CONSTRAINTS ON THE GALACTIC POPULATION OF TeV PULSAR WIND NEBULAE USING FERMI LARGE AREA TELESCOPE OBSERVATIONS

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作者
Acero, F. [1 ]
Ackermann, M. [2 ]
Ajello, M. [3 ]
Allafort, A. [4 ,5 ]
Baldini, L. [6 ,7 ]
Ballet, J. [8 ]
Barbiellini, G. [9 ,10 ]
Bastieri, D. [11 ,12 ]
Bechtol, K. [4 ,5 ]
Bellazzini, R. [7 ]
Blandford, R. D. [4 ,5 ]
Bloom, E. D. [4 ,5 ]
Bonamente, E. [13 ,14 ]
Bottacini, E. [4 ,5 ]
Brandt, T. J. [1 ]
Bregeon, J. [7 ]
Brigida, M. [15 ,16 ]
Bruel, P. [17 ]
Buehler, R. [4 ,5 ]
Buson, S. [11 ,12 ]
Caliandro, G. A. [18 ]
Cameron, R. A. [4 ,5 ]
Caraveo, P. A. [19 ]
Cecchi, C. [13 ,14 ]
Charles, E. [4 ,5 ]
Chaves, R. C. G. [8 ]
Chekhtman, A. [20 ]
Chiang, J. [4 ,5 ]
Chiaro, G. [12 ]
Ciprini, S. [21 ,22 ]
Claus, R. [4 ,5 ]
Cohen-Tanugi, J. [23 ]
Conrad, J. [24 ,25 ,26 ]
Cutini, S. [21 ,22 ]
Dalton, M. [27 ]
D'Ammando, F. [28 ]
de Palma, F. [15 ,16 ]
Dermer, C. D. [29 ]
Di Venere, L. [4 ,5 ]
do Couto e Silva, E. [4 ,5 ]
Drell, P. S. [4 ,5 ]
Drlica-Wagner, A. [4 ,5 ]
Falletti, L. [23 ]
Favuzzi, C. [15 ,16 ]
Fegan, S. J. [17 ]
Ferrara, E. C. [1 ]
Focke, W. B. [4 ,5 ]
Franckowiak, A. [4 ,5 ]
Fukazawa, Y. [30 ]
Funk, S. [4 ,5 ]
机构
[1] NASA, Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA
[2] Deutsch Elektronen Synchrotron DESY, D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
[3] Univ Calif Berkeley, Space Sci Lab, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
[4] Stanford Univ, Kavli Inst Particle Astrophys & Cosmol, WW Hansen Expt Phys Lab, Dept Phys, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
[5] Stanford Univ, SLAC Natl Accelerator Lab, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
[6] Univ Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
[7] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
[8] Univ Paris Diderot, CNRS, Serv Astrophys, Lab AIM,CEA IRFU,CEA Saclay, F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, France
[9] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
[10] Univ Trieste, Dipartimento Fis, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
[11] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Padova, I-35131 Padua, Italy
[12] Univ Padua, Dipartimento Fis & Astron G Galilei, I-35131 Padua, Italy
[13] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
[14] Univ Perugia, Dipartimento Fis, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
[15] Univ Politecn Bari, Dipartimento Fis M Merlin, I-70126 Bari, Italy
[16] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
[17] Ecole Polytech, CNRS, IN2P3, Lab Leprince Ringuet, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
[18] Inst Ciencies Espai IEEE CSIC, E-08193 Barcelona, Spain
[19] INAF Ist Astrofis Spaziale & Fis Cosm, I-20133 Milan, Italy
[20] George Mason Univ, Coll Sci, Ctr Earth Observing & Space Res, Fairfax, VA 22030 USA
[21] Agenzia Spaziale Italiana, Sci Data Ctr, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
[22] Osserv Astron Roma, Ist Nazl Astrofis, I-00040 Monte Porzio Catone, Italy
[23] Univ Montpellier 2, CNRS, IN2P3, Lab Univers & Particules Montpellier, F-34095 Montpellier, France
[24] Stockholm Univ, Dept Phys, AlbaNova, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
[25] Stockholm Univ, Oskar Klein Ctr Cosmoparticle Phys, AlbaNova, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
[26] Royal Swedish Acad Sci, SE-10405 Stockholm, Sweden
[27] Univ Bordeaux 1, CNRS, IN2p3, CEN Bordeaux Gradignan, F-33175 Gradignan, France
[28] INAF Ist Radioastron, I-40129 Bologna, Italy
