TY - JOUR
T1 - NuSTAR broad-band X-ray observational campaign of energetic pulsar wind nebulae in synergy with VERITAS, HAWC and Fermi gamma-ray telescopes
AU - Galactic TeV source collaboration
AU - Mori, Kaya
AU - An, Hongjun
AU - Burgess, Daniel
AU - Capasso, Massimo
AU - Dingus, Brenda
AU - Gelfand, Joseph
AU - Hailey, Charles
AU - Humensky, Brian
AU - Malone, Kelly
AU - Mukherjee, Reshmi
AU - Park, Nahee
AU - Pope, Isaac
AU - Reynolds, Stephen
AU - Safi-Harb, Samar
AU - Woo, Jooyun
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PY - 2022/3/18
Y1 - 2022/3/18
N2 - We report recent progress on the on-going NuSTAR observational campaign of 8 TeV-detected pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe). This campaign constitutes a major part of our NuSTAR study of some of the most energetic TeV sources in our Galaxy detected by VERITAS and HAWC. NuSTAR is the first focusing X-ray telescope operating above 10 keV in space with sub-arcminute angular resolution. Broad-band X-ray imaging and spectroscopy data, obtained by NuSTAR, allow us to probe sub-PeV electron populations through detecting synchrotron X-ray radiation. Our targets include PeVatron candidates detected by HAWC, the Boomerang nebula, PWNe crushed by supernova remnant shocks (or relic PWNe) and G0.9+0.1 in the Galactic Center. Using FermiLAT data and available TeV data, we aim to provide a complete, multi-wavelength view of a diverse class of middle-aged (∼10-100 kyrs old) PWNe. Our NuSTAR analysis detected hard X-ray emission from the Eel and Boomerang PWNe and characterized their broad-band X-ray spectra most accurately. We plan to apply both time-evolution and multi-zone PWN models to multi-wavelength spectral energy distribution (SED) data over the radio, X-ray, GeV and TeV bands. In this proceeding, we will review our observational campaign and discuss the preliminary results for some PWNe.
AB - We report recent progress on the on-going NuSTAR observational campaign of 8 TeV-detected pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe). This campaign constitutes a major part of our NuSTAR study of some of the most energetic TeV sources in our Galaxy detected by VERITAS and HAWC. NuSTAR is the first focusing X-ray telescope operating above 10 keV in space with sub-arcminute angular resolution. Broad-band X-ray imaging and spectroscopy data, obtained by NuSTAR, allow us to probe sub-PeV electron populations through detecting synchrotron X-ray radiation. Our targets include PeVatron candidates detected by HAWC, the Boomerang nebula, PWNe crushed by supernova remnant shocks (or relic PWNe) and G0.9+0.1 in the Galactic Center. Using FermiLAT data and available TeV data, we aim to provide a complete, multi-wavelength view of a diverse class of middle-aged (∼10-100 kyrs old) PWNe. Our NuSTAR analysis detected hard X-ray emission from the Eel and Boomerang PWNe and characterized their broad-band X-ray spectra most accurately. We plan to apply both time-evolution and multi-zone PWN models to multi-wavelength spectral energy distribution (SED) data over the radio, X-ray, GeV and TeV bands. In this proceeding, we will review our observational campaign and discuss the preliminary results for some PWNe.
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M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:85143896167
SN - 1824-8039
VL - 395
JO - Proceedings of Science
JF - Proceedings of Science
M1 - 963
T2 - 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2021
Y2 - 12 July 2021 through 23 July 2021
ER -