Einstein: Hidden in plain sight: E@H discovery of an elusive gamma-ray pulsar

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We are glad to announce the discovery of a new gamma-ray pulsar hidden in plain sight in data from the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. The object has been discovered by the computers of Connor Barry of Lafayette, Colorado, USA and Rich Johnson of Hayward, California, USA -- Congratulations! The scientific paper has been published in the Astrophysical Journal Letters (http://iopscience.iop.org/2041-8205/809/1/L2/). An open-access preprint version is found here (http://arxiv.org/abs/1508.00779/). To learn more about it, check out the press release (http://www.aei.mpg.de/1689618/EatHGPSRHidden) (a German version is also available here (http://www.aei.mpg.de/1689771/EatHGPSRHidden)). Thanks to everyone participating in Einstein@Home and enabling such exciting discoveries! Holger Pletsch, Project Scientist and Research Group Leader

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