13–18 Dec 2015
International Conference Centre Geneva
Europe/Zurich timezone

Interacting pulsar winds in X-ray and gamma-ray binaries

14 Dec 2015, 14:26
26m
Level 0, Room 3 (International Conference Centre Geneva)

Level 0, Room 3

International Conference Centre Geneva

17 Rue de Varembé, 1211 Geneva

Speaker

Guillaume DUBUS (IPAG CNRS/Université Grenoble Alpes)

Description

The presence of a relativistic pulsar wind has been established in several X-ray binaries. The interaction of the pulsar wind with the stellar companion, stellar wind, or accretion disk can lead to peculiar signatures, most prominently the emission of high-energy gamma-rays. I will describe our efforts to model this interaction in order to translate gamma-ray observations into a better understanding of relativistic magnetized outflows.

Primary author

Guillaume DUBUS (IPAG CNRS/Université Grenoble Alpes)

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