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ICREA Workshop on the High Energy Emission from pulsars and their ...

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Unidentified gamma-ray sources:PWNe Sync/IC emissi<strong>on</strong>?(Pellizz<strong>on</strong>i et al., 2005, 2009)PWNe are a comm<strong>on</strong> phenomen<strong>on</strong> associated to young <strong>and</strong> energetic<strong>pulsars</strong> (but weaker than pulsed emissi<strong>on</strong> at GeV).If <strong>the</strong> pulsar beamed emissi<strong>on</strong> does not intersect <strong>the</strong> line of sightto <strong>the</strong> observer, <strong>the</strong> PWN comp<strong>on</strong>ent unhindered by <strong>the</strong> str<strong>on</strong>gerpulsed emissi<strong>on</strong>, could be detectable.E>100 MeVBrightest “undisturbed” <strong>pulsars</strong> = a class of unidentified sources(A new significant comp<strong>on</strong>ent for <strong>the</strong> diffuse gamma-ray emissi<strong>on</strong>?)

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