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High-energy radiation of young pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe) is known to be variable. This is most prominently exemplified by the Crab nebula which can undergo both rapid brightenings and dimmings. Two pulsars in the Large Magellanic Cloud,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-02-27 B. A. Nizamov , M. S. Pshirkov

We present a detailed analysis of broadband X-ray observations of the pulsar PSR J1420-6048 and its wind nebula (PWN) in the Kookaburra region with Chandra, XMM-Newton, and NuSTAR. Using the archival XMM-Newton and new NuSTAR data, we…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-03-15 Jaegeun Park , Chanho Kim , Jooyun Woo , Hongjun An , Kaya Mori , Stephen P. Reynolds , Samar Safi-Harb

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

We report on the results of Chandra X-ray observations of the $\gamma$-ray radio-quiet pulsar J1932+1916. We confirm the previous detection of the pulsar counterpart and its pulsar wind nebula in X-rays from low spatial resolution data…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-03-02 O. D. Medvedev , A. V. Karpova , Yu. A. Shibanov , D. A. Zyuzin , G. G. Pavlov

Pulsars and their pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe) are unique laboratories for extreme astrophysical processes. This dissertation combines Fermi-LAT observations with a time-dependent leptonic PWN model (TIDE) to explore their gamma-ray emission.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-09-17 Wei Zhang

We present the first detection of GeV $\gamma$-ray emission potentially associated with the pulsar wind nebula (PWN) hosted by the young core-collapse supernova remnant G292.0+1.8, based on a detailed time-resolved analysis of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-10-29 A. Lemière , G. Castelletti , N. L. Maza

We present a catalog of 34 diffuse features identified in X-ray images of the Galactic center taken with the Chandra X-ray Observatory. Several of the features have been discussed in the literature previously, including 7 that are…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 M. P. Muno , F. K. Baganoff , W. N. Brandt , M. R. Morris , J. -L. Starck

Context. Extended gamma-ray TeV emission (TeV halos) around middle-aged pulsars has been detected. A proposed model to explain these TeV halos is that electrons from a degree-wide Pulsar Wind Nebula (PWN) get up-scattered by cosmic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-10-17 A. Khokhriakova , W. Becker , G. Ponti , M. Sasaki , B. Li , R. -Y. Liu

We present a multifrequency radio investigation of the Crab-like pulsar wind nebula (PWN) G54.1+0.3 using the Very Large Array. The high resolution of the observations reveals that G54.1+0.3 has a complex radio structure which includes…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-14 Cornelia C. Lang , Q. Daniel Wang , Fangjun Lu , Kelsey Clubb

The morphology of young Pulsar Wind Nebulae (PWN) is largely determined by the properties of the wind injected by the pulsar. We have used a recent parametrization of the wind obtained from Force Free Electrodynamics simulations of pulsar…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-08-04 Rolf Buehler , Matteo Giomi

We report the discovery of a partial ~2deg. diameter non-thermal radio shell coincident with Taz, the pulsar wind nebula (PWN) in the error box of the apparently variable gamma-ray source 3EG J1809-2328. We propose that this radio shell is…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Mallory S. E. Roberts , Crystal L. Brogan

We present a statistical study of the non-thermal X-ray emission of 27 young rotation powered pulsars (RPPs) and 24 pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe) by using the Chandra and the XMM-Newton observations, which with the high spatial resolutions…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Xiang-Hua Li , Fang-Jun Lu , Zhuo Li

The Vela and Geminga pulsars are rotation powered neutron stars, which have been identified in various spectral domains, from the near-infrared to hard $\gamma$-rays. In the near-infrared they exhibit tentative emission excesses, as…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-11-16 Andrey A. Danilenko , Dmitry A. Zyuzin , Yuri A. Shibanov , Sergey V. Zharikov

G21.5-0.9 is a plerionic supernova remnant (SNR) used as a calibration target for the Chandra X-ray telescope. The first observations found an extended halo surrounding the bright central pulsar wind nebula (PWN). A 2005 study discovered…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-11-05 Benson Guest , Samar Safi-Harb , Xiaping Tang

The Vela supernova remnant is the closest supernova remnant to Earth containing an active pulsar, the Vela pulsar (PSR B0833-45). This pulsar is the archetype of the middle-aged pulsar class and powers a bright pulsar wind nebula (PWN),…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-16 M. -H. Grondin , R. W. Romani , M. Lemoine-Goumard , L. Guillemot , A. K. Harding , T. Reposeur

The evolution of a pulsar wind nebula (PWN) depends on properties of the progenitor star, supernova, and surrounding environment. As some of these quantities are difficult to measure, reproducing the observed dynamical properties and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-11-25 Soichiro Hattori , Samayra M. Straal , Emily Zhang , Tea Temim , Joseph D. Gelfand , Patrick O. Slane

We present an investigation of the spectral and spatial structure of the X-ray emission from 3C 58 based on a 350 ks observation with the Chandra X-ray Observatory. This deep image, obtained as part of the Chandra Large Project program,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Patrick Slane , David J. Helfand , Eric van der Swaluw , Stephen S. Murray

Recent optical/UV data of Geminga (Mignani et al. 1998) have strengthen the significance of the emission feature present over the thermal continuum best fitting the EUV/soft X-ray data. Here we present a phenomenological model interpreting…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Jacchia , F. De Luca , E. Lazzaro , P. A. Caraveo , R. P. Mignani , G. F. Bignami

Recent X-ray observations of young rotation-powered pulsars are providing an unprecedented detailed view of pulsar wind nebulae. For the first time, coherent emission features involving wisps, co-aligned toroidal structures, and axial jets…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 E. V. Gotthelf

G73.9+0.9 has been classified as a probable shell-type supernova remnant (SNR), although it has also been suggested that this object could be a pulsar wind nebula (PWN). Here, a broadband model of the non-thermal emission of G73.9+0.9 from…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-10-28 Miguel Araya