VHE gamma rays from PSR B1706-44

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Chadwick, PM [1 ]
Dickinson, MR [1 ]
Dipper, NA [1 ]
Holder, J [1 ]
Kendall, TR [1 ]
McComb, TJL [1 ]
Orford, KJ [1 ]
Osborne, JL [1 ]
Rayner, SM [1 ]
Roberts, ID [1 ]
Shaw, SE [1 ]
Turver, KE [1 ]
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[1] Univ Durham, Dept Phys, Durham DH1 3LE, England
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Observations made with the University of Durham Mark 6 atmospheric Cerenkov telescope confirm that PSR B1706-44 is a VHE gamma-ray emitter. The gamma-ray flux has been measured at 250 GeV, and suggests a spectral dope that is consistent with extrapolation from the sub-10 GeV region. There is no indication from our dataset that the VHE gamma-rays are pulsed, in contrast to the findings at < 20 GeV, which indicate that 100% of the flux is pulsed.
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