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DOI
Camilo, F.; Ransom, S. M.; Peñalver, J.; Karastergiou, A.; van Kerkwijk, M. H.; Durant, M.; Halpern, J. P.; Reynolds, J.; Thum, C.; Helfand, D. J.; Zimmerman, N.; Cognard, I.
Bibliographical reference
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 669, Issue 1, pp. 561-569.
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2007
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We have observed the 5.54 s anomalous X-ray pulsar XTE J1810-197 at
radio, millimeter, and infrared (IR) wavelengths, with the aim of
learning about its broadband spectrum. At the IRAM 30 m telescope, we
have detected the magnetar at ν=88 and 144 GHz, the highest
radio-frequency emission ever seen from a pulsar. At 88 GHz we detected
numerous individual pulses, with typical widths ~2 ms and peak flux
densities up to 45 Jy. Together with nearly contemporaneous observations
with the Parkes, Nançay, and Green Bank telescopes, we find that
in late 2006 July the spectral index of the pulsar was
-0.5<~α<~0 (with flux density
Sν~να) over the range 1.4-144 GHz.
Nine dual-frequency Very Large Array and Australia Telescope Compact
Array observations in 2006 May-September are consistent with this
finding, while showing variability of α with time. We infer from
the IRAM observations that XTE J1810-197 remains highly linearly
polarized at millimeter wavelengths. Also, toward this pulsar, the
transition frequency between strong and weak scattering in the
interstellar medium may be near 50 GHz. At Gemini, we detected the
pulsar at 2.2 μm in 2006 September, at the faintest level yet
observed, Ks=21.89+/-0.15. We have also analyzed four
archival IR Very Large Telescope observations (two unpublished), finding
that the brightness fluctuated within a factor of 2-3 over a span of 3
years, unlike the monotonic decay of the X-ray flux. Thus, there is no
correlation between IR and X-ray flux, and it remains uncertain whether
there is any correlation between IR and radio flux.