The energy-dependent gamma-ray light curves and spectra of the Vela pulsar in the dissipative magnetospheres

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Main Authors: Cao, Gang, Yang, Xiongbang
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author Cao, Gang
Yang, Xiongbang
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Yang, Xiongbang
contents We study the pulsar energy-dependent $γ$-ray light curves and spectra from curvature radiation in the dissipative magnetospheres. The dissipative magnetospheres with the combined force-free (FFE) and Aristotelian (AE) are computed by a pseudo-spectral method with the high-resolution simulation in the rotating coordinate system, which produces a near force-free field structure with the dissipative region only near the equatorial current sheet outside the light cylinder (LC). We use the test particle trajectory method to compute the energy-dependent $γ$-ray light curves, phase-average and phase-resolved spectra by including both the accelerating electric field and radiation reaction. The predicted energy-dependent $γ$-ray light curves and spectra are then compared with those of the Vela pulsar observed by Fermi. Our results can generally reproduce the observed trends of the energy-dependent $γ$-ray light curves and spectra for the Vela pulsar.
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spellingShingle The energy-dependent gamma-ray light curves and spectra of the Vela pulsar in the dissipative magnetospheres
Cao, Gang
Yang, Xiongbang
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
We study the pulsar energy-dependent $γ$-ray light curves and spectra from curvature radiation in the dissipative magnetospheres. The dissipative magnetospheres with the combined force-free (FFE) and Aristotelian (AE) are computed by a pseudo-spectral method with the high-resolution simulation in the rotating coordinate system, which produces a near force-free field structure with the dissipative region only near the equatorial current sheet outside the light cylinder (LC). We use the test particle trajectory method to compute the energy-dependent $γ$-ray light curves, phase-average and phase-resolved spectra by including both the accelerating electric field and radiation reaction. The predicted energy-dependent $γ$-ray light curves and spectra are then compared with those of the Vela pulsar observed by Fermi. Our results can generally reproduce the observed trends of the energy-dependent $γ$-ray light curves and spectra for the Vela pulsar.
title The energy-dependent gamma-ray light curves and spectra of the Vela pulsar in the dissipative magnetospheres
topic High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.06179