ROSAT HRI Detection of the 16 ms Pulsar PSR J0537-6910 Inside SNR N157B

Abstract

Based on a deep ROSAT HRI observation, we have detected a pulsed signal in the 0.1-2 keV band from PSR J0537-6910 --- the recently discovered pulsar associated with the supernova remnant N157B in the Large Magellanic Cloud. The measured pulse period 0.01611548182 ms (+- 0.02 ns), Epoch MJD 50540.5, gives a revised linear spin-down rate of $5.1271\times 10^{-14}s{s}^{-1}$, slightly greater than the previously derived value. The narrow pulse shape (FWHM = 10% duty cycle) in the ROSAT band resembles those seen in both XTE and ASCA data (> 2 keV), but there is also marginal evidence for an interpulse. This ROSAT detection enables us to locate the pulsar at R.A., Dec (J2000) = $5^{h}37^{m}47^s.2,-69^{\circ }10^{\prime }23^{\prime \prime }$. With its uncertainty $\sim 3^{\prime \prime }$, this position coincides with the centroid of a compact X-ray source. But the pulsed emission accounts for only about 10% of the source luminosity $\sim 2\times 10^{36}erg{s}^{-1}$ in the 0.1-2 keV band. These results support our previous suggestions: (1) The pulsar is moving at a high velocity ($\sim 10^{3}km/s$); (2) A bow shock, formed around the pulsar, is responsible for most of the X-ray emission from the source; (3) A collimated outflow from the bow shock region powers a pulsar wind nebula that accounts for an elongated non-thermal radio and X-ray feature to the northwest of the pulsar.

6 pages including 3 figures. To be published in ApJL

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• Discovery of an Ultra-fast X-ray Pulsar in the Supernova Remnant N157B
• ROSAT and ASCA observations of the Crab-Like Supernova Remnant N157B in the Large Magellanic Cloud

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