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Aims: PSR J0855-4644 is a fast-spinning, energetic pulsar discovered at radio wavelengths near the south-eastern rim of the supernova remnant RX J0852.0-4622. A follow-up observation revealed the pulsar's X-ray counterpart and a slightly…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-01-04 Chandreyee Maitra , Fabio Acero , Christo Venter

An X-ray compact source was discovered with Chandra in a supernova remnant (SNR) N23, located in the Large Magellanic Cloud. The compact source (CXOU J050552.3-680141) is seen in only the hard band (> 2 keV) image of N23, while the soft…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Asami Hayato , Aya Bamba , Toru Tamagawa , Kiyoshi Kawabata

In the latest data release from the Fermi $\gamma$-ray Space Telescope (the 4th Fermi LAT 14 yr Catalog, or 4FGL), more than 50% of the Galactic sources are yet to be identified. We observed 13 unidentified Fermi LAT sources with the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-08-30 Blagoy Rangelov , Hui Yang , Brice Williams , Oleg Kargaltsev , Jeremy Hare , Kean Martinic

We report on analysis of X-ray, optical and radio observations of the previously overlooked X-ray source 2CXO\,J174517.0$-$321356 located just 3.2$^{\circ}$ away from the Galactic center. Timing analysis of X-ray observations of the source…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-09-13 Hang Gong

Two sensitive Chandra X-ray observations of the heavily-reddened galactic starburst cluster Westerlund 1 in May and June 2005 detected a previously unknown X-ray pulsar (CXO J164710.20-455217). Its slow 10.6 s pulsations, moderate X-ray…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 S. L. Skinner , R. Perna , S. A. Zhekov

We present preliminary results from a systematic spectral study of pulsars and their wind nebulae using the Chandra X-Ray Observatory. The superb spatial resolution of Chandra allows us to differentiate the compact object's spectrum from…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 E. V. Gotthelf , C. M. Olbert

We report on the analysis of two XMM-Newton observations of the recently discovered soft gamma repeater Swift J1834.9-0846, taken in September 2005 and one month after the source went into outburst on 2011 August 7. We performed timing and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-05 George Younes , Chryssa Kouveliotou , Oleg Kargaltsev , George G. Pavlov , Ersin Gogus , Stefanie Wachter

We report on six new Chandra observations of the Geminga pulsar wind nebula (PWN). The PWN consists of three distinct elongated structures - two $\approx 0.2 d_{250}$ pc long lateral tails and a segmented axial tail of $\approx 0.05…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-01-25 B. Posselt , G. G. Pavlov , P. O. Slane , R. Romani , N. Bucciantini , A. M. Bykov , O. Kargaltsev , M. C. Weisskopf , C. -Y. Ng

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

We report the discovery of X-ray emission from NGC 7027, a prototypical object for the study of the formation and evolution of planetary nebulae (PNs). Observations with the Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer (ACIS) aboard the Chandra X-ray…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Joel H. Kastner , Saeqa D. Vrtilek , Noam Soker

One of the most unique phenomena in the Galactic center region is the existence of numerous long and narrow filamentary structures within a few hundred parsecs of Sgr A$^{\star}$. While more than one than one hundred radio filaments have…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-10-20 Shuo Zhang , Zhenlin Zhu , Hui Li , Dheeraj Pasham , Zhiyuan Li , Maica Clavel , Frederick K. Baganoff , Kerstin Perez , Kaya Mori , Charles J. Hailey

We present a catalog of 34 diffuse features identified in X-ray images of the Galactic center taken with the Chandra X-ray Observatory. Several of the features have been discussed in the literature previously, including 7 that are…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 M. P. Muno , F. K. Baganoff , W. N. Brandt , M. R. Morris , J. -L. Starck

We have studied the nearby old pulsar PSR B1929+10 and its surrounding interstellar medium utilizing the sub-arcsecond angular resolution of the Chandra X-ray Observatory. The Chandra data are found to be fully consistent with the results…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 C. Y. Hui , W. Becker

In this letter we report the detection of an extremely strong X-ray emission line in the 940ks chandra ACIS-I spectrum of CXO CDFS J033225.3-274219. The source was identified as a Type1 AGN at redshift of z = 1.617, with 2.0 -- 10.0 keV…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 J. Wang , T. Yaqoob , G. Szokoly , R. Gilli , L. Kewley , V. Mainieri , M. Nonino , P. Rosati , P. Tozzi , W. Zheng , A. Zirm , C. Norman

1LHAASO J1740+0948u is a very-high-energy (VHE) source reported by LHAASO, with no counterpart at other wavelengths. It is located at 0.2{\deg} from PSR J1740+1000, a radio and gamma-ray pulsar placed well above the Galactic plane, which…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-12-01 G. Brunelli , G. Ponti , H. Zhang , E. de Oña Wilhelmi , V. Sguera , C. Vignali , R. Zanin

We present a detailed analysis of broadband X-ray observations of the pulsar PSR J1420-6048 and its wind nebula (PWN) in the Kookaburra region with Chandra, XMM-Newton, and NuSTAR. Using the archival XMM-Newton and new NuSTAR data, we…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-03-15 Jaegeun Park , Chanho Kim , Jooyun Woo , Hongjun An , Kaya Mori , Stephen P. Reynolds , Samar Safi-Harb

We have detected weak soft X-ray emission from the Pulsar Wind Nebula trailing the high velocity star PSR 2224+65 (the `Guitar Nebula'). This X-ray flux gives evidence of \gamma~10^7 eV particles in the pulsar wind and constrains the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Roger W. Romani , James M. Cordes , I. -A. Yadigaroglu

G292.0+1.8 is a Cas A-like supernova remnant that contains the young pulsar PSR J1124-5916 powering a compact torus-like pulsar wind nebula visible in X-rays. A likely counterpart to the nebula has been detected in the optical VRI bands. To…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2010-10-11 D. A. Zyuzin , A. A. Danilenko , S. V. Zharikov , Yu. A. Shibanov

We present the analysis of the archival Suzaku and Swift X-ray observations of the young $\gamma$-ray pulsar J1932+1916 field. The data revealed a point-like object at the $\gamma$-ray position of the pulsar and diffuse X-ray emission…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-01-17 A. Karpova , P. Shternin , D. Zyuzin , A. Danilenko , Yu. Shibanov

(shortened) PSR J1119-6127 is a high magnetic field (B=4.1E13 Gauss), young (<=1,700 year-old), and slow (P=408 ms) radio pulsar associated with the supernova remnant (SNR) G292.2-0.5. In 2003, Chandra allowed the detection of the X-ray…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Samar Safi-Harb , Harsha S. Kumar
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