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A population of gamma-ray emitting globular clusters seen with the Fermi Large Area Telescope

dc.contributor.authorABDO, A.A.
dc.contributor.authorACKERMANN, Markus
dc.contributor.authorAJELLO, Marco
dc.contributor.authorBALDINI, Luca
hal.structure.identifierAstrophysique Interprétation Modélisation [AIM (UMR7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112)]
dc.contributor.authorBALLET, Jean
dc.contributor.authorBARBIELLINI, Guido
dc.contributor.authorBASTIERI, D.
dc.contributor.authorBELLAZZINI, R.
dc.contributor.authorD. BLANDFORD, R.
dc.contributor.authorD. BLOOM, E.
dc.contributor.authorBONAMENTE, E.
dc.contributor.authorW. BORGLAND, A.
dc.contributor.authorBOUVIER, A.
dc.contributor.authorJ. BRANDT, T.
dc.contributor.authorBREGEON, J.
dc.contributor.authorBRIGIDA, M.
hal.structure.identifierLaboratoire Leprince-Ringuet [LLR]
dc.contributor.authorBRUEL, Pascal
dc.contributor.authorBUEHLER, R.
dc.contributor.authorBUSON, S.
dc.contributor.authorA. CALIANDRO, G.
dc.contributor.authorA. CAMERON, R.
dc.contributor.authorCARAVEO, P. A.
dc.contributor.authorCARRIGAN, S.
hal.structure.identifierAstrophysique Interprétation Modélisation [AIM (UMR7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112)]
dc.contributor.authorM. CASANDJIAN, J.
dc.contributor.authorCHARLES, E.
hal.structure.identifierAstrophysique Interprétation Modélisation [AIM (UMR7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112)]
dc.contributor.authorCHATY, S.
dc.contributor.authorCHEKHTMAN, A.
dc.contributor.authorC. CHEUNG, C.
dc.contributor.authorCHIANG, J.
dc.contributor.authorCIPRINI, S.
dc.contributor.authorCLAUS, R.
hal.structure.identifierLaboratoire de Physique Théorique et Astroparticules [LPTA]
dc.contributor.authorCOHEN-TANUGI, J.
dc.contributor.authorCONRAD, J.
dc.contributor.authorE. DECESAR, M.
dc.contributor.authorD. DERMER, C.
dc.contributor.authorDE PALMA, F.
dc.contributor.authorW. DIGEL, S.
dc.contributor.authorDO COUTO E SILVA, E.
dc.contributor.authorS. DRELL, P.
dc.contributor.authorDUBOIS, R.
hal.structure.identifierCentre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan [CENBG]
dc.contributor.authorDUMORA, D.
dc.contributor.authorFAVUZZI, C.
hal.structure.identifierLaboratoire Leprince-Ringuet [LLR]
dc.contributor.authorFORTIN, P.
dc.contributor.authorFRAILIS, M.
dc.contributor.authorFUKAZAWA, Y.
dc.contributor.authorFUSCO, P.
dc.contributor.authorGARGANO, F.
dc.contributor.authorGASPARRINI, D.
dc.contributor.authorGEHRELS, N.
dc.contributor.authorGERMANI, S.
dc.contributor.authorGIGLIETTO, N.
dc.contributor.authorGIORDANO, F.
dc.contributor.authorGLANZMAN, T.
dc.contributor.authorGODFREY, G.
hal.structure.identifierAstrophysique Interprétation Modélisation [AIM (UMR7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112)]
dc.contributor.authorGRENIER, I.
hal.structure.identifierCentre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan [CENBG]
dc.contributor.authorGRONDIN, M.-H.
dc.contributor.authorE. GROVE, J.
hal.structure.identifierCentre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan [CENBG]
dc.contributor.authorGUILLEMOT, L.
dc.contributor.authorGUIRIEC, S.
dc.contributor.authorHADASCH, D.
dc.contributor.authorK. HARDING, A.
dc.contributor.authorHAYS, E.
dc.contributor.authorJEAN, P.
dc.contributor.authorJÓHANNESSON, G.
dc.contributor.authorJ. JOHNSON, T.
dc.contributor.authorN. JOHNSON, W.
dc.contributor.authorKAMAE, T.
dc.contributor.authorKATAGIRI, H.
dc.contributor.authorKATAOKA, J.
dc.contributor.authorKERR, M.
hal.structure.identifierCentre d'étude spatiale des rayonnements [CESR]
dc.contributor.authorKNÖDLSEDER, Jürgen
dc.contributor.authorKUSS, M.
dc.contributor.authorLANDE, J.
dc.contributor.authorLATRONICO, L.
dc.contributor.authorLEE, S.-H.
hal.structure.identifierCentre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan [CENBG]
dc.contributor.authorLEMOINE-GOUMARD, M.
dc.contributor.authorLLENA GARDE, M.
dc.contributor.authorLONGO, F.
dc.contributor.authorLOPARCO, F.
dc.contributor.authorN. LOVELLETTE, M.
dc.contributor.authorLUBRANO, P.
dc.contributor.authorMAKEEV, A.
dc.contributor.authorN. MAZZIOTTA, M.
dc.contributor.authorF. MICHELSON, P.
dc.contributor.authorMITTHUMSIRI, W.
dc.contributor.authorMIZUNO, T.
dc.contributor.authorMONTE, C.
dc.contributor.authorE. MONZANI, M.
dc.contributor.authorMORSELLI, A.
dc.contributor.authorV. MOSKALENKO, I.
dc.contributor.authorMURGIA, S.
dc.contributor.authorNAUMANN-GODO, M.
dc.contributor.authorL. NOLAN, P.
