Optical observations of PSR J2021+3651 with the GTC

Ryspaeva, E. B.; Kirichenko, A. Yu; Shibanov, Yu A.; Shternin, P. S.; Danilenko, A. A.; Zyuzin, D. A.; Durant, M.; Kargaltsev, O. Yu; Pavlov, G. G.; Cabrera-Lavers, A.
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Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Volume 661, Issue 1, article id. 012011 (2015).

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2015
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We analyzed first optical observations of 17 kyr-old PSR J2021+3651 and its pulsar wind nebula obtained with the 10.4-m Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) telescope in the Sloan r' band. In addition, we reanalyzed archival X-ray data obtained with Chandra. The pulsar and the nebula were not detected in the optical down to 27.20 and 24.85 magnitude 3σ limits, respectively. Using the optical and X-ray data we conclude that PSR J2021+3651, like the Vela pulsar, is a very inefficient nonthermal emitter in the optical and X-rays, while its gamma-ray efficiency is consistent with an average efficiency for all gamma-ray pulsars of similar ages.