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We analyzed XMM-Newton observations of two center-filled supernova remnants, G27.8+0.6 and G28.8+1.5, to search for pulsars/pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe) and other types of neutron stars associated with these remnants. We discovered a PWN…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-20 Zdenka Misanovic , Oleg Kargaltsev , George G. Pavlov

Pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe) studies with the Chandra X-ray Observatory have opened a new window to address the physics of pulsar winds, zoom on their interaction with their hosting supernova remnant (SNR) and interstellar medium, and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-16 H. Matheson , S. Safi-Harb , R. Kothes

We report the discovery of a synchrotron nebula, G283.1-0.59, associated with PSR J1015-5719. Radio observations using the Molonglo Observatory Synthesis Telescope and the Australia Telescope Compact Array at 36, 16, 6, and 3 cm reveal a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-06-28 C. -Y. Ng , R. Bandiera , R. W. Hunstead , S. Johnston

A deep Very Large Array observation of the Geminga pulsar field led to the discovery, at a higher than 10 sigma significance level, of radio emission trailing the neutron star proper motion. This 10-arcsec-long radio feature, detected with…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-01-17 A. Pellizzoni , F. Govoni , P. Esposito , M. Murgia , A. Possenti

We present results of a 400-ks Chandra observation of the young shell supernova remnant (SNR) G11.2-0.3, containing a pulsar and pulsar-wind nebula (PWN). We measure a mean expansion rate for the shell since 2000 of 0.0277+/-0.0018% per yr,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-03-23 Kazimierz J. Borkowski , Stephen P. Reynolds , Mallory S. E. Roberts

We present near and mid-infrared observations of the pulsar-wind nebula (PWN) B0540-69.3 and its associated supernova remnant made with the {\it Spitzer Space Telescope}. We report detections of the PWN with all four IRAC bands, the 24…

We observed the young pulsar J1357--6429 with the {\it Chandra} and {\it XMM-Newton} observatories. The pulsar spectrum fits well a combination of absorbed power-law model ($\Gamma=1.7\pm0.6$) and blackbody model ($kT=140^{+60}_{-40}$ eV,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-28 Chulhoon Chang , George G. Pavlov , Oleg Kargaltsev , Yurii A. Shibanov

Pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe) are important sources for understanding galactic high-energy processes, but it is controversial until now about how high-energy particles in PWNe are accelerated and transported. Lacking radio counterparts of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-03-04 Yu Zhang , Yihan Liu , C. -Y. Ng , Mallory S. E. Roberts , Lili Yang

Candidate supernova remnants G23.5+0.1 and G25.5+0.0 were observed by XMM-Newton in the course of a snap-shot survey of plerionic and composite SNRs in the Galactic plane. In the field of G23.5+0.1, we detected an extended source, ~3' in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-30 O. Kargaltsev , B. M. Schmitt , G. G. Pavlov , Z. Misanovic

(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

A significative fraction of high mass stars sail away through the interstellar medium of the galaxies. Once they evolved and died via a core collapse supernova, a magnetized, rotating neutron star (a pulsar) is usually their leftover. The…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-09-25 D. M. A. Meyer , Z Meliani , D. F. Torres

We review multiwavelength properties of pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe) created by supersonically moving pulsars and the effects of pulsar motion on the PWN morphologies and the ambient medium. Supersonic pulsar wind nebulae (SPWNe) are…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-11-15 Oleg Kargaltsev , George G. Pavlov , Noel Klingler , Blagoy Rangelov

PSR J2030+4415 is a gamma-ray pulsar with an X-ray pulsar wind nebula elongated along the north-south direction. The system shows a prominent X-ray filament oriented at an angle of 130{\deg} to the nebula axis. To improve our understanding…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-01-10 J. M. Paredes , P. Benaglia , V. Bosch-Ramon , A. Tej , A. Saha , J. Martí , P. Bordas

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

The superb spatial resolution of Chandra has allowed us to detect a 20''-long tail behind the Geminga pulsar, with a hard spectrum (photon index 1.0+/-0.2) and a luminosity (1.3+/-0.2) 10^{29} ergs/s in the 0.5 - 8 keV band, for an assumed…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 G. G. Pavlov , D. Sanwal , V. E. Zavlin

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

We report the discovery of a new Small Magellanic Cloud Pulsar Wind Nebula (PWN) at the edge of the Supernova Remnant (SNR)-DEM S5. The pulsar powered object has a cometary morphology similar to the Galactic PWN analogs PSR B1951+32 and…

PSR B0656+14 is a middle-aged pulsar with a characteristic age $\tau_c=110$ kyr and spin-down power $\dot{E}= 3.8\times 10^{34}$ erg s$^{-1}$. Using Chandra data, we searched for a pulsar wind nebula (PWN) and found evidence of extended…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-02-03 L. Bîrzan , G. G. Pavlov , O. Kargaltsev

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

The shock wave of supernova remnants (SNRs) and the wind termination shock in pulsar wind nebula (PWNe) are considered as prime candidates to accelerate the bulk of Galactic cosmic ray (CR) ions and electrons. The SNRs hosting a PWN (known…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 F. Acero , A. Djannati-Ataï , A. Förster , Y. Gallant , M. Renaud