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We analyzed a deep {\it XMM-Newton} observation of the radio-quiet $\gamma$-ray PSR J2055+2539. The spectrum of the X-ray counterpart is non-thermal, with a photon index of $\Gamma$=2.36$\pm$0.14 (1$\sigma$ confidence). We detected X-ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-03-16 Martino Marelli , Daniele Pizzocaro , Andrea De Luca , Fabio Gastaldello , Patrizia Caraveo , Pablo Saz Parkinson

We report Chandra X-ray observations of the supernova remnant N157B in the Large Magellanic Cloud, which are presented together with an archival HST optical image and a radio continuum map for comparison. This remnant contains the recently…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Q. D. Wang , E. V. Gotthelf , Y. -H. Chu , J. R. Dickel

We report on the results of Chandra X-ray observations of the $\gamma$-ray radio-quiet pulsar J1932+1916. We confirm the previous detection of the pulsar counterpart and its pulsar wind nebula in X-rays from low spatial resolution data…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-03-02 O. D. Medvedev , A. V. Karpova , Yu. A. Shibanov , D. A. Zyuzin , G. G. Pavlov

Supernova Remnants (SNRs) are believed to be acceleration sites of Galactic cosmic rays. Therefore, deep studies of these objects are instrumental for an understanding of the high energy processes in our Galaxy. RX J0852.0-4622, also known…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 Manuel Paz Arribas , Ullrich Schwanke , Iurii Sushch , Nukri Komin , Fabio Acero , Stefan Ohm

There remain several definitive gamma-ray pulsars that are as yet undetected in the optical regime. A classic case is the pulsar PSR B1951+32, associated with the complex CTB 80 SNR. Previous ground based high speed 2-d optical studies have…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 R. F. Butler , A. Golden , A. Shearer

The first short Chandra and XMM-Newton observations of the young and energetic pulsar J1357-6429 provided strong indications of a tail-like pulsar-wind nebula associated with this object, as well as pulsations of its X-ray flux with a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Vyacheslav E. Zavlin

We report the detection using ASCA data of a hard X-ray source in the vicinity of the radio pulsar PSR B1853+01 which is located within the supernova remnant (SNR) W44. PSR B1853+01, a 267ms pulsar, has to date only been detected in the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 Ilana M. Harrus , John P. Hughes , David J. Helfand

Using the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) we have imaged the fields around five promising pulsar candidates to search for radio pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe). We have used the ATCA in its pulsar gating mode; this enables an image to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 B. W. Stappers , B. M. Gaensler , S. Johnston

We discover a large-scale shell G53.9+0.2 around the Crab-like pulsar wind nebula (PWN) G54.1+0.3 with 1420 MHz continuum VLA observations. This is confirmed by a new infrared image at 8 \mu m from the GLIMPSE Legacy Project, which reveals…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 D. A. Leahy , W. W. Tian , Q. D. Wang

We report the discovery and follow-up timing observations of the 63 ms radio pulsar, PSR J1105-6107. The pulsar is young, having a characteristic age of only 63 kyr and, from its dispersion measure, is estimated to be at a distance of ~7…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 V. M. Kaspi , M. Bailes , R. N. Manchester , B. W. Stappers , J. S. Sandhu , J. Navarro , N. D'Amico

While pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe) and their associated isolated pulsars are commonly detected at X-ray energies, they are much rarer at near infrared (nIR) and optical wavelengths. Here we examine three PWN systems in the Galactic plane -…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-30 P. A. Curran , S. Chaty , J. A. Zurita Heras , A. Coleiro

We present deep Chandra observations of the pulsar wind nebula (PWN) powered by PSR J0007+7303 in the composite supernova remnant CTA 1. The merged ACIS image shows a $\sim20''$ jet extending south of the pulsar and bending toward the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-21 Seth Gagnon , Oleg Kargaltsev , Jason Alford , Joseph Gelfand , Alexander Lange

Synchrotron X-ray emission from a pulsar wind nebula (PWN) is a sensitive probe of its magnetic field and high-energy particle population. Here we analyze contemporaneous NuSTAR and XMM-Newton observations of the PWN G54.1+0.3, powered by…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-06-30 J. A. J. Alford , G. -B. Zhang , J. D. Gelfand

Aims: We performed deep optical observations of the field of an old, fast-moving radio pulsar PSR B1133+16 in an attempt to detect its optical counterpart and a bow shock nebula. Methods: The observations were carried out using the direct…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 S. V. Zharikov , Yu. A. Shibanov , R. E. Mennickent , V. N. Komarova

PSR J1809-1917 is a young ($\tau=51$ kyr) energetic ($\dot{E}=1.8\times10^{36}$ erg s$^{-1}$) radio pulsar powering an X-ray pulsar wind nebula (PWN) that exhibits morphological variability. We report on the results of a new monitoring…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-10-14 Noel Klingler , Hui Yang , Jeremy Hare , Oleg Kargaltsev , George G. Pavlov , Bettina Posselt

We observed a nearby millisecond pulsar J2124-3358 with the Hubble Space Telescope in broad far-UV (FUV) and optical filters. The pulsar is detected in both bands with fluxes F(1250-2000 A)= (2.5+/-0.3)x10^-16 erg/s/cm^2 and F(3800-6000…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-02-08 B. Rangelov , G. G. Pavlov , O. Kargaltsev , A. Reisenegger , S. Guillot , M. van Kerkwijk , C. Reyes

We report the discovery of an X-ray nebula associated with the nearby millisecond pulsar PSR J2124-3358. This is the first time that extended emission from a solitary millisecond pulsar is detected. The emission extends from the pulsar to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 C. Y. Hui , W. Becker

We report on the first X-ray observation of the 0.28 s isolated radio pulsar PSR J1154--6250 obtained with the XMM-Newton observatory in February 2018. A point-like source is firmly detected at a position consistent with that of PSR…

We present spectral and timing analyses of the X-ray emission from the pulsar wind nebula DA 495 and its central object, J1952.2+2925, suggested to be the pulsar, using archival Chandra and XMM-Newton data. J1952.2+2925 has a pure thermal…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-12-14 A. Karpova , D. Zyuzin , A. Danilenko , Yu. Shibanov

We present photometric and spectroscopic observations of the optical companion to the millisecond radio pulsar PSR J1740-5340 in the globular cluster NGC 6397. An analysis of the photometric variability in the B, V, and I-bands indicates an…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 J. Kaluzny , S. M. Rucinski , I. B. Thompson