The emerging population of pulsar wind nebulae in hard X-rays
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
2009-06-25 v1
Abstract
The hard X-ray synchrotron emission from pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe) probes energetic particles, closely related to the pulsar injection power at the present time. INTEGRAL has disclosed the yet poorly known population of hard X-ray pulsar/PWN systems. We summarize the properties of the class, with emphasys on the first hard X-ray bow-shock (CTB 80 powered by PSR B1951+32), and highlight some prospects for the study of Pulsar Wind Nebulae with the Simbol-X mission.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0903.1192,
title = {The emerging population of pulsar wind nebulae in hard X-rays},
author = {Fabio Mattana and Diego Götz and Régis Terrier and Matthieu Renaud and Maurizio Falanga},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0903.1192},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
Proceedings of the 2nd Simbol-X Symposium, AIP Conf. Proc. Series, Eds. P. Ferrando and J. Rodriguez (4 pages, 2 figures)