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PSR J1833-1034 and its associated Pulsar Wind Nebula (PWN) has been investigated in depth through X-ray observations ranging from 0.1 to 200 keV. The low energy X-ray data from Chandra reveal a complex morphology that is characterised by a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 A. De Rosa , P. Ubertini , R. Campana , A. Bazzano , A. J. Dean , L. Bassani

We report on the likely detection of pulsed high-energy gamma-rays from the binary millisecond pulsar PSR J0218+4232 in 100-1000 MeV data from CGRO EGRET. Imaging analysis demonstrates that the highly significant gamma-ray source 2EG…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 L. Kuiper , W. Hermsen , F. Verbunt , A. Lyne , I. Stairs , D. J. Thompson , G. Cusumano

High-magnetic-field pulsars represent an important class of objects for studying the relationship between magnetars and radio pulsars. Here we report on four Chandra observations of the high-magnetic-field pulsar J1718-3718…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-07-05 W. W. Zhu , V. M. Kaspi , M. A. McLaughlin , G. G. Pavlov , C. -Y. Ng , R. N. Manchester , B. M. Gaensler , P. M. Woods

We report on high-resolution spatial and timing observations of the millisecond pulsar PSR J0218+4232 performed with the Chandra X-ray Observatory (CXO) and the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE). With these observations we were able to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 L. Kuiper , W. Hermsen , B. Stappers

Suzaku observed the region including HESS J1809-193, one of the TeV unidentified (unID) sources, and confirmed existence of the extended hard X-ray emission previously reported by ASCA, as well as hard X-ray emission from the pulsar PSR…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-14 Takayasu Anada , Aya Bamba , Ken Ebisawa , Tadayasu Dotani

PSR J0205+6449 is a X-ray and radio pulsar in supernova remnant 3C 58. We report on observations of the central region of 3C 58 using the 4.2-m William Herschel Telescope with the intention of identifying the optical counterpart of PSR…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 A. Shearer , V. V. Neustroev

PSR B1259-63 is a middle-aged radio pulsar (P=48 ms, tau=330 kyr, Edot=8.3*10^{35} erg/s) in an eccentric binary (P_orb =3.4 yr, e=0.87) with a high-mass Be companion, SS 2883. We observed the binary near apastron with the Chandra ACIS…

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

We report on a series of spectroscopic observations of PSR J1311-3430, an extreme black-widow gamma-ray pulsar with a helium-star companion. In a previous study we estimated the neutron star mass as M_NS= 2.68+/-0.14M_Sun (statistical…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-27 Roger W. Romani , Alexei V. Filippenko , S. Bradley Cenko

Swift J1818.0-1607 is a new radio-loud magnetar discovered by the Swift Burst Alert Telescope on 2020 March 12. It has a magnetic field B~2.5e14 G, spin-down luminosity of 7.2e35 ergs/s, and characteristic age of ~470yr. Here we report on…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-12-02 Harsha Blumer , Samar Safi-Harb

We present archival data from the Chandra X-Ray Observatory that reveal a bright point source to the southeast of the center of the young supernova remnant G292.0+1.8 that is coincident with the peak of highest radio surface brightness. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Charles M. Olbert , Jonathan W. Keohane

We have measured dramatic flux and spectral variations through the 0.193d orbit of the optical counterpart of the unidentified gamma-ray source 0FGL J2339.8-0530. This compact object companion is strongly heated, with T_eff varying from…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-03 Roger W. Romani , Michael S. Shaw

The source HESS J1809-193 was discovered in 2006 in data of the Galactic Plane survey, followed by several re-observations. It shows a hard gamma-ray spectrum and the emission is clearly extended. Its vicinity to PSR J1809-1917, a high…

After nearly a decade in quiescence, the accreting millisecond pulsar IGR J17511$-$3057 displayed a new outburst on 2025 February 11, its third since discovery, following previous activity in 2009 and 2015. We report on an XMM-Newton Target…

We have investigated the field around the radio-quiet $\gamma$-ray pulsar, PSR J2021+4026, with a ~140 ks XMM-Newton observation and a ~56 ks archival Chandra data. Through analyzing the pulsed spectrum, we show that the X-ray pulsation is…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-23 C. Y. Hui , K. A. Seo , L. C. C. Lin , R. H. H. Huang , C. P. Hu , J. H. K. Wu , L. Trepl , J. Takata , Y. Wang , Y. Chou , K. S. Cheng , A. K. H. Kong

We report the results of a deep XMM-Newton observation of the radio-faint $\gamma$-ray pulsar J1741-2054 and its nebula together with the analysis of 5 years of Fermi LAT data. The X-ray spectrum of the pulsar is consistent with an absorbed…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-19 M. Marelli , A. Belfiore , P. Saz Parkinson , P. Caraveo , A. De Luca , C. Sarazin , D. Salvetti , G. R. Sivakoff , F. Camilo

We present new X-ray timing and spectral observations of PSR J1930+1852, the young energetic pulsar at the center of the non-thermal supernova remnant G54.1+0.3. Using data obtained with the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer and Chandra X-ray…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 Fangjun Lu , Q. Daniel Wang , E. V. Gotthelf , Jinlu Qu

We report on the timing and spectral properties of PSR J1838-0655 using joint observations from the Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) and the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR). By disentangling the pulsar's…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-08-27 Xian-Ao Wang , Han-Long Peng , Jin-Tao Zheng , Shi-Qi Zhou , Wen-Tao Ye , Ming-Yu Ge , Xiang-Hua Li , Shi-Jie Zheng

We report the discovery of a pulsar with period P = 136 ms and dispersion measure 308 pc/cc in a deep observation of the supernova remnant (SNR) G54.1+0.3 with the Arecibo radio telescope. Timing measurements of the new pulsar, J1930+1852,…

The AGILE gamma-ray satellite provides large sky exposure levels ($\geq 10^9$ cm$^2$ s per year on the Galactic Plane) with sensitivity peaking at $E\sim$100 MeV where the bulk of pulsar energy output is typically released. Its $\sim$1…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 Maura Pilia , Alberto Pellizzoni

(Abridged) PSR J1357-6429 is a Vela-like radio pulsar that has been recently detected in X-rays and gamma-rays. It powers a compact tail-like X-ray pulsar wind nebula and X-ray-radio plerion associated with an extended TeV source HESS…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-04-26 A. Danilenko , A. Kirichenko , R. E. Mennickent , G. Pavlov , Yu. Shibanov , S. Zharikov , D. Zyuzin