OPTICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE CRAB PULSAR: SIMULTANEOUS UBVR LIGHT CURVES WITH TIME RESOLUTION OF 3.3 ${\mu}s$ AND SPECTROSCOPY

  • KOMAROVA V. N. (Special Astrophysical Observatory) ;
  • BESKIN G. M. (Special Astrophysical Observatory) ;
  • NEUSTROEV V. V. (Special Astrophysical Observatory) ;
  • PLOKHOTNICHENKO V. L. (Special Astrophysical Observatory)
  • Published : 1996.12.01

Abstract

The results of the Crab pulsar observations with the photometrical MANIA (Multichannel Analysis of Nanosecond Intensity Alterations) complex at the 6-m telescope are presented. More than 12 millions photons in UBVR-bands simultaneously with time resolution of $10^{-7}s$ were detected. Using the original software for search for optical pulsar period, we obtained the light curves of the object with time resolution of about 3.3 ${\mu}s$. Their detailed analysis gives the spectral change during pulse and subpulse, the shape of the pulse peaks, which are plateaus (with the duration of about 50${\mu}s$ for the main pulse), limits for an amplitude of fine temporal (stochastic and regular) structure of pulse and sub pulse and the interpulse space intensity. The results of CCD-spectroscopy of the Crab pulsar show that its summarized spectrum is flat. There are no lines, neither emission nor absorbtion ones. Upper limit for line intensity or depth is $3.5\%$ with the confidence probability of $95\%$.

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