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脉冲星风星云γ和X射线光度的演化

On the evolution of the Gamma- and X-ray luminosities of Pulsar Wind Nebulae

Fabio Mattana, Maurizio Falanga, Diego Götz, Régis Terrier, Paolo Esposito, Alberto Pellizzoni, Andrea De Luca, Vincent Marandon, Andrea Goldwurm, Patrizia Caraveo

摘要:

脉冲星风星云是银河系中一类重要的高能源(E > 0.1 TeV)。它们的伽马射线谱被解释为由于超相对论电子对周围光子的逆康普顿散射,而X射线谱是由于同步辐射。我们研究了γ射线和X射线辐射与类星体的下旋光度和特征年龄之间的关系。我们发现,星云的与距离无关的伽马射线与X射线通量比与自旋下降的光度(\propto \dot{E}^- 1.9)成反比,而与母脉冲星的特征年龄(\propto tau_c^2.2)成正比。我们解释这些结果是由于电子能量分布和星云动力学的演变,支持所谓的遗迹脉冲星风星云的想法。这些经验关系提供了一个新的工具,以分类不明的弥漫伽玛射线源,并估计自旋的亮度和特征年龄的旋转供电的脉冲星风星云的X-和伽玛射线的性质,没有检测到的脉动。我们应用这些关系来预测与风星云相关的四个候选恒星的自旋下降光度和特征年龄。

英文摘要:

Pulsar wind nebulae are a prominent class of very high energy (E > 0.1 TeV) Galactic sources. Their Gamma-ray spectra are interpreted as due to inverse Compton scattering of ultrarelativistic electrons on the ambient photons, whereas the X-ray spectra are due to synchrotron emission. We investigate the relation between the Gamma- and-X-ray emission and the pulsars' spin-down luminosity and characteristic age. We find that the distance-independent Gamma- to X-ray flux ratio of the nebulae is inversely proportional to the spin-down luminosity, (\propto \dot{E}^-1.9), while it appears proportional to the characteristic age, (\propto tau_c^2.2), of the parent pulsar. We interpret these results as due to the evolution of the electron energy distribution and the nebular dynamics, supporting the idea of so-called relic pulsar wind nebulae. These empirical relations provide a new tool to classify unidentified diffuse Gamma-ray sources and to estimate the spin-down luminosity and characteristic age of rotation powered pulsars with no detected pulsation from the X- and Gamma-ray properties of the associated pulsar wind nebulae. We apply these relations to predict the spin-down luminosity and characteristic age of four (so far unpulsing) candidate pulsars associated to wind nebulae.

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