Letter to the Editor A BeppoSAX observation of the Crab Pulsar (PSRB0531+21)
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The Crab Pulsar (PSR B0531+21) was observed by the four Narrow Field Instruments onboard the Italian-Dutch satellite BeppoSAX in August and September 1996, during the Science Verification Phase. The fine time resolution (15 μs) and high statistics provided phase histograms of very good quality over the entire energy band (0.1–300 keV) covered by BeppoSAX payload. In this letter we present a detailed study of the variations in the light curve shape with energy and evaluate the spectral index difference between the main features.
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