulsar
Osmanov, Z.N. and Mahajan, S.M., New Astronomy 98 p101903 (2023) [LINK]
-
Gamma-Ray Polarimetry of the Crab Pulsar Observed by POLAR
Li, Han-Cheng et al., arXiv e-prints parXiv:2202.10877 (2022) [LINK]
-
Simultaneous space and phase resolved X-ray polarimetry of the Crab Pulsar and Nebula
Bucciantini, Niccol� et al., arXiv e-prints parXiv:2207.05573 (2022) [LINK]
-
Congruity of Crab pulsar's gamma-ray spectrum with the spectral distribution of the radiation by the current sheet in its magnetosphere
Ardavan, Houshang, arXiv e-prints parXiv:2211.14901 (2022) [LINK]
-
Phase resolved spectrum of the Crab pulsar from NICER
Vivekanand, M., arXiv e-prints parXiv:2102.04675 (2021) [LINK]
-
Polarization measurements of the Crab Pulsar with POLAR
Li, Hancheng and POLAR Collaboration, arXiv e-prints parXiv:2109.03142 (2021) [LINK]
-
Very-High-Energy Emission From Pulsars
Harding, Alice K. et al., arXiv e-prints parXiv:2110.09412 (2021) [LINK]
-
The Crab Pulsar and Nebula as seen in gamma-rays
Amato, Elena and Olmi, Barbara, arXiv e-prints parXiv:2111.07712 (2021) [LINK]
-
Inferring the origins of the pulsed gamma-ray emission from the Crab pulsar with 10-year Fermi LAT data
Yeung, Paul K.H., arXiv e-prints parXiv:2004.07669 (2020) [LINK]
-
Three-dimensional Models of Core-collapse Supernovae From Low-mass Progenitors With Implications for Crab
Stockinger, G. et al., arXiv e-prints parXiv:2005.02420 (2020) [LINK]
-
Measurement of High Energy Gamma Rays from 200 MeV to 1 TeV with the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on the International Space Station
Beischer, Bastian, arXiv e-prints parXiv:2007.08392 (2020) [LINK]
-
Phase-resolved gamma-ray spectroscopy of the Crab pulsar observed by POLAR
Li, Han-Cheng et al., arXiv e-prints parXiv:1910.07941 (2019) [LINK]
-
Statistics of VHE gamma-Rays in Temporal Association with Radio Giant Pulses from the Crab Pulsar
MAGIC Collaboration et al., arXiv e-prints parXiv:1911.00634 (2019) [LINK]
-
Prospects for the characterization of the VHE emission from the Crab Nebula and Pulsar with the Cherenkov Telescope Array
Mestre, Enrique et al., arXiv e-prints parXiv:1912.01921 (2019) [LINK]
-
High-energy Emission Properties of Pulsars
Venter, C. et al., ArXiv e-prints p (2018) [LINK]
-
The Crab pulsar: ion-proton plasma and high-frequency radio spectrum
Jones, P., ArXiv e-prints p (2018) [LINK]
-
Hydrodynamical Neutron-star Kicks in Electron-capture Supernovae and Implications for the CRAB Supernova
Gessner, A. and Janka, H.-T., ArXiv e-prints p (2018) [LINK]
-
Resonance nonlinear reflection from neutron star and additional radiation components of Crab pulsar
Kontorovich, V.M. et al., ArXiv e-prints p (2018) [LINK]
-
Time evolution of the X-ray and gamma-ray fluxes of the Crab pulsar
Yan, L.L. et al., ArXiv e-prints p (2018) [LINK]
-
Magnetic absorption of VHE photons in the magnetosphere of the Crab pulsar
Bogovalov, S.V. et al., MNRAS 476 p4213-4223 (2018) [LINK]
-
The Crab pulsar at VHE
Zanin, R., ArXiv e-prints p (2017) [LINK]
-
On the mystery of the interpulse shift in the Crab pulsar
Kontorovich, V.M. and Trofymenko, S.V., ArXiv e-prints p (2017) [LINK]
-
Constraining Lorentz invariance violation using the Crab Pulsar emission observed up to TeV energies by MAGIC
