Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Scientific paper
2010-11-15
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Accepted by MNRAS
Scientific paper
(abridged) Thanks to the recent discovery by Fermi of about fifty new gamma-ray pulsars, it becomes possible to look for statistical properties of their pulsed high-energy emission, especially their light-curves and phase-resolved spectra. These pulsars emit by definition mostly gamma-ray photons but some of them are also detected in the radio band. For those seen in these two extreme energies, the relation between time lag of radio/gamma-ray pulses and gamma-ray peak separation, in case both high-energy pulses are seen, helps to put some constrain on the magnetospheric emission mechanisms and location. This idea is analyzed in detail in this paper, assuming a polar cap model for the radio pulses and the striped wind geometry for the pulsed high-energy counterpart. Combining the time-dependent emissivity in the wind, supposed to be inverse Compton radiation, with a simple polar cap emission model along and around the magnetic axis, we compute the radio and gamma-ray light-curves, summarizing the results in several phase plots. The phase lag as well as the gamma-ray peak separation dependence on the pulsar inclination angle and on the viewing angle are studied. Using the gamma-ray pulsar catalog compiled from the Fermi data, we are able to predict the radio lag/peak separation relation and compare it with available observations taken from this catalog.
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