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P. L. Gonthier R. Van Guilder A. K. Harding I. A. Grenier C. A. Perrot 《Astrophysics and Space Science》2005,297(1-4):71-80
We present results of a population synthesis study of radio-loud and radio-quiet γ-ray pulsars from the Galactic plane and
the Gould Belt. The simulation includes the Parkes multibeam pulsar survey, realistic beam geometries for radio and γ-ray
emission from neutron stars and the new electron density model of Cordes and Lazio. Normalizing to the number of radio pulsars
observed by a set of nine radio surveys, the simulation suggests a neutron star birth rate of 1.4 neutron stars per century
in the Galactic plane. In addition, the simulation predicts 19 radio-loud and 7 radio-quiet γ-ray pulsars from the plane that
EGRET should have observed as point sources. Assuming that during the last 5 Myr the Gould Belt produced 100 neutron stars,
only 10 of these would be observed as radio pulsars with three radio-loud and four radio-quiet γ-ray pulsars observed by EGRET.
These results are in general agreement with the recent number of about 25 EGRET error boxes that contain Parkes radio pulsars.
Since the Gould Belt pulsars are relatively close by, the selection of EGRET radio-quiet γ-ray pulsars strongly favors large
impact angles, β, in the viewing geometry where the off-beam emission from curvature radiation provides the γ-ray flux. Therefore,
the simulated EGRET radio-quiet γ-ray pulsars, being young and nearby, most closely reflect the current shape of the Gould
Belt suggesting that such sources may significantly contribute to the EGRET unidentified γ-ray sources correlated with the
Gould Belt. 相似文献
2.
R. Orduña C. Baixeras A. Carramiñana V. Fonseca 《Astrophysics and Space Science》2005,297(1-4):377-383
Most of the unidentified gamma ray sources detected near the Galactic plane by EGRET aboard CGRO are expected to be gamma
ray pulsars. We present a study about the detectability and identification of some unidentified EGRET sources with the MAGIC
telescope. We list some unidentified gamma ray sources from the third EGRET catalogue to be detected with MAGIC taking into
account some important conditions such as the variability parameter of the source, spectral index, inclusion in the GeV catalogue
(ApJ 488, 1997, p. 872) and possible associations with known X-ray/radio sources located within the error box of the unidentified
gamma ray source. We show the required observation time of these gamma ray pulsar candidates to be detected by MAGIC telescope
considering reasonable values of cut-off energy. To be more realistic, we have chosen the zenith angle corresponding to the
source culmination in the simulation of the effective area A since the observation time is function of the effective area.
In addition to this study, it is very important to consider the extrapolated EGRET flux at MAGIC energies above 30 GeV of
the gamma ray pulsar candidates taking the MAGIC sensitivity. 相似文献
3.
Methanol masers are known to be associated with regions of massive star formation. By studying the distribution of these masers
with respect to unidentified EGRET sources, one may be able to identify regions of enhanced star formation leading to either
supernova remnants and/or pulsars. In this study, we test for positional coincidences between class II methanol masers and
EGRET sources and determine the statistical significance of these coincidences. 相似文献
4.
A major legacy of the EGRET experiment aboard the Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory (CGRO) is the detection of a large number
of unidentified Gamma-ray sources. Out of the 271 EGRET sources are 170 not identified yet [Hartman et al. ApJS (123) (1999) 79]. To provide additional information on these unidentified EGRET sources, we derived simultaneous MeV fluxes
or flux limits for each source by analyzing the contemporaneous COMPTEL data. Then we compare these MeV fluxes to the extrapolations
of the published EGRET spectra. Our results can be grouped into 4 categories [Zhang et al. A&A (421) (2004) 983]: (1) non-constraining upper limits (∼120 sources), (2) hints (> 2 sigma) or detections with consistent
MeV fluxes (∼16 sources), (3) enhanced MeV emission (2 sources), and (4) constraining MeV flux limits, requiring a spectral
break (∼22 sources). In summary, for about 40 of the unidentified EGRET sources we can provide supplementary spectral information
in the neighboring gamma-ray band, which – together with other source parameters – might provide clues to the underlying source
nature. 相似文献
5.