MAGIC Collaboration et al., ArXiv e-prints p (2017) [LINK]
-
Constraining Lorentz invariance violations using the Crab pulsar TeV emission
Gaug, M. et al., ArXiv e-prints p (2017) [LINK]
-
Dissipation of the striped pulsar wind
Cerutti, B. and Philippov, A.A., ArXiv e-prints p (2017) [LINK]
-
Modelling energy-dependent pulsar light curves
Venter, C. et al., ArXiv e-prints p (2017) [LINK]
-
Very-high energy emission from pulsars
Breed, M. et al., ArXiv e-prints p (2016) [LINK]
-
Pulsed VHE emission from the Crab Pulsar in the context of magnetocentrifugal particle acceleration
Osmanov, Z. and Rieger, F.M., ArXiv e-prints p (2016) [LINK]
-
Teraelectronvolt pulsed emission from the Crab pulsar detected by MAGIC
MAGIC Collaboration et al., ArXiv e-prints p (2015) [LINK]
-
Very high energy emission as a probe of relativistic magnetic reconnection in pulsar winds
Mochol, I. and Petri, J., ArXiv e-prints p (2015) [LINK]
-
Detection of VHE Bridge emission from the Crab pulsar with the MAGIC Telescopes
Saito, T.Y. et al., ArXiv e-prints p (2015) [LINK]
-
Modeling of the gamma-ray pulsed spectra of Geminga, Crab, and Vela with synchro-curvature radiation
Vigano, D. and Torres, D.F., ArXiv e-prints p (2015) [LINK]
-
Updated Results from VERITAS on the Crab Pulsar
Nguyen, T. and for the VERITAS Collaboration, ArXiv e-prints p (2015) [LINK]
-
Tera-electron-Volt pulsed emission from the Crab detected by MAGIC
de Ona Wilhelmi for the MAGIC Collaboration, ICRC (2015) [LINK]
-
Very high energy emission of Crab-like pulsars driven by the Cherenkov drift radiation
Osmanov, Z., ArXiv e-prints p (2015) [LINK]
-
A recent change in the optical and gamma-ray polarization of the Crab nebula and pulsar
Moran, P. et al., ArXiv e-prints p (2015) [LINK]
-
Prospects for Measuring the Isotropic Diffuse Gamma-Ray Emission in HAWC above 1 TeV
Pretz, J. and HAWC Collaboration, 34 p820 (2015) [LINK]
-
Observations of the Crab Pulsar with VERITAS
McCann, A. and for the VERITAS Collaboration, ArXiv e-prints p (2013) [LINK]
-
Radio-to-TeV Phase-resolved Emission from the Crab Pulsar: The Annular Gap Model
Du, Y.J. et al., ApJ 748 p84 (2012) [LINK]
-
Phase-resolved Crab pulsar measurements from 25 to 400 GeV with the MAGIC telescopes
Klepser, S. et al., Journal of Physics Conference Series 375 p052022 (2012) [LINK]
-
The Gamma-Ray Spectrum of Geminga and the Inverse Compton Model of Pulsar High-energy Emission
Lyutikov, M., ApJ 757 p88 (2012) [LINK]
-
On the origin of sub-TeV gamma-ray pulsed emission from rotating neutron stars
Bednarek, W., MNRAS 424 p2079-2085 (2012) [LINK]
-
VERITAS observations of the Crab pulsar
Zitzer, B. and VERITAS Collaboration, 1505 p297-300 (2012) [LINK]
-
On the spectrum of the pulsed gamma-ray emission from 10MeV to 400GeV of the Crab pulsar
Chkheidze, N. et al., ArXiv e-prints p (2012) [LINK]
-
First Detection of the Crab Pulsar above 100 GeV
Nepomuk Otte, A. and for the VERITAS Collaboration, ArXiv e-prints p (2012) [LINK]
-
First Detection of a Pulsar above 100 GeV
Nepomuk Otte, A. and Veritas Collaboration, Journal of Physics Conference Series 375 p052023 (2012) [LINK]
-
The Very High Energy Emission from Pulsars: A Case for Inverse Compton Scattering
Lyutikov, M. et al., ApJ 754 p33 (2012) [LINK]
-
