Gamma-ray Emission from the Vela Pulsar Modeled with the Annular Gap and Core Gap

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2011-02-12

arxiv.org/abs/1102.2476v1

ApJ, 731, 2 (2011)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena

9 pages, 8 figures, 2 tables, accepted by ApJ

Scientific paper

10.1088/0004-637X/731/1/2

The Vela pulsar represents a distinct group of {\gamma}-ray pulsars. Fermi {\gamma}-ray observations reveal that it has two sharp peaks (P1 and P2) in the light curve with a phase separation of 0.42 and a third peak (P3) in the bridge. The location and intensity of P3 are energy-dependent. We use the 3D magnetospheric model for the annular gap and core gap to simulate the {\gamma}-ray light curves, phase-averaged and phase-resolved spectra. We found that the acceleration electric field along a field line in the annular gap region decreases with heights. The emission at high energy GeV band is originated from the curvature radiation of accelerated primary particles, while the synchrotron radiation from secondary particles have some contributions to low energy {\gamma}-ray band (0.1 - 0.3 GeV). The {\gamma}-ray light curve peaks P1 and P2 are generated in the annular gap region near the altitude of null charge surface, whereas P3 and the bridge emission is generated in the core gap region. The intensity and location of P3 at different energy bands depend on the emission altitudes. The radio emission from the Vela pulsar should be generated in a high-altitude narrow regions of the annular gap, which leads to a radio phase lag of ~ 0.13 prior to the first {\gamma}-ray peak.

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