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Pulsar wind nebula (PWN) Boomerang and the associated supernova remnant (SNR) G106.3+2.7 are among candidates for the ultra-high-energy (UHE) gamma-ray counterparts published by LHAASO. Although the centroid of the extended source, LHAASO…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-09-09 Xuan-Han Liang , Chao-Ming Li , Qi-Zuo Wu , Jia-Shu Pan , Ruo-Yu Liu

The discovery of extended gamma-ray emission toward a number of middle-aged pulsars suggests the possibility of long-lived particle confinement beyond the classical pulsar wind nebula (PWN) stage. How this emerging source class can be…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-10-05 Pierrick Martin , Luigi Tibaldo , Alexandre Marcowith , Soheila Abdollahi

Pulsar wind nebulae are a possible final stage of the circumstellar evolution of massive stars, where a fast rotating, magnetised neutron star produces a powerful wind that interacts with the supernova ejecta. The shape of these so called…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-11-14 Meyer D. M. -A. , Meliani Z. , Velazquez P. F. , Pohl M. , Torres D. F.

Pulsar Wind Nebulae (PWNe) constitute an ideal astrophysical environment to test our current understanding of relativistic plasma processes. It is well known that magnetic fields play a crucial role in their dynamics and emission…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-08-02 N. Bucciantini , R. Bandiera , B. Olmi , L. Del Zanna

We report new Chandra X-ray observations of the shell supernova remnant (SNR) Kes 75 (G29.7-0.3) containing a pulsar and pulsar-wind nebula (PWN). Expansion of the PWN is apparent across the four epochs, 2000, 2006, 2009, and 2016. We find…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-04-18 Stephen P. Reynolds , Kazimierz J. Borkowski , Peter H. Gwynne

We present new high-resolution radio and X-ray observations of the supernova remnant (SNR) B0453-685 in the Large Magellanic Cloud, carried out with the Australia Telescope Compact Array and the Chandra X-ray Observatory respectively.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 B. M. Gaensler , S. P. Hendrick , S. P. Reynolds , K. J. Borkowski

Since the day of its explosion, SN 1987A (SN87A) was closely monitored with the aim to study its evolution and to detect its central compact relic. The detection of neutrinos from the supernova strongly supports the formation of a neutron…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-03-03 Emanuele Greco , Marco Miceli , Salvatore Orlando , Barbara Olmi , Fabrizio Bocchino , Shigehiro Nagataki , Masaomi Ono , Akira Dohi , Giovanni Peres

A pulsar wind is a relativistic outflow dominated by Poynting energy at its base. Based on the standard ideal magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) model of pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe) with the ordered magnetic field, the observed slow expansion $v_{\rm…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-06-06 Shuta J. Tanaka , Kenji Toma , Nozomu Tominaga

Pulsar Wind Nebulae (PWNe) shine at multi-wavelengths and are expected to constitute the largest class of gamma-ray sources in our Galaxy. They are known to be very efficient particle accelerators: the Crab nebula, the PWNe class prototype,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-03-27 Barbara Olmi

Superluminous supernovae (SLSNe) are massive star explosions too luminous to be powered by traditional energy sources, such as radioactive 56Ni. These transients may instead be powered by a central engine, such as a millisecond pulsar or…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-08-25 Indrek Vurm , Brian D. Metzger

The model for pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe) as the result of the magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) downstream flow from a shocked, relativistic pulsar wind has been successful in reproducing many features of the nebulae observed close to the central…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-04 Xiaping Tang , Roger A. Chevalier

Pulsar wind nebulae are a prominent class of very high energy (E > 0.1 TeV) Galactic sources. Their Gamma-ray spectra are interpreted as due to inverse Compton scattering of ultrarelativistic electrons on the ambient photons, whereas the…

We present the analysis of 200-ks NuSTAR observation of the Vela pulsar and the pulsar wind nebula (PWN). The phase-resolved spectra corresponding to two main peaks in the folded pulse profile differ significantly. The spectrum of Peak 1 is…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-09-10 Oleg Kargaltsev , Jeremy Hare , Alexander Lange

The dynamics, energetics and evolution of pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe) and supernova remnants (SNRs), are strongly affected by their magnetic field strength and distribution. They are usually strong, extended, sources of non-thermal X-ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-08-09 E. de Ona Wilhelmi , J. Vink , A. Bykov , R. Zanin , N. Bucciantini , E. Amato , R. Bandiera , B. Olmi , Yu. Uvarov

The composite supernova remnant (SNR) MSH 15-52 comprises the bright X-ray pulsar wind nebula (PWN) of PSR B1509-58, surrounded by a shell which is a prominent object in the radio domain. H.E.S.S. had discovered extended very-high-energy…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 Michelle Tsirou , Yves Gallant , Roberta Zanin , Regis Terrier

We present radio observations of a region in the vicinity of the young pulsar PSR B1853+01 in the supernova remnant W44. The pulsar is located at the apex of an extended feature with cometary morphology. We argue on the basis of its…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 D. A. Frail , E. B. Giacani , W. M. Goss , G. Dubner

Multi-wavelength observations of mature supernova remnants (SNRs), especially with recent advances in gamma-ray astronomy, make it possible to constrain energy distribution of energetic particles within these remnants. In consideration of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-01-18 Houdun Zeng , Yuliang Xin , Siming Liu , J. R. Jokipii , Li Zhang , Shuinai Zhang

The evolution of the radio emission of shell-type Supernova remnants (SNRs) is modeled within the framework of the simple and commonly used assumptions that the mechanism of diffusive shock acceleration (DSA) is responsible for generating…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Abdul Asvarov

We propose a method to infer the initial spin period of pulsars residing in composite supernova remnants. Such a remnant consists of both a plerionic and a shell type component, corresponding respectively to the pulsar wind nebula driven by…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Eric van der Swaluw , Yanqin Wu

Observations of our Galaxy at very-high and ultra-high photon energies have revealed a rich population of sources, many of which have significant angular extension and/or are positionally coincident with energetic pulsars. We assessed…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-01-14 Pierrick Martin , Inès Mertz , Jean Kempf , Ruo-Yu Liu , Alexandre Marcowith , Marianne Lemoine-Goumard