The Complex Wind Torus and Jets of PSR B1706-44
Astrophysics
2009-11-11 v1
Abstract
We report on Chandra ACIS imaging of the pulsar wind nebula (PWN) of the young Vela-like PSR B1706-44, which shows the now common pattern of an equatorial wind and polar jets. The structure is particularly rich, showing a relativistically boosted termination shock, jets with strong confinement, a surrounding radio/X-ray PWN and evidence for a quasi-static `bubble nebula'. The structures trace the pulsar spin geometry and illuminate its possible relation to SNR G343.1-2.3. We also obtain improved estimates of the pulsar flux and nebular spectrum, constraining the system age and energetics.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0506089,
title = {The Complex Wind Torus and Jets of PSR B1706-44},
author = {Roger W. Romani and C. -Y. Ng and Richard Dodson and Walter Brisken},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0506089},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
To appear in the Astrophysical Journal. 15pp, 4 figures in 7 files