Very-high-energy gamma radiation associated with the unshocked wind of the Crab pulsar
arXiv:astro-ph/0003157 · doi:10.1046/j.1365-8711.2000.03250.x
Abstract
We show that the relativistic wind in the Crab pulsar, which is commonly thought to be invisible in the region upstream of the termination shock at R < 0.1 pc, in fact could be directly observed through its inverse Compton gamm-ray emission. The search for such specific component of radiation in the gamma-ray spectrum of the Crab can provide unique information about the unshocked pulsar wind that is not accessible at other wavelengths.
11 pages, 11 figures, to appear in one of the April issues of MNRAS
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