Fermi-LAT Search for Pulsar Wind Nebulae around gamma-ray Pulsars

Markus Ackermann; Marco Ajello; Luca Baldini; Jean Ballet; Guido Barbiellini; D. Bastieri; K. Bechtol; R. Bellazzini; B. Berenji; E. D. Bloom; E. Bonamente; A. W. Borgland; A. Bouvier; J. Bregeon; A. Brez; M. Brigida; Pascal Bruel; R. Buehler; S. Buson; G. A. Caliandro; R. A. Cameron; F. Camilo; P. A. Caraveo; J. M. Casandjian; C. Cecchi; Ö. Çelik; E. Charles; A. Chekhtman; C. C. Cheung; J. Chiang; S. Ciprini; R. Claus; Ismaël Cognard; J. Cohen-Tanugi; J. Conrad; C. D. Dermer; A. de Angelis; A. de Luca; F. de Palma; S. W. Digel; E. Do Couto E Silva; P. S. Drell; R. Dubois; D. Dumora; C. Favuzzi; W. B. Focke; M. Frailis; Y. Fukazawa; S. Funk; P. Fusco; F. Gargano; S. Germani; N. Giglietto; P. Giommi; F. Giordano; M. Giroletti; T. Glanzman; G. Godfrey; I. A. Grenier; M.-H. Grondin; J. E. Grove; L. Guillemot; S. Guiriec; D. Hadasch; Y. Hanabata; A. K. Harding; K. Hayashi; E. Hays; G. Hobbs; R. E. Hughes; G. Jóhannesson; A. S. Johnson; W. N. Johnson; S. Johnston; T. Kamae; H. Katagiri; J. Kataoka; M. Keith; M. Kerr; Jürgen Knödlseder; M. Kramer; M. Kuss; J. Lande; L. Latronico; S.-H. Lee; M. Lemoine-Goumard; F. Longo; F. Loparco; M. N. Lovellette; P. Lubrano; A. G. Lyne; A. Makeev; M. Marelli; M. N. Mazziotta; J. E. Mcenery; J. Mehault; P. F. Michelson; T. Mizuno; A. A. Moiseev; C. Monte; M. E. Monzani; A. Morselli; I. V. Moskalenko; S. Murgia; T. Nakamori; M. Naumann-Godo; P. L. Nolan; A. Noutsos; E. Nuss; T. Ohsugi; A. Okumura; J. F. Ormes; D. Paneque; J. H. Panetta; D. Parent; V. Pelassa; M. Pepe; M. Pesce-Rollins; F. Piron; T.A. Porter; S. Rainò; R. Rando; S. M. Ransom; P. S. Ray; M. Razzano; N. Rea; A. Reimer; O. Reimer; T. Reposeur; J. Ripken; S. Ritz; R. W. Romani; H. F.-W. Sadrozinski; A. Sander; P. M. Saz Parkinson; C. Sgrò; E. J. Siskind; David Stanley Smith; P. D. Smith; G. Spandre; P. Spinelli; M. S. Strickman; D. J. Suson; H. Takahashi; T. Takahashi; T. Tanaka; J. B. Thayer; J. G. Thayer; G. Theureau; D. J. Thompson; S. E. Thorsett; L. Tibaldo; D. F. Torres; G. Tosti; A. Tramacere; Y. Uchiyama; T. Uehara; T. L. Usher; J. Vandenbroucke; A. van Etten; V. Vasileiou; N. Vilchez; V. Vitale; A. P. Waite; P. Wang; P. Weltevrede; B. L. Winer; K. S. Wood; Z. Yang; T. Ylinen; M. Ziegler

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Fermi-LAT Search for Pulsar Wind Nebulae around gamma-ray Pulsars

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Fermi-LAT Search for Pulsar Wind Nebulae around gamma-ray Pulsars

