Soft gamma-ray pulsars (PSR 1509-58 and others)

First post-EGRET gamma-ray pulsar discovered with the AGILE first light in 2007. Unveiling a class of “soft” gamma-ray pulsar barely detectable below 200 MeV, such as PSR B1509-58. Theoretical constraints on “photon splitting” in PSR magnetospheres.

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