The Whipple Observatory 10 m γ-ray telescope has been used to survey the error boxes of 24 EGRET unidentified sources in an
attempt to find counterparts at energies of 350 GeV and above. In no case is a statistically significant signal found in the
EGRET error box which implies that, at least for this sample, the γ-ray spectra of these sources steepen between 100 MeV and
350 GeV. 相似文献
6.
Torafumi Miyagi Dipen Bhattacharya Allen D. Zych 《Astrophysics and Space Science》2005,297(1-4):191-199
Based on a LogN-LogS relation we have shown that the EGRET unidentified source (UnidS) distribution closely follows the Galactic
spiral arm structure. This seems to satisfy the hypothesis that the EGRET UnidS arise due to energetic interactions with molecular
clouds that reside on the spiral arms. Furthermore, the luminosity distribution of the unidentified sources features a double
Gaussian distribution. We suggest that a combined distribution of OB associations, SNR and superbubbles interacting with molecular
clouds within the spiral arms are the most likely counterparts of the unidentified sources. 相似文献
7.
Jennifer M. Siegal-Gaskins Vasiliki Pavlidou Angela V. Olinto Carolyn Brown Brian D. Fields 《Astrophysics and Space Science》2007,309(1-4):43-49
The third EGRET catalog contains a large number of unidentified sources. This subset of objects is expected to include known gamma-ray emitters of Galactic origin such as pulsars and supernova remnants, in addition to an extragalactic population of blazars. However, current data allows the intriguing possibility that some of these objects may represent a new class of yet undiscovered gamma-ray sources. Many theoretically motivated candidate emitters (e.g. clumps of annihilating dark matter particles) have been suggested to account for these detections. We take a new approach to determine to what extent this population is Galactic and to investigate the nature of the possible Galactic component. By assuming that galaxies similar to the Milky Way should host comparable populations of objects, we constrain the allowed Galactic abundance and distribution of various classes of gamma-ray sources using the EGRET data set. We find it is highly improbable that a large number of the unidentified sources are members of a Galactic halo population, but that a distribution of the sources entirely in the disk and bulge is plausible. Finally, we discuss the additional constraints and new insights that GLAST will provide. 相似文献
8.
Contribution to diffuse gamma-rays in the Galactic Centre region from unresolved millisecond pulsars
W. Wang Z. J. Jiang K. S. Cheng 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2005,358(1):263-269
Diffuse gamma-rays in the Galactic Centre region have been studied. We propose that there exists a population of millisecond pulsars in the Galactic Centre, which emit GeV gamma-rays through synchrotron-curvature radiation as predicted by outer gap models. These GeV gamma-rays from unresolved millisecond pulsars probably contribute to the diffuse gamma-ray spectrum detected by EGRET which displays a break at a few GeV. We have used a Monte Carlo method to obtain simulated samples of millisecond pulsars in the Galactic Centre region covered by EGRET (∼ 15) according to the different period and magnetic field distributions from observed millisecond pulsars in the Galactic field and globular clusters, and superposed their synchrotron-curvature spectra to derive the total GeV flux. Our simulated results suggest that there probably exist about 6000 unresolved millisecond pulsars in the region of angular resolution of EGRET, the emissions of which could contribute significantly to the observed diffuse gamma-rays in the Galactic Centre. 相似文献
9.
R. N. Manchester 《Astrophysics and Space Science》2005,297(1-4):101-108
A total of eight gamma-ray sources are identified with pulsars and these include some of the strongest gamma-ray sources in
the sky. About 20 of the unidentified gamma-ray sources are very likely to be associated with currently known pulsars and
there is little doubt that many of the others, at least those at low Galactic latitudes, will ultimately be identified with
pulsars. How many of these and future gamma-ray detections will be detectable at radio wavelengths depends on the details
of the radio and gamma-ray beaming. There is good evidence that the radio beams in young and millisecond pulsars are very
wide, implying that most gamma-ray pulsars will be detectable in the radio band. 相似文献
10.
