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用切伦科夫望远镜阵模拟蟹状星云脉冲星的Gamma-Ray脉冲轮廓

Simulated Gamma-Ray Pulse Profile of the Crab Pulsar with the Cherenkov Telescope Array

A. Burtovoi, L. Zampieri

摘要:

我们提出了模拟的甚高能量(VHE)的伽玛射线光变曲线的蟹状星云脉冲星所观察到的切伦科夫望远镜阵列(CTA)。蟹状星云脉冲星的CTA脉冲轮廓进行了模拟,其具体目标是确定脉冲间位置的准确性。我们用三高斯模板拟合MAGIC望远镜获得的脉冲形状,并重新调整它以适应不同的CTA仪器和观测配置。模拟不同配置的CTA和应科院的微型阵列。北部CTA的配置将提供一个约3倍的精度提高,观测时间与MAGIC(73小时)相当。除非高于1 TeV的VHE谱的行为与我们目前所知的不同,否则需要不合理的长观测时间才能用高能范围子阵列对蟹状星云脉冲星的脉动进行有效检测。我们还发现,一个独立的VHE时序分析是可行的大尺寸望远镜(LST)。CTA将提供一个显着的改善,在确定VHE脉冲形状参数,必要的约束蟹状星云脉冲星的伽马射线发射的理论模型。这样的参数之一是在VHE处的脉冲轮廓中的峰值与在其他能量带中的峰值之间的相位偏移,如果检测到所述相位偏移,则所述相位偏移可以指向发射区域的不同位置。

英文摘要:

We present simulations of the very high energy (VHE) gamma-ray light curve of the Crab pulsar as observed by the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA). The CTA pulse profile of the Crab pulsar is simulated with the specific goal of determining the accuracy of the position of the interpulse. We fit the pulse shape obtained by the MAGIC telescope with a three-Gaussian template and rescale it to account for the different CTA instrumental and observational configurations. Simulations are performed for different configurations of CTA and for the ASTRI mini-array. The northern CTA configuration will provide an improvement of a factor of ~3 in accuracy with an observing time comparable to that of MAGIC (73 hours). Unless the VHE spectrum above 1 TeV behaves differently from what we presently know, unreasonably long observing times are required for a significant detection of the pulsations of the Crab pulsar with the high-energy-range sub-arrays. We also found that an independent VHE timing analysis is feasible with Large Size Telescopes (LSTs). CTA will provide a significant improvement in determining the VHE pulse shape parameters necessary to constrain theoretical models of the gamma-ray emission of the Crab pulsar. One of such parameters is the shift in phase between peaks in the pulse profile at VHE and in other energy bands that, if detected, may point to different locations of the emission regions.

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