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Recent studies suggest that pulsars could be strong sources of TeV muon neutrinos provided positive ions are accelerated by pulsar polar caps to PeV energies. In such a situation muon neutrinos are produced through the delta resonance in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-02-03 A. Bhadra , R. K. Dey

We present the results from the data analysis of the XMM-Newton observation (53.6 ks) on PSR J1849-0001. We studied in detail the X-ray emission of this pulsar and we found extended emission (up to ~100 arcsec) from the Pulsar Wind Nebula…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-02-15 Laila Vleeschower Calas , Sarah Kaufmann , Cesar Alvarez Ochoa , Omar Tibolla

Pulsar wind nebulae are fascinating systems, and archetypal sources for high-energy astrophysics in general. Due to their vicinity, brightness, to the fact that they shine at multi-wavelengths, and especially to their long-living emission…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-03-29 Barbara Olmi , Niccolò Bucciantini

In this paper, we propose a new scenario in which a rapidly-rotating strongly-magnetized pulsar without any surrounding supernova ejecta produces fast radio bursts (FRBs) repeatedly via some mechanisms, and meanwhile, an ultra-relativistic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-04-05 Z. G. Dai , J. S. Wang , Y. W. Yu

Members of the family of pulsar-like stars are distinguished by their different manifestations observed, i.e., radio pulsars, accretion-driven X-ray pulsars, X-ray bursts, anomalous X-ray pulsars/soft gamma-ray repeaters, compact center…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Renxin Xu

The most numerous source class that emerged from the H.E.S.S. Galactic Plane Survey are Pulsar Wind Nebulae (PWNe). The 2013 reanalysis of this survey, undertaken after almost 10 years of observations, provides us with the most sensitive…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 S. Klepser , S. Carrigan , E. de Oña Wilhelmi , C. Deil , A. Förster , V. Marandon , M. Mayer , K. Stycz , K. Valerius

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

Relativistic electron-positron winds with strong magnetic fields are considered as a source of radiation for cosmological $\gamma$-ray bursters. Such a wind is generated by a millisecond pulsar with a very strong magnetic field. An…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Vladimir V. Usov

Pulsar Wind nebulae (PWNe), are among the most efficient particle accelerators in the Universe, however understanding the physical conditions and the magnetic geometry in their inner region has always proved elusive. X-ray polarization…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-07-02 N. Bucciantini , J. Wong , R. W. Romani , F. Xie , C. -Y. Ng , S. Silvestri , N. Di Lalla , Y. -J. Yang , S. Zhang , P. Slane , W. -T. Ye , M. Pilia , N. Omodei , M. Negro

Pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe) produced from supersonic runaway pulsars can render extended X-ray structures in the form of tails and prominent jets. In this Letter we report on the analysis of $\sim$130 ks observations of the PWN around…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-12-16 Pol Bordas , Xiying Zhang

In the era of Chandra and XMM-Newton, the detection (or nondetection) of diffuse and/or point-like X-ray sources within planetary nebulae (PNe) yields important, unique insight into PN shaping processes. Diffuse X-ray sources, whether due…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-09-27 Joel H. Kastner

Pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe) are prominent sources in the very-high energy (VHE) gamma-ray sky, constituting the most numerous identified source class in the H.E.S.S. Galactic Plane Survey (HGPS). They are comprised of energetic particles…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-10-07 Katharina Egg , Alison M. W. Mitchell

The recent measurement by LHAASO of gamma-ray emission extending up to 100s of TeV from multiple Galactic sources represents a major observational step forward in the search for the origin of the Galactic cosmic rays. The burning question…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-03-30 M. Breuhaus , B. Reville , J. A. Hinton

The high resolution capabilities of the High Energy Stereoscopic System (HESS) introduced a new era in Gamma-Ray Astronomy, and opens a new window on pulsar wind nebula (PWN) research. A rotationally induced jet (associated with PSR…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Ocker C. de Jager

We consider nebulae which are created around binary systems containing rotation powered pulsars and companion stars with strong stellar winds. It is proposed that the stellar and pulsar winds have to mix at some distance from the binary…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-02-12 W. Bednarek , J. Sitarek

Pulsar bow-shock nebulae are a class of pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe) that form when the pulsar wind is confined by the ram pressure of the ambient medium, and are usually associated with old pulsars, that have already emerged from the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 N. Bucciantini , E. Amato , L. Del Zanna

The Galactic population of rotation-powered (aka radio) millisecond pulsars (MSPs) exhibits diverse X-ray properties. Energetic MSPs show pulsed non-thermal radiation from their magnetospheres. Eclipsing binary MSPs predominantly have X-ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-08-22 Slavko Bogdanov

In the recent paper we calculated the $\gamma$-ray spectra from pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe), assuming that a significant amount of the pulsar rotational energy is converted into relativistic nuclei. These nuclei accelerate leptons which are…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 W. Bednarek

To look for possible phenomenological connections between pulsar's timing properties and emissions from pulsar wind nebulae and their pulsars, we studied the power-law component of the X-ray emissions from 35 pulsar wind nebulae which have…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-10-13 Jr-Yue Hsiang , Hsiang-Kuang Chang

The hypothesis that pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe) can significantly contribute to the excess of the positron ($e^+$) cosmic-ray flux has been consolidated after the observation of a $\gamma$-ray emission at TeV energies of a few degree size…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-07-15 Silvia Manconi , Mattia Di Mauro , Fiorenza Donato