Michael R. Pelling
University of California, San Diego
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The Astrophysical Journal | 1998
Richard E. Rothschild; Phillip R. Blanco; D. E. Gruber; William Adams Heindl; Daniel R. MacDonald; D. Marsden; Michael R. Pelling; L. R. Wayne; Paul L. Hink
The High Energy X-Ray Timing Experiment (HEXTE) is one of three scientific instruments aboard the Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer (RXTE), which was launched on 1995 December 30. RXTE performs timing and spectral studies of bright X-ray sources to determine the physical parameters of these systems. The HEXTE consists of two independent clusters of detectors, each cluster containing four NaI(Tl)/CsI(Na) phoswich scintillation counters sharing a common 1° FWHM field of view. The field of view of each cluster is switched on and off source to provide near real-time background measurements. The net open area of the eight detectors is 1600 cm2, and each detector covers the energy range 15-250 keV with an average energy resolution of 15.4% at 60 keV. The in-flight performance of the HEXTE is described, the light curve and spectrum of the Crab Nebula/pulsar is given, and the 15-240 keV spectrum of the weak source, active galaxy MCG +8-11-11 is presented to demonstrate the weak source spectral capabilities of HEXTE.
The Astrophysical Journal | 1997
G. E. Allen; Jonathan W. Keohane; E. V. Gotthelf; R. Petre; Keith Jahoda; Richard E. Rothschild; Richard E. Lingenfelter; William Adams Heindl; D. Marsden; D. E. Gruber; Michael R. Pelling; Philip R. Blanco
We present the 2‐ 60 keV spectrum of the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A measured using the Proportional Counter Array and the High Energy X-Ray Timing Experiment on the Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer satellite. In addition to the previously reported strong emission-line features produced by thermal plasmas, the broadband spectrum has a high-energy “tail” that extends to energies at least as high as 120 keV. This tail may be described by a broken power law that has photon indices of G1 5 1.820.6
The Astrophysical Journal | 1999
William Adams Heindl; W. Coburn; D. E. Gruber; Michael R. Pelling; Richard E. Rothschild; Joern Wilms; Katja Pottschmidt; R. Staubert
We have discovered a third harmonic cyclotron resonance scattering feature (CRSF) in observations of the recent outburst of 4U 0115+63 with the Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer (RXTE). The spectrum in a narrow pulse phase range shows CRSFs at 12.40, 21.45, and 33.56 keV. With centroid energy ratios to the fundamental of 1.73 ± 0.08 and 2.71 ± 0.13, the CRSFs are not harmonically spaced. Strong variability of the continuum and CRSFs with pulse phase indicate a complex emission geometry near the neutron star polar cap. In addition, one RXTE observation, which spanned periastron passage, revealed a strong 2 mHz quasi-periodic oscillation (QPO). This is slower by 2 orders of magnitude than the beat-frequency QPO expected in this system and slower by a factor of more than 5 compared with other QPOs seen in accreting X-ray pulsars.
The Astrophysical Journal | 1997
D. Marsden; Phillip R. Blanco; D. E. Gruber; William Adams Heindl; Michael R. Pelling; Laurence E. Peterson; Richard E. Rothschild; A. Rots; Keith Jahoda; D. J. Macomb
We present the results of observations of the PSR B1509
The Astrophysical Journal | 2000
W. Coburn; William Adams Heindl; Joern Wilms; D. E. Gruber; R. Staubert; Richard E. Rothschild; K. A. Postnov; N. I. Shakura; P. Risse; I. Kreykenbohm; Michael R. Pelling
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Hard X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Detector Physics, Optics, and Applications | 1997
J. L. Matteson; W. Coburn; Fred Duttweiller; William Adams Heindl; George L. Huszar; Philippe C. Leblanc; Michael R. Pelling; Laurence E. Peterson; Richard E. Rothschild; Robert E. Skelton; Paul L. Hink; Chris Crabtree
58/MSH 15
ieee nuclear science symposium | 2005
J. L. Matteson; R.T. Skelton; Michael R. Pelling; S. Suchy; Victoria B. Cajipe; Martin Clajus; Satoshi Hayakawa; Tumay O. Tumer
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International Symposium on Optical Science and Technology | 2003
J. L. Matteson; Michael R. Pelling; Robert E. Skelton
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International Symposium on Optical Science and Technology | 2000
Kimberly Robin Slavis; Paul F. Dowkontt; Fred Duttweiler; John W. Epstein; Paul L. Hink; George L. Huszar; Emrah Kalemci; Philippe C. Leblanc; J. L. Matteson; Michael R. Pelling; Richard E. Rothschild; Edwin A. Stephan; T. Tumer; Gerald J. Visser
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International Symposium on Optical Science and Technology | 2003
Richard E. Rothschild; J. L. Matteson; William Adams Heindl; Michael R. Pelling
keV) by the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer. The spectra of the peak of the pulsed component (radio phase