On the high energy pulsar population detected by Fermi

Details On the high energy pulsar population detected by Fermi On the high energy pulsar population detected by Fermi

2009-12-19

arxiv.org/abs/0912.3857v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena

2009 Fermi Symposium, eConf Proceedings C091122; a poster contribution

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The Large Area Telescope (LAT), Fermi's main instrument, is providing a new view of the local energetic pulsar population. In addition to identifying a pulsar origin of a large fraction of the bright unidentified Galactic EGRET sources, the LAT results provide a great opportunity to study a sizable population of high-energy pulsars. Correlations of their physical properties, such as the trend of the luminosity versus the rotational energy loss rate, help identify global features of the gamma-ray pulsar population. Several lines of evidence, including the light curve and spectral features, suggest that gamma-ray emission from the brightest pulsars arises largely in the outer magnetosphere.

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