Optical pulsations from the anomalous X-ray pulsar 1E 1048.1-5937

V. S. Dhillon, T. R. Marsh, S. P. Littlefair +7

We present high-speed optical photometry of the anomalous X-ray pulsar 1E 1048.1-5937 obtained with ULTRACAM on the 8.2-m Very Large Telescope in June 2007. We detect 1E 1048.1-593…