dc.contributor.authorP. NORRIS, J.
hal.structure.identifierLaboratoire de Physique Théorique et Astroparticules [LPTA]
dc.contributor.authorNUSS, E.
dc.contributor.authorOHSUGI, T.
dc.contributor.authorOMODEI, N.
dc.contributor.authorORLANDO, E.
dc.contributor.authorF. ORMES, J.
hal.structure.identifierCentre d'étude spatiale des rayonnements [CESR]
dc.contributor.authorPANCRAZI, B.
hal.structure.identifierCentre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan [CENBG]
dc.contributor.authorPARENT, D.
dc.contributor.authorPEPE, M.
dc.contributor.authorPESCE-ROLLINS, M.
hal.structure.identifierLaboratoire de Physique Théorique et Astroparticules [LPTA]
dc.contributor.authorPIRON, F.
dc.contributor.authorPORTER, T.A.
dc.contributor.authorRAINÒ, S.
dc.contributor.authorRANDO, R.
dc.contributor.authorREIMER, A.
dc.contributor.authorREIMER, O.
hal.structure.identifierCentre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan [CENBG]
dc.contributor.authorREPOSEUR, T.
dc.contributor.authorRIPKEN, J.
dc.contributor.authorW. ROMANI, R.
dc.contributor.authorROTH, M.
dc.contributor.authorF.-W. SADROZINSKI, H.
dc.contributor.authorM. SAZ PARKINSON, P.
dc.contributor.authorSGRÒ, C.
dc.contributor.authorJ. SISKIND, E.
hal.structure.identifierCentre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan [CENBG]
dc.contributor.authorSMITH, David Stanley
dc.contributor.authorSPINELLI, P.
dc.contributor.authorS. STRICKMAN, M.
dc.contributor.authorJ. SUSON, D.
dc.contributor.authorTAKAHASHI, H.
dc.contributor.authorTAKAHASHI, T.
dc.contributor.authorTANAKA, T.
dc.contributor.authorB. THAYER, J.
dc.contributor.authorG. THAYER, J.
hal.structure.identifierAstrophysique Interprétation Modélisation [AIM (UMR7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112)]
dc.contributor.authorTIBALDO, L.
dc.contributor.authorF. TORRES, D.
dc.contributor.authorTOSTI, G.
dc.contributor.authorTRAMACERE, A.
dc.contributor.authorUCHIYAMA, Y.
dc.contributor.authorL. USHER, T.
dc.contributor.authorVASILEIOU, V.
dc.contributor.authorVENTER, C.
dc.contributor.authorVILCHEZ, N.
dc.contributor.authorVITALE, V.
dc.contributor.authorP. WAITE, A.
dc.contributor.authorWANG, P.
dc.contributor.authorWEBB, N.
dc.contributor.authorL. WINER, B.
dc.contributor.authorYANG, Z.
dc.contributor.authorYLINEN, T.
hal.structure.identifierCentre d'étude spatiale des rayonnements [CESR]
dc.contributor.authorZIEGLER, M.
dc.date.issued2010-12
dc.identifier.issn0004-6361
dc.description.abstractEnGlobular clusters with their large populations of millisecond pulsars (MSPs) are believed to be potential emitters of high-energy gamma-ray emission. Our goal is to constrain the millisecond pulsar populations in globular clusters from analysis of gamma-ray observations. We use 546 days of continuous sky-survey observations obtained with the Large Area Telescope aboard the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope to study the gamma-ray emission towards 13 globular clusters. Steady point-like high-energy gamma-ray emission has been significantly detected towards 8 globular clusters. Five of them (47 Tucanae, Omega Cen, NGC 6388, Terzan 5, and M 28) show hard spectral power indices $(0.7 < \Gamma <1.4)$ and clear evidence for an exponential cut-off in the range 1.0-2.6 GeV, which is the characteristic signature of magnetospheric emission from MSPs. Three of them (M 62, NGC 6440 and NGC 6652) also show hard spectral indices $(1.0 < \Gamma < 1.7)$, however the presence of an exponential cut-off can not be unambiguously established. Three of them (Omega Cen, NGC 6388, NGC 6652) have no known radio or X-ray MSPs yet still exhibit MSP spectral properties. From the observed gamma-ray luminosities, we estimate the total number of MSPs that is expected to be present in these globular clusters. We show that our estimates of the MSP population correlate with the stellar encounter rate and we estimate 2600-4700 MSPs in Galactic globular clusters, commensurate with previous estimates. The observation of high-energy gamma-ray emission from a globular cluster thus provides a reliable independent method to assess their millisecond pulsar populations that can be used to make constraints on the original neutron star X-ray binary population, essential for understanding the importance of binary systems in slowing the inevitable core collapse of globular clusters.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherEDP Sciences
dc.title.enA population of gamma-ray emitting globular clusters seen with the Fermi Large Area Telescope
dc.typeArticle de revue
dc.identifier.doi10.1051/0004-6361/201014458
dc.subject.halPhysique [physics]/Astrophysique [astro-ph]/Phénomènes cosmiques de haute energie [astro-ph.HE]
dc.subject.halPlanète et Univers [physics]/Astrophysique [astro-ph]/Phénomènes cosmiques de haute energie [astro-ph.HE]
dc.identifier.arxiv1003.3588
bordeaux.journalAstronomy and Astrophysics - A&A
bordeaux.pageA75
bordeaux.volume524
bordeaux.peerReviewedoui
hal.identifierin2p3-00585161
hal.version1
hal.popularnon
hal.audienceNon spécifiée
hal.origin.linkhttps://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr//in2p3-00585161v1
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