Towards a joint X-ray and gamma-ray analysis of Pulsar Wind Nebulae with Gammapy
Katharina Egg, Alison M. W. Mitchell
astro-ph.HE, astro-ph.IM
Submitted: 2026-07-15
Comments: 6 pages, 3 figures. Proceedings of the 8th Heidelberg International Symposium on High-Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy ({\gamma}-2024)
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
The gist: For detailed studies of Pulsar Wind Nebulae (PWNe), objects that show photon emission across the entire electromagnetic spectrum, multiwavelength analyses are crucial.
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Abstract
For detailed studies of Pulsar Wind Nebulae (PWNe), objects that show photon emission across the entire electromagnetic spectrum, multiwavelength analyses are crucial. The comparison of especially X-ray and gamma-ray emission and their angular sizes can help us to constrain the properties of PWNe, such as their particle transport mechanism or their potential for the acceleration of hadronic particles. In this vein, we are working towards a joint analysis of eROSITA X-ray data and H.E.S.S. gamma-ray data. To enable this, eROSITA data is adapted into the framework of Gammapy, a Python package for gamma-ray analysis through a multi-step process of adapting the formats of not only the photon event list, but also all X-ray response functions, into open data formats compatible with Gammapy. This is accomplished using newly developed Python converter functions. In this contribution we present the first eROSITA maps of the PWN MSH 15-52 in Gammapy, compared to the associated H.E.S.S. emission.
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