TY - JOUR
T1 - HESS J1640-465: Powerful producer of cosmic rays or host to an extremely energetic pulsar?
AU - Gelfand, Joseph
AU - Castro, Daniel
AU - Gotthelf, Eric
AU - Halpern, Jules
AU - Harrison, Fiona A.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Detecting gamma-rays from a source clearly indicates the presence of
high-energy particles. However, it is often difficult to determine what
is producing these cosmic rays. This is particularly true for HESS
J1640-465, the most luminous TeV source in the Milky Way, which is
associated with a radio supernova remnant and an energetic pulsar.
Determining which is primarily responsible for the observed gamma-rays
requires fitting its observed spectral energy distribution with models
for the broadband emission of supernova remnants, pulsar wind nebulae,
and pulsars. Is this talk, we will present such an analysis, and discuss
its implications for what is producing the high-energy particles
responsible for the observed high energy emission.
AB - Detecting gamma-rays from a source clearly indicates the presence of
high-energy particles. However, it is often difficult to determine what
is producing these cosmic rays. This is particularly true for HESS
J1640-465, the most luminous TeV source in the Milky Way, which is
associated with a radio supernova remnant and an energetic pulsar.
Determining which is primarily responsible for the observed gamma-rays
requires fitting its observed spectral energy distribution with models
for the broadband emission of supernova remnants, pulsar wind nebulae,
and pulsars. Is this talk, we will present such an analysis, and discuss
its implications for what is producing the high-energy particles
responsible for the observed high energy emission.
M3 - Article
VL - 40
JO - 40th COSPAR Scientific Assembly. Held 2-10 August 2014, in Moscow, Russia
JF - 40th COSPAR Scientific Assembly. Held 2-10 August 2014, in Moscow, Russia
ER -