Diego F. Torres Thomas M. Dame Gustavo E. Romero 《Astrophysics and Space Science》2005,297(1-4):393-398
In this paper we briefly comment on the observational status of the possible physical association between unidentified EGRET
sources and supernova remnants (SNRs) in our Galaxy. We draw upon recent results presented in the review by Torres et al.
(2003), concerning molecular gas in the vicinity of all 19 SNRs found to be positionally coincident with EGRET sources at
low Galactic latitudes. In addition, we present new results regarding the supernova remnant CTA 1. Our findings disfavor the
possibility of a physical connection with the nearby (in projection) EGRET source. There remains possible, however, that the
compact object produced in the supernova explosion be related with the observed γ-ray flux. 相似文献
11.
A new picture of pulsar high-energy emission is proposed that is different from both the traditional polar cap and outer gap
models, but combines elements of each. The slot gap model is based on electron acceleration along the edge of the open field
region from the neutron star surface to near the light cylinder and thus could form a physical basis for the two-pole caustic
model of Dyks and Rudak (2003). Along the last open field line, the pair formation front rises to very high altitude forming
a slot gap, where the accelerating electric field is unscreened by pairs. The resulting radiation features both hollow cones
from the lower-altitude pair cascades, seen at small viewing angles, as well as caustic emission on the trailing-edge field
lines at high altitude, seen from both poles at large viewing angle. The combination of the small solid angle of slot gap
emission (≪ 1 sr) with a high probability of viewing the emission predicts that more gamma-ray pulsars could be detected at
larger distances. In this picture, many of the positional coincidences of radio pulsars with unidentified EGRET sources become
plausible as real associations, as the flux predicted by the slot gap model for many of the pulsars would provide the observed
EGRET source flux. The expected probability of seeing radio-quiet gamma-ray pulsars in this model will also be discussed. 相似文献
12.
Vasiliki Pavlidou Jennifer M. Siegal-Gaskins Carolyn Brown Brian D. Fields Angela V. Olinto 《Astrophysics and Space Science》2007,309(1-4):81-87
The large majority of EGRET point sources remain to this day without an identified low-energy counterpart. Whatever the nature of the EGRET unidentified sources, faint unresolved objects of the same class must have a contribution to the diffuse gamma-ray background: if most unidentified objects are extragalactic, faint unresolved sources of the same class contribute to the background, as a distinct extragalactic population; on the other hand, if most unidentified sources are Galactic, their counterparts in external galaxies will contribute to the unresolved emission from these systems. Understanding this component of the gamma-ray background, along with other guaranteed contributions from known sources, is essential in any attempt to use gamma-ray observations to constrain exotic high-energy physics. Here, we follow an empirical approach to estimate whether a potential contribution of unidentified sources to the extragalactic gamma-ray background is likely to be important, and we find that it is. Additionally, we comment on how the anticipated GLAST measurement of the diffuse gamma-ray background will change, depending on the nature of the majority of these sources. 相似文献
13.
