Shock geometry and inverse Compton emission from the wind of a binary pulsar.pdf

Shock geometry and inverse Compton emission from the wind of a binary pulsar.pdf

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Shock geometry and inverse Compton emission from the wind of a binary pulsar

a r X i v : a s t r o - p h / 0 0 1 1 3 0 8 v 1 1 6 N o v 2 0 0 0 Shock geometry and inverse Compton emission from the wind of a binary pulsar Lewis Ball Jennifer Dodd To appear in Publ. Astronomical Soc. Aust. 18/1 Submitted 19 Jul. 2000; Revised 8 Nov. 2000; Accepted 13 Nov. 2000 Research Centre for Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Sydney, N.S.W. 2006, Australia ball@physics.usyd.edu.au Abstract PSR B1259?63 is a 47ms radio pulsar with a high spin-down luminosity which is in a close, highly eccentric 3.5-year orbit about a bright stellar companion. The binary system may be a detectable source of hard γ-rays produced by inverse Compton scattering of pho- tons from the B2e star SS2883 by electrons and positrons in the pulsar wind. The star provides an enormous density of optical photons in the vicinity of the pulsar, particularly at epochs near periastron. We calculate the emission from the unshocked region of the pulsar wind, assuming that it terminates at a shock where it attains pressure balance with the companion’s wind. The spectra and light curves for the inverse Compton emission from the shock-terminated wind are compared with those for an unterminated wind. If the pulsar’s wind is weaker than that from the companion star, the termination of the wind decreases the inverse Compton flux, particularly near periastron. The termination shock geometry has the effect of decreasing the asymmetry of the γ-ray light curve around periastron, which arises because of the asymmetrical variation of the scattering angle. Keywords: Pulsars; Inverse Compton scattering; Gamma-rays; Cherenkov telescopes; Pul- sars: individual (PSR B1259?63) 1 Introduction PSR B1259?63 is one of only three known radio pulsars which have a main sequence star binary companion. Such systems provide a unique environment for inverse Compton scattering because of the presence of an enormous density of low energy (optical) photons which serve as targets for electrons and positrons in the pul

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