Gamma-ray binaries, a new class of very high energy sources

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Jun 2006

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006sf2a.conf..133d&link_type=abstract

SF2A-2006: Proceedings of the Annual meeting of the French Society of Astronomy and Astrophysics Eds.: D. Barret, F. Casoli, G.

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There are now three sources of γ-rays with energies >100 GeV that have been identified with binaries in our galaxy: LS 5039, LS I+61 303 and PSR B1259-63. All are composed of a massive star and a compact object, neutron star or black hole. The interaction of the relativistic wind from a young pulsar with the stellar wind of the companion provides a common scenario to explain the emission from these sources. They join plerionic sources as the new stars of the VHE sky currently being uncovered by HESS.

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