Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2002-12-03
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
8pages, 3figures, to appear in "The Univese Viewed in Gamma-rays"
Scientific paper
We develop a model for gamma-ray emission from the outer magnetosphere of pulsars (the outer-gap model). The charge depletion causes a large electric field which accelerates electrons and positrons. We solve the electric field with radiation and pair creation processes self-consistently, and calculate curvature spectrum and Inverse-Compton (IC) spectrum. We apply this theory to PSR B0833-45 (Vela) and B1706-44 for which their surface magnetic fields, observed thermal X-rays are similar to each other. We find that each observed cut-off energies of the gamma-rays are well explained. By inclusion of emission outside the gap, the spectrum is in better agreement with the observations than the spectrum arising only from the inside of the gap. The expected TeV fluxes are much smaller than that observed by CANGAROO group in the direction of B1706-44.
Hirotani Kouichi
Shibata Sinpei
Takata Junpei
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