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Population study for $\gamma$-ray emitting Millisecond Pulsars and $Fermi$ unidentified sources

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena 2011-10-26 v1

Abstract

The FermiFermi-LAT has revealed that rotation powered millisecond pulsars (MSPs) are a major contributor to the Galactic γ\gamma-ray source population. We discuss the γ\gamma-ray emission process within the context of the outer gap accelerator model, and use a Monte-Calro method to simulate the Galactic population of the γ\gamma-ray emitting MSPs. We find that the outer gap accelerator controlled by the magnetic pair-creation process is preferable in explaining the possible correlation between the γ\gamma-ray luminosity and the spin down power. Our Monte-Calro simulation implies that most of the γ\gamma-ray emitting MSPs are radio quiet in the present sensitivity of the radio survey, indicating that most of the γ\gamma-ray MSPs have been unidentified. We argue that the Galactic FermiFermi unidentified sources located at high latitudes should be dominated by MSPs, whereas the sources in the galactic plane are dominated by radio-quiet canonical pulsars.

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@article{arxiv.1110.5401,
  title  = {Population study for $\gamma$-ray emitting Millisecond Pulsars and $Fermi$ unidentified sources},
  author = {J. Takata and Y. Wang and K. S. Cheng},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1110.5401},
  year   = {2011}
}

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2011 Fermi Symposium proceedings - eConf C110509