Observations of the Pulsar PSR B1951+32 with the Solar Tower Atmospheric Cherenkov Effect Experiment
/ Authors
J. Kildea, J. Zweerink, J. Ball, J. Carson, C. Covault, D. Driscoll, P. Fortin, D. Gingrich, D. Hanna, A. Jarvis
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T. Lindner, C. Mueller, R. Mukherjee, R. Ong, K. Ragan, D. Williams
/ Abstract
We present the analysis and results of 12.5 hours of high-energy gamma-ray observations of the EGRET-detected pulsar PSR B1951+32 using the Solar Tower Atmospheric Cherenkov Effect Experiment (STACEE). STACEE is an atmospheric Cherenkov detector, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, that detects cosmic gamma rays using the shower-front-sampling technique. STACEE's sensitivity to astrophysical sources at energies around 100 GeV allows it to investigate emission from gamma-ray pulsars with expected pulsed emission cutoffs below 100 GeV. We discuss the observations and analysis of STACEE's PSR 1951+32 data, accumulated during the 2005 and 2006 observing seasons.
Journal: arXiv: Astrophysics