Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Scientific paper
2011-09-14
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
ICRC 2011 proceedings
Scientific paper
In a Pulsar Wind Nebula (PWN), the lifetime of inverse Compton emitting electrons exceeds the lifetime of its progenitor pulsar, but it exceeds also the age of the electrons that emit via synchrotron radiation; i.e. while the PWN grows older, it can remain bright in IC, whereas its GeV-TeV gamma-ray (for $10^5-10^6$ years) flux remains high for timescales much larger than the Pulsar lifetime and the PWN visible in X-rays. The shell-type remnant of the supernova explosion that led to the formation of the pulsar also has a much shorter lifetime. In this scenario, the magnetic field in the cavity induced by the wind of the progenitor star plays a crucial role, but also the magnetic field in the interstellar medium cannot be negligible and its outward decrease away from the Galactic disk further reduces their X-ray brightness. This is in line with the discovery of several unidentified sources in the TeV gamma-ray band without X-ray counterparts. Moreover, the consequences are important also in order to reinterprete the detection of starburst galaxies in the TeV gamma-ray band considering a leptonic origin of the gamma-ray signal.
Elsässer Dominik
Kaufmann Sarah
Mannheim Karl
Tibolla Omar
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