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Gamma-rays from binary system with energetic pulsar and Be star with aspherical wind: PSR B1259-63/SS2883

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dc.creator Sierpowska-Bartosik, Agnieszka
dc.creator Bednarek, Wlodek
dc.date 2008-06-29T14:14:50Z
dc.date 2008-06-29T14:14:50Z
dc.date 2008-03-11
dc.date.accessioned 2017-01-31T02:13:29Z
dc.date.available 2017-01-31T02:13:29Z
dc.identifier Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS) 385(4): 2279-2288 (2008)
dc.identifier 0035-8711
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10261/5428
dc.identifier 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13002.x
dc.identifier.uri http://dspace.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10261/5428
dc.description 12 pages, 11 figures.-- ArXiv pre-print available at: http://arxiv.org/abs/0801.3516
dc.description At least one massive binary system containing an energetic pulsar, PSR B1259-63/SS2883, has been recently detected in the TeV γ-rays by the HESS telescopes. These γ-rays are likely produced by particles accelerated in the vicinity of the pulsar and/or at the pulsar wind shock, in comptonization of soft radiation from the massive star. However, the process of γ-ray production in such systems can be quite complicated due to the anisotropy of the radiation field, complex structure of the pulsar wind termination shock and possible absorption of produced γ-rays which might initiate leptonic cascades. In this paper we consider in detail all these effects. We calculate the γ-ray light curves and spectra for different geometries of the binary system PSR B1259-63/SS2883 and compare them with the TeV γ-ray observations. We conclude that the leptonic IC model, which takes into account the complex structure of the pulsar wind shock due to the aspherical wind of the massive star, can explain the details of the observed γ-ray light curve.
dc.description This work is supported by the Polish MNiI grant No. 1P03D01028.
dc.description Peer reviewed
dc.format 1289248 bytes
dc.format application/pdf
dc.language eng
dc.publisher Blackwell Publishing
dc.relation http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13002.x
dc.rights openAccess
dc.subject Massive binary system
dc.subject Energetic pulsar
dc.subject HESS telescopes
dc.subject TeV gamma-rays
dc.subject Gamma-ray production
dc.subject Binary System PSR B1259-63/SS2883
dc.title Gamma-rays from binary system with energetic pulsar and Be star with aspherical wind: PSR B1259-63/SS2883
dc.title γ-rays from binary system with energetic pulsar and Be star with aspherical wind: PSR B1259−63/SS2883
dc.type Artículo


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