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We report the first X-ray detection of the radio pulsar PSR B1757-24 using the Chandra X-ray Observatory. The image reveals point-source emission at the pulsar position, consistent with being magnetospheric emission from the pulsar. In…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 V. M. Kaspi , E. V. Gotthelf , B. M. Gaensler , M. Lyutikov

We report the first X-ray detection of the radio pulsar PSR B1757-24 using the Chandra X-ray Observatory. We detect point-source emission at the pulsar position plus a faint tail extending nearly 20" east of the pulsar, in the same…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 V. M. Kaspi , E. V. Gotthelf , B. M. Gaensler , M. Lyutikov

We present the first analysis of the extended source CXOU J163802.6--471358, which was discovered serendipitously during the {\em Chandra} X-ray survey of the Norma region of the Galactic spiral arms. The X-ray source exhibits a cometary…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-19 Simone J. Jakobsen , John A. Tomsick , Darach Watson , Eric V. Gotthelf , Victoria M. Kaspi

Using the Chandra X-ray Observatory, we have pinpointed the location of a faint X-ray point source (CXOUJ182913.1-125113) and an associated diffuse nebula in the composite supernova remnant G18.95-1.1. These objects appear to be the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-19 R. Tuellmann , P. P. Plucinsky , T. J. Gaetz , P. Slane , J. P. Hughes , I. Harrus , T. G. Pannuti

We report on Chandra X-ray Observatory (CXO) observations of the pulsar wind nebula (PWN) associated with PSR B0355+54 (eight observations with a 395 ks total exposure, performed over an 8 month period). We investigated the spatial and…

A Chandra observation of the isolated hard X-ray source XMMU J061804.3+222732, located in the region of apparent interaction of the supernova remnant IC 443 with a molecular cloud, resolved the complex structure of the source in a few…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 A. M. Bykov , F. Bocchino , G. G. Pavlov

We present X-ray observations of PWN G16.73+0.08/SNR G16.7+0.1 using archival data of {\it Chandra} ACIS. The X-ray emission peak location of this pulsar wind nebula is found to be offset by 24 arcsec from the centre of the 1.4-GHz emission…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-12-27 H. -K. Chang , S. -F. Chung , C. -Y. Yang , W. W. Tian

We report the discovery of a bright X-ray source in the XMM-Newton and Chandra X-ray Observatory (CXO) images of the unidentified Fermi-LAT source 3FGL J1016.5-6034. The XMM-Newton spectrum of the source is well fit by an absorbed…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-05-01 Jeremy Hare , Igor Volkov , Oleg Kargaltsev , George Younes , Blagoy Rangelov

The young energetic pulsar J1747-2958 ($\tau=26$ kyr, $\dot{E}=2.5\times 10^{36}$ erg s$^{-1}$) powers the Mouse pulsar wind nebula (PWN), famous for its spectacular tail spanning 45$"$ in X-rays and 12$'$ in radio ($d\sim5$ kpc). We…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-07-11 Noel Klingler , Oleg Kargaltsev , George G. Pavlov , C. -Y. Ng , Paz Beniamini , Igor Volkov

We report on a 19 ks observation of the pulsar J1016-5857 with the Chandra X-ray Observatory. This "Vela-like" pulsar has rotation period 107 ms, characteristic age 21 kyr, and spin-down power 2.6e36 ergs/s. A relatively bright centrally…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 F. Camilo , B. M. Gaensler , E. V. Gotthelf , J. P. Halpern , R. N. Manchester

Pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe) studies with the Chandra X-ray Observatory have opened a new window to address the physics of pulsar winds, zoom on their interaction with their hosting supernova remnant (SNR) and interstellar medium, and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-16 H. Matheson , S. Safi-Harb , R. Kothes

The superb spatial resolution of Chandra has allowed us to detect a 20''-long tail behind the Geminga pulsar, with a hard spectrum (photon index 1.0+/-0.2) and a luminosity (1.3+/-0.2) 10^{29} ergs/s in the 0.5 - 8 keV band, for an assumed…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 G. G. Pavlov , D. Sanwal , V. E. Zavlin

We present spectra and high resolution images of the hard X-ray feature along the southern edge of the supernova remnant IC443. Data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory reveal a comet-shaped nebula of hard emission, which contains a softer…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 C. M. Olbert , C. R. Clearfield , N. E. Williams , J. W. Keohane , D. A. Frail

We obtained a 108 ks Chandra X-ray Observatory (CXO) observation of PSR J1849-0001 and its pulsar wind nebula (PWN), coincident with the TeV source HESS J1849-000. By analyzing the new and archival CXO data, we resolved the pulsar from the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-07-02 Seth Gagnon , Oleg Kargaltsev , Noel Klingler , Jeremy Hare , Hui Yang , Alexander Lange , Jordan Eagle

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 present observations with the Chandra X-ray Observatory of the pulsar wind nebula (PWN) within the supernova remnant G0.9+0.1. At Chandra's high resolution, the PWN has a clear axial symmetry; a faint X-ray point source lying along the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 B. M. Gaensler , M. J. Pivovaroff , G. P. Garmire

Using the Chandra X-ray Observatory we have discovered a diffuse, center-filled region of hard X-ray emission within the young, oxygen-rich supernova remnant (SNR) G292.0+1.8. Near the peak of this diffuse emission lies a point-like source…

We have examined Chandra observations of the recently discovered X-ray thread G0.13-0.11 in the Galactic center Radio Arc region. Part of the {\sl Chandra} data was studied by Yusef-Zadeh, Law, & Wardle (2002), who reported the detection of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Q. Daniel Wang , Fangjun Lu , Cornelia C. Lang

As part of a multiwavelength study of the unusual radio supernova remnant DA 495, we present observations made with the Chandra X-ray Observatory. Imaging and spectroscopic analysis confirms the previously detected X-ray source at the heart…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Z. Arzoumanian , S. Safi-Harb , T. L. Landecker , R. Kothes , F. Camilo

We report the results of a 50 ks Chandra observation of the recently discovered radio object G141.2+5.0, presumed to be a pulsar-wind nebula. We find a moderately bright unresolved X-ray source which we designate CXOU J033712.8 615302…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-01-20 Stephen P. Reynolds , Kazimierz J. Borkowski
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