Physics
Scientific paper
Sep 2011
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011head...12.0506w&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, HEAD meeting #12, #5.06
Physics
Scientific paper
A wide variety of astrophysical particle accelerators---some or all of which may be implicated in the production of cosmic rays up to 10^15 eV---have been observed within our own Galaxy, including supernova remnants (SNRs), pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe), and binary systems. These accelerators reveal themselves indirectly through the production of high-energy and very-high-energy gamma rays. The next-generation ground-based gamma-ray observatory known as the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will survey the inner Galactic Plane above 10 GeV with unprecedented sensitivity and angular resolution, allowing us to probe the nature of and in some cases map the distribution of particle populations within these accelerators. CTA is also expected to reveal classes of Galactic accelerators previously too faint to detect. Careful study of the interactions of these objects with their surroundings may shed light not only the nature of cosmic-ray accelerators themselves, but on the process by which they inject cosmic rays into the interstellar medium. Prospects for probing pulsar physics with CTA will also be discussed, particularly in light of the recent detection of the Crab pulsar above 100 GeV.
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