Markus Ackermann, Marco Ajello, Luca Baldini, Jean Ballet, Guido Barbiellini, D. Bastieri, K. Bechtol, R. Bellazzini, B. Berenji, E. D. Bloom, …

The Astrophysical Journal, Vol.726

01/2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/726/1/35

Abstract

pulsars: general

catalogs

gamma rays: general

97.60.Gb, 98.58.Mj, 98.58,.Hf, 95.55.Ka, 98.70.Rz, 97.10.Ex

The high sensitivity of the Fermi-LAT (Large Area Telescope) offers the first opportunity to study faint and extended GeV sources such as pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe). After one year of observation the LAT detected and identified three pulsar wind nebulae: the Crab Nebula, Vela-X and the PWN inside MSH 15-52. In the meantime, the list of LAT detected pulsars increased steadily. These pulsars are characterized by high energy loss rates from ~3 \times 10^{33} erg s$^{-1}$ to 5 \times 10$^{38}$ erg s$^{-1}$ and are therefore likely to power a PWN. This paper summarizes the search for PWNe in the off-pulse windows of 54 LAT-detected pulsars using 16 months of survey observations. Ten sources show significant emission, seven of these likely being of magnetospheric origin. The detection of significant emission in the off-pulse interval offers new constraints on the gamma-ray emitting regions in pulsar magnetospheres. The three other sources with significant emission are the Crab Nebula, Vela-X and a new pulsar wind nebula candidate associated with the LAT pulsar PSR J1023-5746, coincident with the TeV source HESS J1023-575. We further explore the association between the H.E.S.S. and the Fermi source by modeling its spectral energy distribution. Flux upper limits derived for the 44 remaining sources are used to provide new constraints on famous PWNe that have been detected at keV and/or TeV energies.

