Energy Dependent Morphology in the PWN candidate HESS J1825-137

S Collaboration; S. Funk; J. A. Hinton; O. C. deJager

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Energy Dependent Morphology in the PWN candidate HESS J1825-137

S Collaboration·S. Funk·J. A. Hinton·O. C. deJager

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Observations with H.E.S.S. revealed a new source of very high-energy (VHE) gamma-rays above 100 GeV - HESS J1825-137 - extending mainly to the south of the energetic pulsar PSR B1823-13. A detailed spectral and morphological analysis of HESS J1825-137 reveals for the first time in VHE gamma-ray astronomy a steepening of the energy spectrum with increasing distance from the pulsar. This behaviour can be understood by invoking radiative cooling of the IC-Compton gamma-ray emitting electrons during their propagation. In this scenario the vastly different sizes between the VHE gamma-ray emitting region and the X-ray PWN associated with PSR B1823-13 can be naturally explained by different cooling timescales for the radiating electron populations. If this scenario is correct, HESS J1825-137 can serve as a prototype for a whole class of asymmetric PWN in which the X-rays are extended over a much smaller angular scales than the gamma-rays and can help understanding recent detections of X-ray PWN in systems such as HESS J1640-465 and HESS J1813-178. The future GLAST satellite will probe lower electron energies shedding further light on cooling and diffusion processes in this source.

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S Collaboration, S. Funk, J. A. Hinton, O. C. deJager. 2007-09-20. Energy Dependent Morphology in the PWN candidate HESS J1825-137. https://arxiv.org/abs/0709.3125

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