Phase-resolved energy spectra of the Crab pulsar in the range of 50-400 GeV measured with the MAGIC telescopes
Aleksic, J. et al., A&A 540 pA69 (2012) [LINK]
-
Study of the High Energy Gamma-ray Emission from the Crab Pulsar with the MAGIC telescope and Fermi-LAT
Saito, T., p (2011) [LINK]
-
Detection of Pulsed Gamma Rays Above 100 GeV from the Crab Pulsar
VERITAS Collaboration et al., Science 334 p69- (2011) [LINK]
-
Observations of the Crab Pulsar between 25 and 100 GeV with the MAGIC I Telescope
Aleksic, J. et al., ApJ 742 p43 (2011) [LINK]
-
Observations of the Crab pulsar with the MAGIC telescopes
Saito, T.Y. et al., ArXiv e-prints p (2011) [LINK]
-
Detection of the Crab Pulsar with VERITAS above 100 GeV
McCann, A., International Cosmic Ray Conference 7 p208 (2011) [LINK]
-
New Results about an old Friend: The Crab Nebula and its Pulsar
Weisskopf, M., p2 (2011) [LINK]
-
The Crab pulsar seen with AquEYE at Asiago Cima Ekar observatory
Zampieri, L. et al., Advances in Space Research 47 p365-369 (2011) [LINK]
-
On the Very High Energy Spectrum of the Crab Pulsar
Chkheidze, N. et al., ApJ 730 p62 (2011) [LINK]
-
Fermi Large Area Telescope Observations of the Crab Pulsar And Nebula
Abdo, A.A. et al., ApJ 708 p1254-1267 (2010) [LINK]
-
On particle acceleration and very high energy gamma-ray emission in Crab-like pulsars
Osmanov, Z. and Rieger, F.M., A&A 502 p15-20 (2009) [LINK]
-
The Synchrotron Emission Mechanism in the Recently Detected Very High Energy Radiation from the Crab Pulsar
Machabeli, G. and Osmanov, Z., ApJ 700 pL114-L117 (2009) [LINK]
-
The multicomponent model of the Crab Pulsar at energies above 25 GeV
Campana, R. et al., A&A 499 p847-850 (2009) [LINK]
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Observation of Pulsed Gamma-Rays Above 25 GeV from the Crab Pulsar with MAGIC
Aliu, E. et al., Science 322 p1221- (2008) [LINK]
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VHE Gamma-ray Observation of the Crab Nebula and its Pulsar with the MAGIC Telescope
Albert, J. et al., ApJ 674 p1037-1055 (2008) [LINK]
-
Observation of Pulsed Gamma-rays Above 25 GeV from the Crab Pulsar with MAGIC
Aliu, E. et al., Science 322 p1221- (2008) [LINK]
-
The Crab Nebula and Pulsar between 500 GeV and 80 TeV: Observations with the HEGRA Stereoscopic Air Cerenkov Telescopes
Aharonian, F. et al., ApJ 614 p897-913 (2004) [LINK]
-
Energy Sensitive Search for Pulsed Photons from Crab Pulsar using the TACTIC Imaging Element
Rannot, R.C. et al., Bulletin of the Astronomical Society of India 31 p357-360 (2003) [LINK]
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Search for pulsed TeV gamma-rays from Crab pulsar with the TACTIC imaging gamma-ray telescope.
Rannot, R.C. et al., Bulletin of the Astronomical Society of India 30 p699-700 (2002) [LINK]
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High-Energy Gamma-Ray Observations of the Crab Nebula and Pulsar with the Solar Tower Atmospheric Cerenkov Effect Experiment
Oser, S. et al., ApJ 547 p949-958 (2001) [LINK]
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Phase-resolved Studies of the High-Energy Gamma-Ray Emission from the Crab, Geminga, and VELA Pulsars
Fierro, J.M. et al., ApJ 494 p734-746 (1998) [LINK]
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