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HESS J1640-465 is an extended TeV $\gamma$-ray source and its $\gamma$-ray emission whether from the shell of a supernova remnant (SNR) or a pulsar wind nebula (PWN) is still under debate. We reanalyze the GeV $\gamma$-ray data in the field…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-11-07 Yu-Liang Xin , Neng-Hui Liao , Xiao-Lei Guo , Qiang Yuan , Si-Ming Liu , Yi-Zhong Fan , Da-Ming Wei

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 investigate, in terms of production from pulsars and their nebulae, the cosmic ray positron and electron fluxes above $\sim10$ GeV, observed by the AMS-02 experiment up to 1 TeV. We concentrate on the Vela-X case. Starting from the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-08-10 S. Della Torre , M. Gervasi , P. G. Rancoita , D. Rozza , A. Treves

Very high energy (VHE) gamma-ray observations have proven to be very successful in localizing Galactic acceleration sites of VHE particles. Observations of shell-type supernova remnants have confirmed that particles are accelerated to VHE…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 G. Pühlhofer

The on-going H.E.S.S. Galactic Plane Survey continues to reveal new sources of VHE gamma-rays. In particular, recent re-observations of the region around the shell-type supernova remnant (SNR) G318.2+0.1 have resulted in the discovery of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-08-14 P. Hofverberg , R. C. G. Chaves , A. Fiasson , K. Kosack , J. Méhault , E. de Onã Wilhelmi

HAWC J1826-128 is one of the brightest Galactic TeV gamma-ray sources detected by the High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Observatory, with photon energies extending up to nearly $\sim$100 TeV. This HAWC source spatially coincides with the…

The discovery of VHE emission from the Crab pulsar and, more recently, multi-TeV emission from the Vela pulsar have challenged our current understanding of the emission mechanisms of these sources. Studying pulsar emission at TeV energies…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-09-24 Samantha Wong , Dinah Ibrahim , Benjamin Shaw

It is generally believed that pulsars dissipate their rotational energy through powerful winds of relativistic particles. Confinement of these winds leads to the formation of luminous pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe) seen across the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 Ester Aliu

Extended gamma-ray sources surrounding middle-aged pulsars, primarily observed at teraelectronvolt energies, have been interpreted as pulsar halos, where relativistic $e^\pm$ diffuse into the interstellar medium and produce inverse-Compton…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-02-25 Agnibha De Sarkar

Pulsar Wind Nebulae (PWNe) represent the most numerous population of TeV sources in our Galaxy. These sources, some of which emit very-high-energy (VHE) gamma-rays, are believed to be related to the young and energetic pulsars that power…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-15 A. Fernández-Barral , O. Blanch , A. Chatterjee , E. de Oña Wilhelmi , D. Fidalgo

We report the discovery of 70.5 ms pulsations from the X-ray source AX J1838.0-0655 using the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE). PSR J1838-0655 is a rotation-powered pulsar with spin-down luminosity Edot = 5.5e36 ergs/s, characteristic age…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 E. V. Gotthelf , J. P. Halpern

HESS J1641-463 is a unique source discovered by the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) telescope array in the multi-TeV domain. The source had been previously hidden in the extended tail of emission from the bright nearby source…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 I. Oya , S. Casanova , F. Aharonian , M. Dalton

Radio observations of the region surrounding PSR J1301-6305 at 5.5 GHz and 7.5 GHz were conducted with ATCA on September 5th, 2013. They were dedicated to the search of the radio counterpart of the evolved pulsar wind nebula HESS J1303-631,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-09-20 Iurii Sushch , Igor Oya , Ullrich Schwanke , Simon Johnston , Matthew L. Dalton

The unidentified VHE (E>100 GeV) gamma-ray source HESS J1507-622 seems to not fit into standard models for sources related to young supernova remnants, pulsar wind nebulae, or young stellar populations in general. This is due to its…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-23 P. Eger , W. F. Domainko , J. Hahn

We present the results of a search for pulsed very-high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray emission from young pulsars using data taken with the H.E.S.S. imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescope system. Data on eleven pulsars, selected according to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 The HESS Collaboration , F. Aharonian

HESS J1809-193 is an extended TeV $\gamma$-ray source and the origin of its $\gamma$-ray emission remains ambiguous. Pulsar wind nebula (PWN) of PSR J1809-1917 laying inside the extended $\gamma$-ray emission is a possible candidate.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-06-07 Chao-Ming Li , Chong Ge , Ruo-Yu Liu

We present spectral measurements made in the soft (20-100 keV) gamma-ray band of the region containing the composite supernova remnant G11.2-0.3 and its associated pulsar PSR J1811-1925. Analysis of INTEGRAL/IBIS data allows…

PSR J1809-1917 is a young ($\tau=51$ kyr) energetic ($\dot{E}=1.8\times10^{36}$ erg s$^{-1}$) radio pulsar powering a pulsar wind nebula (PWN). We report on the results of three Chandra X-ray Observatory observations which show that the PWN…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-12-05 Noel Klingler , Oleg Kargaltsev , George G. Pavlov , Bettina Posselt

The nature of the first unidentified VHE gamma-ray source with significant angular offset from the Galactic plane of 3.5 degrees, HESS J1507-622, is explored. Fermi-LAT data in the high-energy (HE, 100 MeV < E < 100 GeV) gamma-ray range…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-04 Wilfried Domainko , Stefan Ohm