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arXiv:1312.5945 (astro-ph)
[Submitted on 20 Dec 2013]

Title:The theory of pulsar wind nebulae

Authors:E. Amato (INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri)
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Abstract:I review the current status of our theoretical understanding of Pulsar Winds and associated nebulae (PWNe). In recent years, axisymmetric models of pulsar winds with a latitude dependent energy flux have proved very successful at explaining the morphology of PWNe as seen in the X-rays. This success has prompted developments aimed at using multi-wavelength observations of these nebulae as a diagnostics of the hidden physics of the pulsar wind and of the mechanism(s) through which particles are accelerated in these sources. I will discuss these most recent developments in terms of the information that we infer from detailed comparison of simulated non-thermal emission with current observations.
Comments: 10 pages, Invited Review Talk at the HEPRO IV Confernce, Heidelberg, Germany. To be published in International Journal of Modern Physics
Subjects: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
Cite as: arXiv:1312.5945 [astro-ph.HE]
  (or arXiv:1312.5945v1 [astro-ph.HE] for this version)
  https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1312.5945
Related DOI: https://doi.org/10.1142/S2010194514601604

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From: Elena Amato [view email]
[v1] Fri, 20 Dec 2013 14:01:53 UTC (625 KB)
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