FERMI-LAT SEARCH FOR PULSAR WIND NEBULAE AROUND GAMMA-RAY PULSARS

Ackermann M, Ajello M, Baldini L, Ballet J, Barbiellini G, Bastieri D, Bechtol K, Bellazzini R, Berenji B, Bloom ED, Bonamente E, Borgland AW, Bouvier A, Bregeon J, Brez A, Brigida M, Bruel P, Buehler R, Buson S, Caliandro GA, Cameron RA, Camilo F, Caraveo PA, Casandjian JM, Cecchi C, Celik O, Charles E, Chekhtman A, Cheung CC, Chiang J, Ciprini S, Claus R, Cognard I, Cohen-Tanugi J, Conrad J, Dermer CD, De Angelis A, De Luca A, De Palma F, Digel SW, Do Couto E Silva E, Drell PS, Dubois R, Dumora D, Favuzzi C, Focke WB, Frailis M, Fukazawa Y, Funk S, Fusco P, Gargano F, Germani S, Giglietto N, Giommi P, Giordano F, Giroletti M, Glanzman T, Godfrey G, Grenier IA, Grondin MH, Grove JE, Guillemot L, Guiriec S, Hadasch D, Hanabata Y, Harding AK, Hayashi K, Hays E, Hobbs G, Hughes RE, Johannesson G, Johnson AS, Johnson WN, Johnston S, Kamae T, Katagiri H, Kataoka J, Keith M, Kerr M, Knoedlseder J, Kramer M, Kuss MW, Lande J, Latronico L, Lee SH, Lemoine-Goumard M, Longo F, Loparco F, Lovellette MN, Lubrano P, Lyne AG, Makeev A, Marelli M, Mazziotta MN, Mcenery JE, Mehault J, Michelson PF, Mizuno T, Moiseev AA, Monte C, Monzani ME, Morselli A, Moskalenko IV, Murgia S, Nakamori T, Naumann-Godo M, Nolan PL, Noutsos A, Nuss E, Ohsugi T, Okumura A, Ormes JF, Paneque D, Panetta JH, Parent D, Pelassa V, Pepe M, Pesce-Rollins M, Piron F, Porter TA, Raino S, Rando R, Ransom SM, Ray PS, Razzano M, Rea N, Reimer A, Reimer O, Reposeur T, Ripken J, Ritz S, Romani RW, Sadrozinski HFW, Sander A, Parkinson PMS, Sgro C, Siskind EJ, Smith DA, Smith PD, Spandre G, Spinelli P, Strickman MS, Suson DJ, Takahashi HH, Takahashi T, Tanaka T, Thayer JB, Thayer JG, Theureau G, Thompson DJ, Thorsett SE, Tibaldo L, Torres DF, Tosti G, Tramacere A, Uchiyama Y, Uehara T, Usher TL, Vandenbroucke J, Van Etten A, Vasileiou V, Vilchez N, Vitale V, Waite AP, Wang P, Weltevrede P, Winer BL, Wood KS, Yang Z, Ylinen T, Ziegler M (2011)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2011

Journal

Book Volume: 726

Journal Issue: 1

DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/726/1/35

Abstract

The high sensitivity of the Fermi-LAT (Large Area Telescope) offers the first opportunity to study faint and extended GeV sources such as pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe). After one year of observation the LAT detected and identified three PWNe: the Crab Nebula, Vela-X, and the PWN inside MSH 15-52. In the meantime, the list of LAT detected pulsars increased steadily. These pulsars are characterized by high energy loss rates ((E) over dot) from similar to 3 x 10(33) erg s(-1) to 5 x 10(38) erg s(-1) and are therefore likely to power a PWN. This paper summarizes the search for PWNe in the off-pulse windows of 54 LAT-detected pulsars using 16 months of survey observations. Ten sources show significant emission, seven of these likely being of magnetospheric origin. The detection of significant emission in the off-pulse interval offers new constraints on the gamma-ray emitting regions in pulsar magnetospheres. The three other sources with significant emission are the Crab Nebula, Vela-X, and a new PWN candidate associated with the LAT pulsar PSR J1023-5746, coincident with the TeV source HESS J1023-575. We further explore the association between the HESS and the Fermi source by modeling its spectral energy distribution. Flux upper limits derived for the 44 remaining sources are used to provide new constraints on famous PWNe that have been detected at keV and/or TeV energies.

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Stanford University United States (USA) (US) National Institute for Nuclear Physics / Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) Italy (IT) University of Paris 7 - Denis Diderot / Université Paris VII Denis Diderot France (FR) University of Bari Aldo Moro / Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro Italy (IT) École Polytechnique - Université Paris-Saclay France (FR) Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya (IEEC) Spain (ES) Columbia University United States (USA) (US) National Institute for Astrophysics / Istituto Nazionale Astrofisica (INAF) Italy (IT) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) United States (USA) (US) U.S. Naval Research Laboratory United States (USA) (US) Università degli Studi di Perugia Italy (IT) National Center for Scientific Research / Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) France (FR) University of Montpellier / Université Montpellier France (FR) Stockholm University / Stockholms universitet Sweden (SE) University of Udine / Università degli Studi di Udine Italy (IT) Istituto Universitario Di Studi Superiori Di Pavia Italy (IT) Université Bordeaux 1, Sciences et Technologies France (FR) Italian Space Agency / Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI) Italy (IT) University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) United States (USA) (US) Hiroshima University Japan (JP) Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Australia (AU) Ohio State University United States (USA) (US) Waseda University / 早稲田大学 Japan (JP) University of Washington United States (USA) (US) Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie / Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy Germany (DE) University of Manchester United Kingdom (GB) Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier France (FR) Japan Aerospace eXploration Agency (JAXA) Japan (JP) University of Denver United States (USA) (US) National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) United States (USA) (US) University of California Santa Cruz United States (USA) (US) NYCB Real-Time Computing, Inc. United States (USA) (US) Purdue University Northwest / Purdue University Calumet United States (USA) (US) AlbaNova University Centre / Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan AlbaNova Universitetscentrum Sweden (SE)

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APA:

Ackermann, M., Ajello, M., Baldini, L., Ballet, J., Barbiellini, G., Bastieri, D.,... Ziegler, M. (2011). FERMI-LAT SEARCH FOR PULSAR WIND NEBULAE AROUND GAMMA-RAY PULSARS. Astrophysical Journal, 726(1). https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/726/1/35

MLA:

Ackermann, Markus, et al. "FERMI-LAT SEARCH FOR PULSAR WIND NEBULAE AROUND GAMMA-RAY PULSARS." Astrophysical Journal 726.1 (2011).

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