SUMMARY OF PROPOSAL 42072
PROFESSOR ROGER W. ROMANI
STANFORD UNIVERSITY
CA USA 94305
STANFORD
VARIAN 324

  E-mail: RWR@GEMINGA.STANFORD.EDU	Tel: (415)725-7595	Fax: (415)723-9389
  Medium: 2GBDAT

Subject: STARS                                                       
  Title: AN ASCA SEARCH FOR PULSAR SIGNATURES IN EGRET UNIDENTIFIED SOURCE ERROR BOXES   


Abstract:
 The nature of the unidentified galactic gamma-ray point sources is one of the
 outstanding puzzles from the EGRET sky survey. The singular pulsar Geminga, a very
 bright gamma-ray source whose nature was discovered through X-ray observations, may
 be the key to understanding the constant EGRET point sources. We propose a deep
 survey of several sources near the galactic plane which have relatively flat
 spectra, small EGRET error boxes, and a low variability index. By analysing the
 resultant flux, spectra, and morphology we will be able to determine if these
 sources are consistent with the Geminga model, or whether they represent an entirely new class of objects.

 Co-Is:
   1  PETER MICHELSON     	STANFORD UNIVERSITY           USA       
      E7F69.FORSYTHE.STANFORD.EDU	(415)723-3004
   2  MALLORY ROBERTS     	STANFORD UNIVERSITY           USA       
   3  JOSEPH FIERRO       	STANFORD UNIVERSITY           USA       
   4  ION YADIGAROGLU     	STANFORD UNIVERSITY           USA       


Target Name           PRI RA        Dec        Time TC  Off GIS SIS_Cts  Obs
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2EG J1412-6211         0  213.2975  -61.5104    50   N   N   P  0.07400   1