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A Search for TeV Gamma-ray Emission from Pulsar Tails by VERITAS
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Benbow, Wystan; Brill, A.; Buckley, James; Capasso, M; Chromey, A; Errando, M.; Falcone, Abraham; Farrell, K. A.; Feng, Qi; Finley, J; Foote, G. M.; Fortson, Lucy; Furniss, Amy; Gent, Alasdair; Giuri, C; Hanna, David; Hassan, Tarek; Hervet, Olivier; Holder, Jamie; Hughes, G; Humensky, T. B.; Jin, Weidong; Kaaret, Philip; Kargaltsev, Oleg; Kertzman, Mary P.; Kieda, David; Klingler, Noel; Kumar, Sajan; Lang, M; Lundy, M; Maier, Gernot; McGrath, C. E.; Moriarty, Patrick; Mukherjee, Reshmi; Nieto, D; Nievas-Rosillo, M; O'Brien, S; Ong, Rene A.; Otte, A. N.; Patel, S.; Pfrang, Konstantin; Pohl, Martin; Prado, Raul; Quinn, John; Ragan, Kenneth J.; Reynolds, T.; Ribeiro, D; Richards, G. T.; Roache, Emmet Thomas; Ryan, James; Santander, Marcos; Sembroski, Glenn H; Shang, R; Volkov, Igor; Wakely, S. P; Weinstein, Amanda; Wilcox, P.; Williams, D. A.
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We report on the search for very-high-energy gamma-ray emission from the regions around three nearby supersonic pulsars (PSR B0355+54, PSR J0357+3205 and PSR J1740+1000) that exhibit long X-ray tails. To date there is no clear detection of TeV emission from any pulsar tail that is prominent in X-ray or radio. We provide upper limits on the TeV flux, and luminosity, and also compare these limits with other pulsar wind nebulae detected in X-rays and the tail emission model predictions. We find that at least one of the three tails is likely to be detected in observations that are a factor of 2-3 more sensitive. The analysis presented here also has implications for deriving the properties of pulsar tails, for those pulsars whose tails could be detected in TeV.
Comment: 21 pages, 6 figures
Comment: 21 pages, 6 figures