The Crab pulsar seen with AquEYE at Asiago Cima Ekar observatory

• Published in: Advances in space research Vol. 47; no. 2; pp. 365 - 369
• Main Authors: Zampieri, L., Germanà, C., Barbieri, C., Naletto, G., Čadež, A., Capraro, I., Di Paola, A., Facchinetti, C., Occhipinti, T., Ponikvar, D., Verroi, E., Zoccarato, P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 15.01.2011
• Subjects: Pulsar timing; Pulsars: general; Pulsars: individual PSR J0534+2200 (Crab pulsar); Pulsar timing; Pulsars: general; Pulsars: individual PSR J0534+2200 (Crab pulsar)

We are developing fast photon-counter instruments to study the rapid variability of astrophysical sources by time tagging photon arrival times with unprecedented accuracy, making use of a Rubidium clock and GPS receiver. The first realization of such optical photon-counters, dubbed AquEYE (the Asiag...