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A model for gamma-ray binaries, based on the effect of pair production feedback in shocked pulsar winds

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arxiv 1606.01073 v1 pith:ITJWV7KP submitted 2016-06-03 astro-ph.HE

A model for gamma-ray binaries, based on the effect of pair production feedback in shocked pulsar winds

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We analyze the model of gamma-ray binaries, consisting of a massive star and a pulsar with ultrarelativistic wind. We consider radiation from energetic particles, accelerated at the pulsar wind termination shock, and feedback of this radiation on the wind through production of secondary electron-positron pairs. We show that the pair feedback limits the Lorentz factor of the pulsar wind and creates a population of very energetic pairs, whose radiation may be responsible for the observed gamma-ray signal.

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