Binaries with the eyes of CTA

Paredes JM, Bednarek W, Bordas P, Bosch-Ramon V, De Cea Del Pozo E, Dubus G, Funk S, Hadasch D, Khangulyan D, Markoff S, Moldon J, Munar-Adrover P, Nagataki S, Naito T, De Naurois M, Pedaletti G, Reimer O, Ribo M, Szostek A, Terada Y, Torres DF, Zabalza V, Zdziarski AA (2013)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2013

Journal

Book Volume: 43

Pages Range: 301-316

DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2012.09.004

Abstract

The binary systems that have been detected in gamma rays have proven very useful to study high-energy processes, in particular particle acceleration, emission and radiation reprocessing, and the dynamics of the underlying magnetized flows. Binary systems; either detected or potential gamma-ray emitters, can be grouped in different subclasses depending on the nature of the binary components or the origin of the particle acceleration: the interaction of the winds of either a pulsar and a massive star or two massive stars: accretion onto a compact object and jet formation; and interaction of a relativistic outflow with the external medium. We evaluate the potentialities of an instrument like the Cherenkov telescope array (CIA) to study the non-thermal physics of gamma-ray binaries, which requires the observation of high-energy phenomena at different time and spatial scales. We analyze the capability of cm, under different configurations, to probe the spectral, temporal and spatial behavior of gamma-ray binaries in the context of the known or expected physics of these sources. CIA will be able to probe with high spectral, temporal and spatial resolution the physical processes behind the gamma-ray emission in binaries, significantly increasing as well the number of known sources. This will allow the derivation of information on the particle acceleration and emission sites qualitatively better than what is currently available. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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Universitat de Barcelona (UB) / University of Barcelona Spain (ES) University of Lodz / Uniwersytet Łódzki Poland (PL) Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen Germany (DE) Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS) Ireland (IE) Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya (IEEC) Spain (ES) Université Joseph Fourier (UJF Grenoble 1) France (FR) Stanford University United States (USA) (US) Japan Aerospace eXploration Agency (JAXA) Japan (JP) University of Amsterdam Netherlands (NL) Kyoto University / 京都大学 Kyōto daigaku Japan (JP) Yamanashi Gakuin University (YGU) / 山梨学院大学 Japan (JP) École Polytechnique - Université Paris-Saclay France (FR) Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck / University of Innsbruck Austria (AT) Stanford National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC) United States (USA) (US) Saitama University / 埼玉大学 Japan (JP) Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik (MPIK) / Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics Germany (DE)

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APA:

Paredes, J.M., Bednarek, W., Bordas, P., Bosch-Ramon, V., De Cea Del Pozo, E., Dubus, G.,... Zdziarski, A.A. (2013). Binaries with the eyes of CTA. Astroparticle Physics, 43, 301-316. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.astropartphys.2012.09.004

MLA:

Paredes, J. M., et al. "Binaries with the eyes of CTA." Astroparticle Physics 43 (2013): 301-316.

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