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脉冲双星系统PSR B1259-63/LS2883中脉冲星风的Gamma Ray信号

Gamma Ray Signal from the Pulsar Wind in the Binary Pulsar system PSR B1259-63/LS2883

Dmitry Khangulyan, Felix Aharonian, Sergey Bogovalov, Marc Ribó

摘要:

双星脉冲星系统在脉冲星风终止之前和之后,由于脉冲星风的相对论电子对伴星的光辐射进行康普顿化,从而发射出潜在的可检测的伽马射线。最近对脉冲双星系统PSR B1259-63/LS 2883的光学观测揭示了伴星的辐射特性,与以前的测量结果有很大不同。在本文中,我们研究的影响,这些意见的未受冲击的脉冲星风与恒星光子的相互作用率和相关后果的高能量(HE)和甚高能量(VHE)的伽马射线通量。我们表明,信号应该是足够强的费米接近近星点通过检测,除非脉冲星风是强各向异性或风的洛伦兹因子小于$10^3$或大于$10^5$。光学星的高光度也有两个重要的含义:(i)由于光子-光子对的产生,伽马射线的衰减,以及(ii)未受冲击的风的康普顿阻力。虽然第一种效应对VHE伽马射线的光变曲线有影响,但第二种效应可能会显着减少风终止后可用于粒子加速的能量。

英文摘要:

Binary pulsar systems emit potentially detectable components of gamma ray emission due to Comptonization of the optical radiation of the companion star by relativistic electrons of the pulsar wind, both before and after termination of the wind. The recent optical observations of binary pulsar system PSR B1259-63/LS 2883 revealed radiation properties of the companion star which differ significantly from previous measurements. In this paper we study the implications of these observations for the interaction rate of the unshocked pulsar wind with the stellar photons and the related consequences for fluxes of high energy (HE) and very high energy (VHE) gamma rays. We show that the signal should be strong enough to be detected with Fermi close to the periastron passage, unless the pulsar wind is strongly anisotropic or the Lorentz factor of the wind is smaller than $10^3$ or larger that $10^5$. The higher luminosity of the optical star also has two important implications: (i) attenuation of gamma rays due to photon-photon pair production, and (ii) Compton drag of the unshocked wind. While the first effect has an impact on the lightcurve of VHE gamma rays, the second effect may significantly decrease the energy available for particle acceleration after termination of the wind.

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