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PSR J1809-1917 is a young ($\tau=51$ kyr) energetic ($\dot{E}=1.8\times10^{36}$ erg s$^{-1}$) radio pulsar powering an X-ray pulsar wind nebula (PWN) that exhibits morphological variability. We report on the results of a new monitoring…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-10-14 Noel Klingler , Hui Yang , Jeremy Hare , Oleg Kargaltsev , George G. Pavlov , Bettina Posselt

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

The nearby, middle-aged PSR B1055-52 has many properties in common with the Geminga pulsar. Motivated by the Geminga's enigmatic and prominent pulsar wind nebula (PWN), we searched for extended emission around PSR B1055-52 with Chandra…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-10-07 B. Posselt , G. Spence , G. G. Pavlov

We detected X-ray emission from the 50-kyr-old pulsar J1809-1917 and resolved its pulsar wind nebula (PWN) with Chandra. The pulsar spectrum fits PL+BB model with the photon index of 1.2 and the BB temperature of 2 MK for n_{H}=0.7\times…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 O. Kargaltsev , G. G. Pavlov

We present observations with the Chandra X-ray Observatory of the pulsar wind nebula (PWN) powered by the energetic young pulsar B1509-58. These data confirm the complicated morphology of the system indicated by previous observations, and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 B. M. Gaensler , J. Arons , V. M. Kaspi , M. J. Pivovaroff , N. Kawai , K. Tamura

We report on a 19 ks observation of the pulsar J1016-5857 with the Chandra X-ray Observatory. This "Vela-like" pulsar has rotation period 107 ms, characteristic age 21 kyr, and spin-down power 2.6e36 ergs/s. A relatively bright centrally…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 F. Camilo , B. M. Gaensler , E. V. Gotthelf , J. P. Halpern , R. N. Manchester

PSR J1101-6101 is an energetic young pulsar which powers the remarkable Lighthouse pulsar wind nebula (PWN). The pulsar belongs to the rare type of radio- and gamma-ray-quiet pulsars which are bright in hard X-rays. Moreover, the Lighthouse…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-07-05 Noel Klingler , Jeremy Hare , Oleg Kargaltsev , George G. Pavlov , John Tomsick

We use new and archival Chandra and ROSAT data to study the time variability of the X-ray emission from the pulsar wind nebula (PWN) powered by PSR B1509-58 on timescales of one week to twelve years. There is variability in the size,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 T. DeLaney , B. M. Gaensler , J. Arons , M. J. Pivovaroff

(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

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…

PSR J1813-1749 is one of the most energetic rotation-powered pulsars known, producing a pulsar wind nebula (PWN) and gamma-ray and TeV emission, but whose spin period is only measurable in X-ray. We present analysis of two Chandra datasets…

PSR J1809-1917 is a young ($\tau=51$ kyr) energetic ($\dot{E}=1.8\times10^{36}$ erg s$^{-1}$) radio pulsar powering a pulsar wind nebula (PWN). We report on the results of three Chandra X-ray Observatory observations which show that the PWN…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-12-05 Noel Klingler , Oleg Kargaltsev , George G. Pavlov , Bettina Posselt

Chandra and XMM-Newton resolved extremely long tails behind two middle-aged pulsars, J1509-5850 and J1740+1000. The tail of PSR J1509-5850 is discernible up to 5.6' from the pulsar (6.5 pc at a distance of 4 kpc), with a flux of 2*10^{-13}…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 O. Kargaltsev , Z. Misanovic , G. G. Pavlov , J. A. Wong , G. P. Garmire

The young energetic pulsar J1747-2958 ($\tau=26$ kyr, $\dot{E}=2.5\times 10^{36}$ erg s$^{-1}$) powers the Mouse pulsar wind nebula (PWN), famous for its spectacular tail spanning 45$"$ in X-rays and 12$'$ in radio ($d\sim5$ kpc). We…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-07-11 Noel Klingler , Oleg Kargaltsev , George G. Pavlov , C. -Y. Ng , Paz Beniamini , Igor Volkov

We report on the results of a comprehensive analysis of X-ray observations with \textit{Chandra}, \textit{XMM-Newton} and \textit{NuSTAR} of the pulsar wind nebula (PWN) associated with PSR B1853+01, located inside the W44 supernova remnant…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-06 Xiying Zhang , Pol Bordas , Samar Safi-Harb , Kazushi Iwasawa

We present a Chandra Director's Discretionary Time observation of PSR J1119-6127 and its compact X-ray pulsar wind nebula (PWN) obtained on 27 October 2016, three months after the Fermi and Swift detection of millisecond bursts in hard…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-12-13 Harsha Blumer , Samar Safi-Harb , Maura A. McLaughlin

We report on an observation of the Vela-like pulsar B1823-13 and its synchrotron nebula with Chandra.The pulsar's spectrum fits a power-law model with a photon index Gamma_PSR=2.4 for the plausible hydrogen column density n_H=10^{22}…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 G. G. Pavlov , O. Kargaltsev , W. F. Brisken

Previous observations of the middle-aged pulsar Geminga with XMM-Newton and Chandra have shown an unusual pulsar wind nebula (PWN), with a 20" long central (axial) tail directed opposite to the pulsar's proper motion and two 2' long, bent…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2010-04-27 G. G. Pavlov , S. Bhattacharyya , V. E. Zavlin

We report on the analysis of a deep Chandra observation of the high-magnetic field pulsar (PSR) J1119-6127 and its compact pulsar wind nebula (PWN) taken in October 2019, three years after the source went into outburst. The 0.5-7 keV…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-08-25 Harsha Blumer , Samar Safi-Harb , Alice Borghese , Jonatan Martín , Maura A. McLaughlin , Diego F. Torres , George Younes

We report on the X-ray emission properties of the pulsar PSR J1849$-$0001 and its wind nebula (PWN), as measured by Chandra, XMM-Newton, NICER, Swift, and NuSTAR. In the X-ray data, we detected the 38-ms pulsations of the pulsar up to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-11-22 Chanho Kim , Jaegeun Park , Jooyun Woo , Sarah Silverman , Hongjun An , Aya Bamba , Kaya Mori , Stephen P. Reynolds , Samar Safi-Harb
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