Simulated synchrotron and Inverse Compton emission from Pulsar Wind Nebulae

Journal Article · Wed Feb 27 00:00:00 EST 2008 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2900146· OSTI ID:21136717

Volpi, Delia; Del Zanna, Luca; Bucciantini, Niccolo ^[1]; Amato, Elena ^[2]

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1. Dipartimento di Astronomia e Scienza dello Spazio-Largo Fermi 2-50125 Firenze (Italy)
2. INAF-Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri-Largo Fermi 5-50125 Firenze (Italy)

We present a complete set of diagnostic tools aimed at reproducing synthetic non-thermal (synchrotron and/or Inverse Compton, IC) emissivity, integrated flux energy, polarization and spectral index simulated maps in comparison to observations. The time dependent relativistic magnetohydrodynamic (RMHD) equations are solved with a shock capturing code together with the evolution of the maximum particles energy. Applications to Pulsar Wind Nebulae (PWNe) are shown.

• OSTI ID: 21136717
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 983, Issue 1; Conference: International conference on 40 years of pulsars: Millisecond pulsars, magnetars and more, Montreal (Canada), 12-17 Aug 2007; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2900146; (c) 2008 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
ASTROPHYSICS
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
EMISSIVITY
MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS
NEBULAE
NEUTRON STARS
PHOTON EMISSION
POLARIZATION
PULSARS
RELATIVISTIC RANGE
SUPERNOVA REMNANTS
SYNCHROTRON RADIATION
TIME DEPENDENCE