[29] Naval Res Lab, Div Space Sci, Washington, DC 20375 USA
[30] Hiroshima Univ, Dept Phys Sci, Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima 7398526, Japan
[31] CNRS, IRAP, F-31028 Toulouse 4, France
[32] Univ Toulouse, GAHEC, UPS OMP, IRAP, F-31028 Toulouse, France
[33] Kyoto Univ, Grad Sch Sci, Dept Astron, Sakyo Ku, Kyoto 6068502, Japan
[34] Univ Southampton, Sch Phys & Astron, Southampton SO17 1BJ, Hants, England
[35] Ohio State Univ, Ctr Cosmol & Astroparticle Phys, Dept Phys, Columbus, OH 43210 USA
[36] Royal Inst Technol KTH, Dept Phys, AlbaNova, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
[37] Univ Iceland, Inst Sci, IS-107 Reykjavik, Iceland
[38] Stockholm Univ, Dept Astron, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
[39] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Torino, I-10125 Turin, Italy
[40] Univ Maryland, Dept Phys, College Pk, MD 20742 USA
[41] Univ Maryland, Dept Astron, College Pk, MD 20742 USA
[42] Hiroshima Univ, Hiroshima Astrophys Sci Ctr, Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima 7398526, Japan
[43] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Rome, Italy
[44] Waseda Univ, Res Inst Sci & Engn, Shinjuku Ku, Tokyo 1698555, Japan
[45] Nagoya Univ, Solar Terr Environm Lab, Nagoya, Aichi 4648601, Japan
[46] Univ Denver, Dept Phys & Astron, Denver, CO 80208 USA
[47] Max Planck Inst Phys & Astrophys, D-80805 Munich, Germany
[48] Univ Maryland Baltimore Cty, Dept Phys, Baltimore, MD 21250 USA
[49] Univ Maryland Baltimore Cty, Ctr Space Sci & Technol, Baltimore, MD 21250 USA
[50] NASA, Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Ctr Res & Explorat Space Sci & Technol, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA
关键词
gamma rays: general; GAMMA-RAY EMISSION; YOUNG RADIO PULSAR; BLIND FREQUENCY SEARCHES; XMM-NEWTON OBSERVATIONS; SUPERNOVA REMNANT; X-RAY; CRAB-NEBULA; PSR J2021+3651; HESS J1813-178; DISCOVERY;
D O I
10.1088/0004-637X/773/1/77
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
Pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe) have been established as the most populous class of TeV gamma-ray emitters. Since launch, the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) has identified five high-energy (100 MeV < E < 100 GeV) gamma-ray sources as PWNe and detected a large number of PWN candidates, all powered by young and energetic pulsars. The wealth of multi-wavelength data available and the new results provided by Fermi-LAT give us an opportunity to find new PWNe and to explore the radiative processes taking place in known ones. The TeV gamma-ray unidentified (UNID) sources are the best candidates for finding new PWNe. Using 45 months of Fermi-LAT data for energies above 10 GeV, an analysis was performed near the position of 58 TeV PWNe and UNIDs within 5. of the Galactic plane to establish new constraints on PWN properties and find new clues on the nature of UNIDs. Of the 58 sources, 30 were detected, and this work provides their gamma-ray fluxes for energies above 10 GeV. The spectral energy distributions and upper limits, in the multi-wavelength context, also provide new information on the source nature and can help distinguish between emission scenarios, i.e., between classification as a pulsar candidate or as a PWN candidate. Six new GeV PWN candidates are described in detail and compared with existing models. A population study of GeV PWN candidates as a function of the pulsar/PWN system characteristics is presented.
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