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Gamma rays from pulsar wind shock acceleration
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Harding, Alice K. |
| Copyright Year | 1990 |
| Description | A shock forming in the wind of relativistic electron-positron pairs from a pulsar, as a result of confinement by surrounding material, could convert part of the pulsar spin-down luminosity to high energy particles through first order Fermi acceleration. High energy protons could be produced by this mechanism both in supernova remnants and in binary systems containing pulsars. The pion-decay gamma-rays resulting from interaction of accelerated protons with surrounding target material in such sources might be observable above 70 MeV with EGRET (Energetic Gamma-Ray Experimental Telescope) and above 100 GeV with ground-based detectors. Acceleration of protons and expected gamma-ray fluxes from SN1987A, Cyg X-3 type sources and binary pulsars are discussed. |
| File Size | 1081718 |
| Page Count | 18 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19900013995 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t4vj0fk5k |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1990-05-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Astrophysics Cygnus Constellation Gamma Ray Spectra Protons Gamma Rays Shock Waves Supernova Remnants Gamma Ray Telescopes Particle Decay Pulsars Luminosity Particle Energy Electron-positron Pairs Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
