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Evidence for an increasing 59 s period in the X-ray emission from Geminga

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Il Nuovo Cimento C

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Einstein Observatory and EXOSAT X-ray data from 1E0630+178 reveal a ∼50% periodic emission at ≳59s. This confirms the early SAS-II and COS-B findings on 2CG 195+04 atE>50 MeV and provides the temporal signature for the identification of Geminga. The observations, spanning over a decade (1973–1983), also suggest a very high positive\(\dot P\) which has become still higher in 1979–1983.

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Dati di astronomia X dell'Osservatorio NASA Einstein e del satellite ESA EXOSAT sulla sorgente X celeste 1E 0630+178 raccolti nel 1979, 1981 e 1983 mostrano che circa il 50% del flusso di questa sorgente à modulato periodicamente. Il periodo, di circa 59 secondi, aumenta nel tempo. Le conseguenze di questo risultato sulla sorgente X sono esaminate alla luce della sua identificazione con la sorgente di raggi gamma di alta energia 2CG 195+04 Geminga.

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Данные рентгеновской астрономии из обсерватории «Эйнштейн» (NASA) и со спутника EXOSAT (ASA) о небесном рентгеновском источнике 1E0630+178, полученные в 1979, 1981 и 1983 гг., показывают, что около 50% потока этого источника периодически модулировано. Период составляет окоио 59 секунд и увепичивается со временем. Важность этого результата, касающегося рентгеновского источника, исследуется в свете идентуфикации его с источником гамма-лучей высокой энергии 2CG 195+04 «Джеминга».

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The X-ray data used for this work have been collected in part during the Einstein Observatory Guest Observer Program and in part from the EXOSAT mission.

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Bignami, G.F., Caraveo, P.A. & Salotti, L. Evidence for an increasing 59 s period in the X-ray emission from Geminga. Il Nuovo Cimento C 7, 756–767 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02573802

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