Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Dec 2008
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008aipc.1085..308m&link_type=abstract
HIGH ENERGY GAMMA-RAY ASTRONOMY: Proceedings of the 4th International Meeting on High Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy. AIP Conferenc
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Pulsars, Interstellar Medium And Nebulae In External Galaxies, X- And Gamma-Ray Telescopes And Instrumentation, X-Ray
Scientific paper
The very high energy γ-ray spectra of Pulsar Wind Nebulae are interpreted as due to inverse Compton scattering of ultrarelativistic electrons on the ambient photons, whereas their X-ray spectra are due to synchrotron emission. We investigate the relation between the γ- and X-ray emission and the pulsars' spin-down luminosity and characteristic age. We find that the γ-to X-ray flux ratio of the nebulae is inversely proportional to the spin-down luminosity (~Ė-1.9) and to the characteristic age (~τc2.2) of the parent pulsar. We interpret these results as due to the evolution of the electron energy distribution and the nebular dynamics, supporting the idea of so-called relic pulsar wind nebulae. These empirical relations provide a new tool to classify unidentified diffuse γ-ray sources and to estimate the spin-down luminosity and characteristic age for four rotation powered pulsars with no detected pulsation from the X- and γ-ray properties of the associated pulsar wind nebulae.
Caraveo Patrizia
de Luca Antonio
Esposito Paolo
Falanga Mariarosaria
Goldwurm Andréa
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