Statistical studies indicate that the 271 point sources of high-energy gamma rays belong to two groups: a galactic population
and an isotropic extragalactic population. Many unidentified extragalactic sources are certainly blazars, and it is the intention
of this work to uncover gamma-ray blazars missed by previous attempts. Until recently, searches for blazar counterparts to
unidentified EGRET sources have focused on finding AGN that have 5-GHz radio flux densities S
5 near or above 1 Jy. However, the recent blazar identification of 3EG J2006-2321 (S
5 = 260 mJy) and other work suggest that careful studies of weaker flat-spectrum sources may be fruitful. In this spirit, error
circles of four high-latitude unidentified EGRET sources have been searched for 5-GHz sources. The gamma-ray sources are 3EG
J1133+0033, 3EG J1212+2304, 3EG J1222+2315, and 3EG J1227+4302. Within the error contours of each of the four sources are
found six radio candidates; by observing the positions of the radio sources with the 0.81-m Tenagra II telescope it is determined
that 14 of these 24 radio sources have optical counterparts with R < 22. Eight of these from two different EGRET sources have been observed in the B, V, and R bands in more than one epoch and the analysis of these data is ongoing. Any sources that are found to be variable will be
the objects of multi-epoch polarimetry studies. 相似文献
14.
Some unidentified EGRET sources have been reported to have probable X-ray counterparts. Periodicities in the X-ray data of
those sources, if found, may help to strengthen the identification and to reveal their nature. We performed a detailed search
of periodicities with a photon-counting method, the H-test, in the XMM and ASCA data of RX J0007.0+7302, which is the most probable X-ray counterpart to the EGRET source 3EG J0010+7309.
Although no periods with enough significance were found, a possible one, at 0.1275433± 0.0000001 s (MJD 52327.03399), is quite
intriguing based on results of cross-checking the two data sets. We suggest future analysis with other data to search the
vicinity of this period. 相似文献
15.
Point sources in the region of hard gamma rays 30 MeV-10 GeV were identified with single young pulsars, like Crab; transient gamma ray sources and bright quasars. The main problem in this region is the small number of the photons, registrated from the source. In order to overcome this problem the new construction of a gamma telescope is proposed, which registers quanta from all directions simultaneously. In this way it is possible to increase the sensitivity by more than an order of magnitude with the same size and smaller weight, in comparison with EGRET. Analyses have shown, that such a telescope must stay without the calorimeter, what reduces its spectral resolution. The estimated number of point sources which could be discovered by such a telescope could approach one thousand. Results of Monte Carlo simulations are presented. 相似文献
16.
Alberto Carramiñana 《Astrophysics and Space Science》2007,309(1-4):373-378
The Cygnus region of the Milky Way is prolific in star formation and presents extended diffuse γ-ray emission with a few γ-ray point sources. Among them is 3EG J2020+4017, the brightest of the unidentified EGRET sources, positionally coincident
with the supernova remnant G78.2+2.1. Even though the EGRET and multi-wavelength data have not provided a conclusive identification
for this γ-ray loud, but otherwise faint object, the evidence favors a pulsar like source. The EGRET photon data lack the signal-to-noise
ratio required for a period search, but will serve as a valuable timing baseline extension in the case that GLAST confirms the pulsar nature of the γ-Cygni source.
Work sponsored by CONACyT grant SEP-2003-C02-42611. 相似文献
17.
The contribution to the Galactic diffuse gamma-ray spectrum from unresolved rotation-powered pulsars
We consider the contribution to the Galactic diffuse γ-ray emission from unresolved γ-ray pulsars. Based on the thick outer gap model, Monte Carlo methods are used to simulate the properties (period, distance, magnetic field, etc.) of the Galactic population of rotation-powered pulsars the gamma-ray flux of which is lower than the threshold sensitivity of the EGRET detector on the Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory . Furthermore, the contribution to the Galactic diffuse γ-ray spectrum from the unresolved γ-ray pulsars is calculated. Our results indicate that the unresolved γ-ray pulsars contribute ∼5 to ∼10 per cent to the measured Galactic diffuse γ-ray emission if the birth rate of neutron stars in the Galaxy is 1 to 2 per century, and that these pulsars contribute significantly to the observed Galactic diffuse γ-ray emission above 1 GeV. Comparing the model spectrum with the observed spectrum, we show that the unresolved γ-ray pulsars contribute very little to the diffuse emission at lower energies but can account for ∼50 per cent of the observed spectrum above 1 GeV if the product of the birth rate of neutron stars and the γ-ray beaming fraction is about unity. Such a large pulsar contribution can explain the difference (∼60 per cent) between the intensity of the Galactic diffuse emission as measured by EGRET above 1 GeV and model predictions based on cosmic ray–matter interaction only. 相似文献
18.
