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We present an X-ray and radio study of the wind nebula surrounding the central pulsar PSR J1811-1925 in the supernova remnant G11.2-0.3. Using high resolution data obtained with the Chandra X-ray observatory and with the VLA radio telescope…

The supernova remnant N 157B contains a pulsar and three distinct synchrotron components with rather unusual properties. 1) A somewhat irregular elliptical pulsar wind nebula (PWN) visible in both X-ray and radio wavelengths. The nebula is…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 ohn R. Dickel , Shiya Wang

The X-ray source CXOU J163802.6-471358is thought to be a pulsar wind nebula (PWN), as it shows an extended, $\approx 40$ arcsec trail from a compact source. Here we present GMRT observations of this source at 330 and 1390 MHz, which reveal…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-10-17 D. A. Green , S. Roy

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

We report on Australia Telescope Compact Array observations in the direction of the young high-magnetic-field radio pulsar PSR J1119-6127. In the resulting images we identify a non-thermal radio shell of diameter 15 arcminutes, which we…

We have conducted a radio study at 3.6, 6 and 20 cm using ATCA and VLA and reprocessed XMM-Newton and Chandra data of the pulsar wind nebula (PWN) in the supernova remnant (SNR) G0.9+0.1. The new observations revealed that the morphology…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Gloria Dubner , Elsa Giacani , Anne Decourchelle

We present high-resolution radio observations of the pulsar wind nebula (PWN) MSH15-52, which is renowned for its distinctive hand-like shape, and its associated supernova remnant RCW 89. Using the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA),…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-08-21 S. Zhang , C. -Y. Ng , N. Bucciantini

Pinpointing a pulsar in its parent supernova remnant (SNR) or resulting pulsar wind nebula (PWN) is key for understanding its formation history, and the pulsar wind mechanism. Yet, only about half the SNRs and PWNe appear associated with a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-03-13 Samayra Straal , Joeri van Leeuwen

For pulsars similar to the one in the Crab Nebula, most of the energy input to the surrounding wind nebula occurs on a timescale of less than 1000 years; during this time, the nebula expands into freely expanding supernova ejecta. On a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 John M. Blondin , Roger A. Chevalier , Dargan M. Frierson

The Dragonfly Nebula (G75.2$+$0.1) powered by the young pulsar J2021$+$3651 is a rare pulsar wind nebula (PWN) that shows double tori and polar jets enclosed by a bow-shock structure in X-rays. We present new radio observations of this…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-02-08 Ruolan Jin , C. -Y. Ng , Mallory S. E. Roberts , Kwan-Lok Li

We report the results of X-ray (CXO) and radio (ATCA) observations of the pulsar wind nebula (PWN) powered by the young pulsar PSR J1016--5857, which we dub "the Goose" PWN. In both bands the images reveal a tail-like PWN morphology which…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-06-29 Noel Klingler , Oleg Kargaltsev , George G. Pavlov , C. -Y. Ng , Zhengyangguang Gong , Jeremy Hare

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…

CTB 87 (G74.9+1.2) is an evolved supernova remnant (SNR) which hosts a peculiar pulsar wind nebula (PWN). The X-ray peak is offset from that observed in radio and lies towards the edge of the radio nebula. The putative pulsar,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-01-08 Benson Guest , Samar Safi-Harb , Austin MacMaster , Roland Kothes , Barbara Olmi , Elena Amato , Niccolo Bucciantini , Zaven Arzoumanian

We report the discovery of a diffuse radio emission around PSR J0855--4644 using an upgraded GMRT (uGMRT) observation at 1.35 GHz. The radio emission is spatially coincident with the diffuse X-ray pulsar wind nebula (PWN) seen with XMM but…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-04-04 C. Maitra , S. Roy , F. Acero , Y. Gupta

We have obtained a deep 670 ks CXO ACIS image of the remarkable pulsar wind nebula (PWN) of PSR J1709-4429, in 4 epochs during 2018-2019. Comparison with an archival 2004 data set provides a pulsar proper motion mu = 13 \pm 3 mas/yr at a PA…

We present an observation with the Chandra X-ray Observatory of the unusual radio source G359.23-0.82 ("the Mouse"), along with updated radio timing data from the Parkes radio telescope on the coincident young pulsar J1747-2958. We find…

We report the discovery of the new pulsar wind nebula (PWN) G141.2+5.0 in data observed with the Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory's Synthesis Telescope at 1420 MHz. The new PWN has a diameter of about 3.5', which translates at a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-18 Roland Kothes , Xiaohui Sun , Wolfgang Reich , Tyler Foster

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 a polarimetric study of the pulsar wind nebula (PWN) in supernova remnant G21.5$-$0.9 using archival Very Large Array (VLA) data. The rotation measure (RM) map of the PWN shows a symmetric pattern that aligns with the presumed…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-05-11 Paul C. W. Lai , C. -Y. Ng , Niccolo' Bucciantini

Studying the interaction between core-collapse supernova remnants (SNRs) and their surrounding environments is essential to understanding the mechanism for energy transfer to the interstellar medium (ISM) and the intrinsic physical…