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The Long Filament of PSR J2030+4415

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena 2022-04-01 v1

Abstract

New X-ray and optical observations shed light on the remarkable X-ray filament of the Gamma-ray pulsar PSR~J2030+4415. Images of the associated Hα\alpha bow shock's evolution over the past decade compared with its velocity structure provide an improved kinematic distance of \sim0.5kpc. These velocities also imply that the pulsar spin axis lies 15\sim 15^\circ from the proper motion axis which is close to the plane of the sky. The multi-bubble shock structure indicates that the bow shock stand-off was compressed to a small value 2030\sim 20-30y ago when the pulsar broke through the bow shock to its present bubble. This compression allowed multi-TeV pulsar e±e^\pm to escape to the external ISM, lighting up an external magnetic field structure as the `filament'. The narrow filament indicates excellent initial confinement and the full 1515^\prime (2.22.2~pc=7~lt-y) projected length of the filament indicates rapid e±e^\pm propagation to its end. Spectral variation along the filament suggests that the injected particle energy evolved during the break-through event.

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@article{arxiv.2202.03506,
  title  = {The Long Filament of PSR J2030+4415},
  author = {Martijn de Vries and Roger W. Romani},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2202.03506},
  year   = {2022}
}

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9 pages, 6 figures