We study the contribution of young pulsars, with characteristic ages of less than 106 yr, to the diffuse γ-ray emission from the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). Based on the outer gap model for γ-ray emission proposed by Zhang & Cheng and pulsar properties in the LMC given by Hartmann, Brown & Schnepf, we simulate the properties of the young pulsars in the LMC. We show that γ-rays produced by the pulsars in the LMC may make an important contribution to the diffuse γ-rays in the LMC, especially in the high-energy range. We calculate the γ-ray energy spectrum of the pulsars in the LMC and show that the γ-ray component contributed by the pulsars to the diffuse γ-rays in the high-energy range (above ∼1 GeV) becomes dominant. We expect that none of the young pulsars should be detectable as an individual point source of γ-ray emission by EGRET. We also expect that pulsar contribution above ∼1 GeV in the SMC is very important. 相似文献
19.
I. A. Grenier M. M. Kaufman Bernadó G. E. Romero 《Astrophysics and Space Science》2005,297(1-4):109-118
A subset of the unidentified EGRET γ-ray sources with no active galactic nucleus or other conspicuous counterpart appears
to be concentrated at medium latitudes. Their long-term variability and their spatial distribution indicate that they are
distinct from the more persistent sources associated with the nearby Gould Belt. They exhibit a large scale height of 1.3
± 0.6 kpc above the Galactic plane. Potential counterparts for these sources include microquasars accreting from a low-mass
star and spewing a continuous jet. Detailed calculations have been performed of the jet inverse Compton emission in the radiation
fields from the star, the accretion disc, and a hot corona. Different jet Lorentz factors, powers, and aspect angles have
been explored. The up-scattered emission from the corona predominates below 100 MeV whereas the disc and stellar contributions
are preponderant at higher energies for moderate (∼15∘) and small (∼1∘) aspect angles, respectively. Yet, unlike in the high-mass, brighter versions of these systems, the external Compton emission
largely fails to produce the luminosities required for 5 to 10 kpc distant EGRET sources. Synchrotron-self-Compton emission
appears as a promising alternative. 相似文献
20.
J. Flix J. E. Taylor M. Martínez F. Prada J. Silk J. Cortina 《Astrophysics and Space Science》2005,297(1-4):299-308
In a cold dark matter (CDM) framework of structure formation, the dark matter haloes around galaxies assemble through successive
mergers with smaller haloes. This merging process is not completely efficient, and hundreds of surviving halo cores, or subhaloes, are expected to remain in orbit within the halo of a galaxy like the Milky Way. While the dozen visible satellites of the
Milky Way may trace some of these subhaloes, the majority are currently undetected. A large number of high-velocity clouds
(HVCs) of neutral hydrogen are observed around the Milky Way, and it is plausible that some of the HVCs may trace subhaloes undetected in the optical. Confirming
the existence of concentrations of dark matter associated with even a few of the HVCs would represent a dramatic step forward
in our attempts to understand the nature of dark matter. Supersymmetric (SUSY) extensions of the Standard Model of particle
physics currently suggest neutralinos as a natural well-motivated candidate for the non-baryonic dark matter of the universe.
If this is indeed the case, then it may be possible to detect dark matter indirectly as it annihilates into neutrinos, photons
or positrons. In particular, the centres of subhaloes might show up as point sources in gamma-ray observations. In this work,
we consider the possibility that some of the unidentified EGRET γ-ray sources trace annihilating neutralino dark matter in
the dark substructure of the Local Group. We compare the observed positions and fluxes of both the unidentified EGRET sources
and the HVCs with the positions and fluxes predicted by a model of halo substructure, to determine up to what extent any of
these three populations could be associated. 相似文献