Multiwavelength Properties of γ-RAY Loud Binary Systems
Abstract
Gamma-ray-loud binary systems are a newly identified class of X-ray binaries detected up to TeV energies. Three such systems — PSR B1259-63, LS 5039 and LSI +61 303 — have been firmly detected as persistent or regularly variable TeV γ-ray emitters. The origin of the high-energy activity of these sources is not clear. In this paper we review the multiwavelength properties of these systems and discuss their similarities and peculiarities.
- Publication:
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International Journal of Modern Physics D
- Pub Date:
- 2008
- DOI:
- 10.1142/S0218271808013571
- Bibcode:
- 2008IJMPD..17.1917C
- Keywords:
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- Binaries;
- gamma rays;
- nonthermal radiation mechanisms;
- PSR B1259-63;
- LSI +61 303;
- LS 5039