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Title: Fermi-LAT Search for Pulsar Wind Nebulae around gamma-ray Pulsars
Creators - without role: Markus Ackermann - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
Marco Ajello - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
Luca Baldini - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
Jean Ballet - Astrophysique, Instrumentation et Modélisation
Guido Barbiellini - University of Trieste
D. Bastieri - University of Padua
K. Bechtol - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
R. Bellazzini - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
B. Berenji - Stanford University
E. D. Bloom
E. Bonamente - University of Perugia
A. W. Borgland
A. Bouvier - Stanford University
J. Bregeon - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
A. Brez - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
M. Brigida - Polytechnic University of Bari
Pascal Bruel - École Polytechnique
R. Buehler - SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
S. Buson - University of Padua
G. A. Caliandro
R. A. Cameron
F. Camilo - Columbia University
P. A. Caraveo - Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica di Milano
J. M. Casandjian - Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation
C. Cecchi - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Perugia
Ö. Çelik - Goddard Space Flight Center
E. Charles - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
A. Chekhtman - United States Naval Research Laboratory
C. C. Cheung
J. Chiang - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
S. Ciprini - University of Perugia
R. Claus - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
Ismaël Cognard - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
J. Cohen-Tanugi - Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules
J. Conrad - Stockholm University
C. D. Dermer
A. de Angelis - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Trieste
A. de Luca - Istituto Universitario di Studi Superiori di Pavia
F. de Palma - Polytechnic University of Bari
S. W. Digel
E. Do Couto E Silva
P. S. Drell
R. Dubois - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
D. Dumora - Laboratoire de Physique des deux infinis Bordeaux
C. Favuzzi - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari
W. B. Focke
M. Frailis - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Trieste
Y. Fukazawa - Hiroshima University
S. Funk - SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
P. Fusco - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari
F. Gargano - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari
S. Germani - University of Perugia
N. Giglietto - Polytechnic University of Bari
P. Giommi - Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
F. Giordano - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari
M. Giroletti - Istituto di Radioastronomia di Bologna
T. Glanzman - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
G. Godfrey - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
I. A. Grenier - Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation
M.-H. Grondin - Laboratoire de Physique des deux infinis Bordeaux
J. E. Grove
L. Guillemot - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
S. Guiriec - University of Alabama in Huntsville
D. Hadasch - Institute of Space Sciences
Y. Hanabata - Hiroshima University
A. K. Harding
K. Hayashi - Hiroshima University
E. Hays - Goddard Space Flight Center
G. Hobbs - Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
R. E. Hughes
G. Jóhannesson - Stanford University
A. S. Johnson
W. N. Johnson
S. Johnston - Australia Telescope National Facility
T. Kamae - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
H. Katagiri - Hiroshima University
J. Kataoka - Waseda University
M. Keith - Australia Telescope National Facility
M. Kerr - University of Washington
Jürgen Knödlseder - Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier
M. Kramer - University of Manchester
M. Kuss - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
J. Lande - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
L. Latronico - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
S.-H. Lee - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
M. Lemoine-Goumard - Laboratoire de Physique des deux infinis Bordeaux
F. Longo - University of Trieste
F. Loparco - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari
M. N. Lovellette
P. Lubrano - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Perugia
A. G. Lyne
A. Makeev - United States Naval Research Laboratory
M. Marelli - Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica di Milano
M. N. Mazziotta
J. E. Mcenery
J. Mehault - Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules
P. F. Michelson
T. Mizuno - Hiroshima University
A. A. Moiseev
C. Monte - Polytechnic University of Bari
M. E. Monzani
A. Morselli - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Roma Tor Vergata
I. V. Moskalenko
S. Murgia - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
T. Nakamori - Waseda University
M. Naumann-Godo - CEA Paris-Saclay
P. L. Nolan
A. Noutsos - Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy
E. Nuss - Laboratoire de Physique Théorique
T. Ohsugi - Hiroshima University
A. Okumura - Institute of Space and Astronautical Science
J. F. Ormes
D. Paneque - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
J. H. Panetta
D. Parent - George Mason University
V. Pelassa - Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules
M. Pepe - University of Perugia
M. Pesce-Rollins - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
F. Piron - Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules
T.A. Porter - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
S. Rainò - Polytechnic University of Bari
R. Rando - University of Padua
S. M. Ransom
P. S. Ray
M. Razzano - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
N. Rea - Institute of Space Sciences
A. Reimer - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
O. Reimer - Stanford University
T. Reposeur - Laboratoire de Physique des deux infinis Bordeaux
J. Ripken - AlbaNova
S. Ritz - University of California, Santa Cruz
R. W. Romani
H. F.-W. Sadrozinski
A. Sander - The Ohio State University
P. M. Saz Parkinson
C. Sgrò - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
E. J. Siskind
David Stanley Smith - Laboratoire de Physique des deux infinis Bordeaux
P. D. Smith
G. Spandre - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
P. Spinelli - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari
M. S. Strickman
D. J. Suson
H. Takahashi - Hiroshima University
T. Takahashi - Institute of Space and Astronautical Science
T. Tanaka - Stanford University
J. B. Thayer
J. G. Thayer
G. Theureau - Université d'Orléans
D. J. Thompson
S. E. Thorsett
L. Tibaldo - CEA Paris-Saclay
D. F. Torres
G. Tosti - University of Perugia
A. Tramacere - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
Y. Uchiyama - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
T. Uehara - Hiroshima University
T. L. Usher
J. Vandenbroucke - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
A. van Etten - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
V. Vasileiou - Goddard Space Flight Center
N. Vilchez - Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier
V. Vitale - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Roma Tor Vergata
A. P. Waite
P. Wang - Stanford University
P. Weltevrede - University of Manchester
B. L. Winer
K. S. Wood
Z. Yang - AlbaNova
T. Ylinen - Fraunhofer Chalmers Research Centre for Industrial Mathematics
M. Ziegler - University of California, Santa Cruz
Publication Details: The Astrophysical Journal, Vol.726
Identifiers: 9934006809311
Academic Unit: Université de Montpellier
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
Local Fields: in2p3-00586112