Very high energy γ-ray observations of the binary PSR B1259–63/SS2883 around the 2007 Periastron

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Table 1:

System parameters of the binary system PSR B1259-63/SS2883 (Tavani & Arons 1997).
Parameter	Value
Distance, $D~[\mbox{kpc}]$	1.5
Eccentricity, e	0.87
Orbital Period, $P_{\rm orb}$ [d]	1273
Last Periastron Passage	2007-07-27
Compact Object
Pulsar Period, $P \left[\mbox{ms}\right]$	47.7
$\dot{P}=\frac{{\rm d}P}{{\rm d}t} \left[\frac{\mbox{s}}{\mbox{s}}\right]$	$2.27579\times 10^{-15}$
Spin-down age, $\tau \left[\mbox{yr}\right]$	$3\times 10^5$
Spin-down luminosity, $L_{p} \left[\mbox{erg}~\mbox{s}^{-1}\right]$	$8\times 10^{35}$
Magnetic field, $B\left[\mbox{G}\right]$	$3\times 10^{11}$
Companion Star (B2Ve)
Temperature $\left[\mbox{K}\right]$	10⁴
Mass $\left[M_{\odot}\right]$	10

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