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Exploring the effects of magnetar bursts in pulsar wind nebulae

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arxiv 2009.07737 v1 pith:B26TXQYU submitted 2020-09-16 astro-ph.HE

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We explore possible effects of a magnetar burst on the radio, X-ray, and gamma-ray flux of a pulsar wind nebula (PWN). We assume that the burst injects electron-positron pairs or powers the magnetic field and explore the total energy at injection and the spectral index needed in order to increase the X-ray flux by about one order of magnitude, as well as its decay time until reaching quiescence. We also explore magnetically powered phenomenology that could explain a temporary increase of the PWN synchrotron emitted flux and perhaps the relatively common lack of PWNe surrounding magnetars. This phenomenological study is of interest for fast radio bursts (FRBs) as well, given that the connection between magnetars and this kind of systems have been recently established observationally.

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