CONSTRAINTS ON THE GALACTIC POPULATION OF TeV PULSAR WIND NEBULAE USING FERMI LARGE AREA TELESCOPE OBSERVATIONS

Acero F, Ackermann M, Ajello M, Allafort A, Baldini L, Ballet J, Barbiellini G, Bastieri D, Bechtol K, Bellazzini R, Blandford RD, Bloom ED, Bonamente E, Bottacini E, Brandt TJ, Bregeon J, Brigida M, Bruel P, Buehler R, Buson S, Caliandro GA, Cameron RA, Caraveo PA, Cecchi C, Charles E, Chaves RCG, Chekhtman A, Chiang J, Chiaro G, Ciprini S, Claus R, Cohen-Tanugi J, Conrad J, Cutini S, Dalton M, D'Ammando F, de Palma F, Dermer CD, Di Venere L, do Couto e Silva E, Drell PS, Drlica-Wagner A, Falletti L, Favuzzi C, Fegan SJ, Ferrara EC, Focke WB, Franckowiak A, Fukazawa Y, Funk S, Fusco P, Gargano F, Gasparrini D, Giglietto N, Giordano F, Giroletti M, Glanzman T, Godfrey G, Gregoire T, Grenier IA, Grondin MH, Grove JE, Guiriec S, Hadasch D, Hanabata Y, Harding AK, Hayashida M, Hayashi K, Hays E, Hewitt J, Hill AB, Horan D, Hou X, Hughes RE, Inoue Y, Jackson MS, Jogler T, Johannesson G, Johnson AS, Kamae T, Kawano T, Kerr M, Knoedlseder J, Kuss M, Lande J, Larsson S, Latronico L, Lemoine-Goumard M, Longo F, Loparco F, Lovellette MN, Lubrano P, Marelli M, Massaro F, Mayer M, Mazziotta MN, McEnery JE, Mehault J, Michelson PF, Mitthumsiri W, Mizuno T, Monte C, Monzani ME, Morselli A, Moskalenko IV, Murgia S, Nakamori T, Nemmen R, Nuss E, Ohsugi T, Okumura A, Orienti M, Orlando E, Ormes JF, Paneque D, Panetta JH, Perkins JS, Pesce-Rollins M, Piron F, Pivato G, Porter TA, Raino S, Rando R, Razzano M, Reimer A, Reimer O, Reposeur T, Ritz S, Roth M, Rousseau R, Parkinson PMS, Schulz A, Sgro C, Siskind EJ, Smith DA, Spandre G, Spinelli P, Suson DJ, Takahashi H, Takeuchi Y, Thayer JG, Thayer JB, Thompson DJ, Tibaldo L, Tibolla O, Tinivella M, Torres DF, Tosti G, Troja E, Uchiyama Y, Vandenbroucke J, Vasileiou V, Vianello G, Vitale V, Werner M, Winer BL, Wood KS, Yang Z (2013)

Publication Status: Published

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2013

Journal

Publisher: American Astronomical Society

Book Volume: 773

DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/773/1/77

Abstract

Pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe) have been established as the most populous class of TeV gamma-ray emitters. Since launch, the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) has identified five high-energy (100 MeV < E < 100 GeV) gamma-ray sources as PWNe and detected a large number of PWN candidates, all powered by young and energetic pulsars. The wealth of multi-wavelength data available and the new results provided by Fermi-LAT give us an opportunity to find new PWNe and to explore the radiative processes taking place in known ones. The TeV gamma-ray unidentified (UNID) sources are the best candidates for finding new PWNe. Using 45 months of Fermi-LAT data for energies above 10 GeV, an analysis was performed near the position of 58 TeV PWNe and UNIDs within 5. of the Galactic plane to establish new constraints on PWN properties and find new clues on the nature of UNIDs. Of the 58 sources, 30 were detected, and this work provides their gamma-ray fluxes for energies above 10 GeV. The spectral energy distributions and upper limits, in the multi-wavelength context, also provide new information on the source nature and can help distinguish between emission scenarios, i.e., between classification as a pulsar candidate or as a PWN candidate. Six new GeV PWN candidates are described in detail and compared with existing models. A population study of GeV PWN candidates as a function of the pulsar/PWN system characteristics is presented.

Authors with CRIS profile

Involved external institutions

National Institute for Astrophysics / Istituto Nazionale Astrofisica (INAF) Italy (IT) Stanford University United States (USA) (US) Italian Space Agency / Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI) Italy (IT) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) United States (USA) (US) Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY Germany (DE) Université Bordeaux 1, Sciences et Technologies France (FR) Politecnico di Bari Italy (IT) École Polytechnique - Université Paris-Saclay France (FR) National Center for Scientific Research / Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) France (FR) Hiroshima University Japan (JP) Stockholm University / Stockholms universitet Sweden (SE) Waseda University / 早稲田大学 Japan (JP) National Institute for Nuclear Physics / Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) Italy (IT) Ohio State University United States (USA) (US) University of Montpellier / Université Montpellier France (FR) Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg Germany (DE) University of California Santa Cruz United States (USA) (US) University of Washington United States (USA) (US) University of Padua / Universita degli Studi di Padova Italy (IT) Institut de Ciències de l'Espai (ICE) Spain (ES) U.S. Naval Research Laboratory United States (USA) (US) NYCB Real-Time Computing, Inc. United States (USA) (US) University of Paris 7 - Denis Diderot / Université Paris VII Denis Diderot France (FR) University of Pisa / Università di Pisa (UniPi) Italy (IT) University of California, Berkeley United States (USA) (US) George Mason University United States (USA) (US) University of Denver United States (USA) (US) Purdue University Northwest / Purdue University Calumet United States (USA) (US) University of Iceland (UI) / Háskóli Íslands Iceland (IS) Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck / University of Innsbruck Austria (AT)

How to cite

APA:

Acero, F., Ackermann, M., Ajello, M., Allafort, A., Baldini, L., Ballet, J.,... Yang, Z. (2013). CONSTRAINTS ON THE GALACTIC POPULATION OF TeV PULSAR WIND NEBULAE USING FERMI LARGE AREA TELESCOPE OBSERVATIONS. Astrophysical Journal, 773. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/773/1/77

MLA:

Acero, F., et al. "CONSTRAINTS ON THE GALACTIC POPULATION OF TeV PULSAR WIND NEBULAE USING FERMI LARGE AREA TELESCOPE OBSERVATIONS." Astrophysical Journal 773 (2013).

BibTeX: Download