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2025ApJ...988..200L - Astrophys. J., 988, 200 (2025/August-1)

The Vela Pulsar and Its Pulsar Wind Nebula Vela-X Using 13 Yr of Fermi-LAT Observations.

LANGE A., EAGLE J., KARGALTSEV O., KUIPER L. and HARE J.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present results of more than 13 yr of Fermi-Large Area Telescope (LAT) data analysis for the Vela pulsar from 60 MeV to 100 GeV and its pulsar wind nebula (PWN), Vela X, for E > 1 GeV in the off-pulse phases. We find that the Vela X PWN can be best characterized using two extended components: a large radial Gaussian accompanied by an offset, compact radial disk, both with a similar spectral index, Γ ∼ 2.3. The common spectral properties support a common PWN origin, but a supernova remnant component is plausible for the compact radial disk. With an updated Vela X model, the phase-resolved spectral properties of the Vela pulsar are explored through a phase-resolved analysis. The phase-resolved spectral properties of the pulsar, such as the spectral energy distribution (SED) peak energy Ep, the width of the SED at its peak dp, and the asymptotic (low-energy) spectral index Γ0, are presented. The best-fit spectral models for each LAT pulse peak (Peak 1 and Peak 2) are extrapolated to UV energies and compared to archival, phase-resolved spectra at UV, X-ray, soft γ-ray, and TeV energies. We also discuss the physical implications of our modeling and the data comparisons.

Abstract Copyright: © 2025. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.

Journal keyword(s): Neutron stars - Pulsars - Pulsar wind nebulae

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