Document Type

Journal Article

Role

Author

Standard Number

2041-8205

Journal Title

Astrophysical Journal Letters

Volume

552

Issue

1

First Page

L45

Last Page

L48

Publication Date

2001

Abstract

We report the discovery and follow-up timing observations of two young energetic radio pulsars. PSR J1420-6048 has a periodP = 68 ms and period derivative = 83 × 10-15, implying a characteristic age τc = 13 kyr and a surface dipole magnetic field strength B = 2.4 × 1012 G. PSR J1837-0604 has P = 96 ms and = 45 × 10-15, implying τc = 34 kyr and B = 2.1 × 1012 G. The two objects have large spin-down luminosities, and, on the basis of an empirical comparison of their properties with those of other young radio pulsars, they are expected to be observable as pulsed γ-ray sources. In fact, they lie within the error circles of γ-ray sources detected by the EGRET instrument on the Gamma Ray Observatory. We show that the pulsars are plausibly associated with the EGRET sources.

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