EGRET Observations of High-Energy $\gamma$-Ray Pulsars
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- Session 69 -- Cataclysmic Variables and Pulsars
- Oral presentation, Thursday, 10:30-12:00, Dwinelle 155 Room
[69.08] EGRET Observations of High-Energy $\gamma$-Ray Pulsars
J.M. Fierro, J. Chiang, Y.C. Lin, P.F. Michelson, P.L. Nolan (Stanford), D.L. Bertsch, C.E. Fichtel, R.C. Hartman, S.D. Hunter, J.R. Mattox, D.J. Thompson (NASA/GSFC), K.T.S. Brazier, G. Kanbach, H.A. Mayer-Hasselwander, C. von Montigny (MPE), E. Schneid (Grumman), D.E. Kniffen (Hampden-Sydney Coll.)
EGRET has now detected five high-energy $\gamma$-ray pulsars: Crab,
Vela, Geminga, PSR B1706-44, and most recently PSR B1055-52.
The characteristics of these objects derived from EGRET data will
be presented and discussed in the context of pulsar $\gamma$-ray
emission models.
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