2009/12/19 by G. A. Caliandro, E. C. Ferrara, Caliandro, G. A. +6
Physics and Astronomy · #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE) #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Relativity and Gravitational Theory #astro-ph.HE
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0912.3857
2009 Fermi Symposium, eConf Proceedings C091122; a poster contribution
arxiv created 2009/12/19 · openalex publication_date 2009/12/19 · arxiv updated 2010/01/14 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The Large Area Telescope (LAT), Fermi's main instrument, is providing a new view of the local energetic pulsar population. In addition to identifying a pulsar origin of a large fraction of the bright unidentified Galactic EGRET sources, the LAT results provide a great opportunity to study a sizable population of high-energy pulsars. Correlations of their physical properties, such as the trend of the luminosity versus the rotational energy loss rate, help identify global features of the gamma-ray pulsar population. Several lines of evidence, including the light curve and spectral features, suggest that gamma-ray emission from the brightest pulsars arises largely in the outer magnetosphere.