Revealing the Most Energetic Light from Pulsars and Their Nebulae
Authors: Carreto Fidalgo, David
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- Provides the most complete picture of VHE emissions from the Crab Pulsar to date
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This book reports on the extraordinary observation of TeV gamma rays from the Crab Pulsar, the most energetic light ever detected from this type of object. It presents detailed information on the painstaking analysis of the unprecedentedly large dataset from the MAGIC telescopes, and comprehensively discusses the implications of pulsed TeV gamma rays for state-of-the-art pulsar emission models. Using these results, the book subsequently explores new testing methodologies for Lorentz Invariance Violation, in terms of a wavelength-dependent speed of light. The book also covers an updated search for Very-High-Energy (VHE), >100 GeV, emissions from millisecond pulsars using the Large Area Telescope on board the Fermi satellite, as well as a study on the promising Pulsar Wind Nebula candidate PSR J0631.
The observation of VHE gamma rays is essential to studying the non-thermal sources of radiation in our Universe. Rotating neutron stars, also known as pulsars, are an extreme source class known to emit VHE gamma rays. However, to date only two pulsars have been detected with emissions above 100 GeV, and our understanding of their emission mechanism is still lacking.
- Table of contents (9 chapters)
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An Introduction to Very-High-Energy Astrophysics
Pages 3-17
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Pulsars and Pulsar Wind Nebulae
Pages 19-47
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Cherenkov Telescopes and MAGIC
Pages 49-81
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MAGIC and the Crab Pulsar: History and Motivation
Pages 85-97
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Analysis of MAGIC’s Data Set of the Crab Pulsar
Pages 99-123
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Revealing the Most Energetic Light from Pulsars and Their Nebulae
- Authors
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- David Carreto Fidalgo
- Series Title
- Springer Theses
- Copyright
- 2019
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-030-24194-0
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-24194-0
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-24193-3
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-24196-4
- Series ISSN
- 2190-5053
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XVII, 208
- Number of Illustrations
- 84 b/w illustrations, 64 illustrations in colour
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