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We present observations of the eccentric gamma-ray binary B1259-63/LS2883 with the Chandra X-ray Observatory. The images reveal a variable, extended about 4'', or about 1000 times the binary orbit size) structure, which appears to be moving…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-18 Oleg Kargaltsev , George G. Pavlov , Martin Durant , Igor Volkov , Jeremy Hare

The vicinity of the unidentified EGRET source 3EG J1420-6038 has undergone extensive study in the search for counterparts, revealing the energetic young pulsar PSR J1420-6048 and its surrounding wind nebula as a likely candidate for at…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-18 Adam Van Etten , Roger W. Romani

The observations of the pulsar-wind nebula (PWN) around the Vela pulsar with the Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer aboard the Chandra X-ray Observatory, taken on 2000 April 30 and November 30, reveal its complex morphology reminiscent of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 G. G. Pavlov , O. Y. Kargaltsev , D. Sanwal , G. P. Garmire

We report on spectral and timing observations of the nearest millisecond pulsar J0437-4715 with Chandra. The pulsar spectrum, detected up to 7 keV, cannot be described by a simple one-component model. We suggest that it consists of two…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 V. E. Zavlin , G. G. Pavlov , D. Sanwal , R. N. Manchester , J. Truemper , J. P. Halpern , W. Becker

We present the first analysis of the extended source CXOU J163802.6--471358, which was discovered serendipitously during the {\em Chandra} X-ray survey of the Norma region of the Galactic spiral arms. The X-ray source exhibits a cometary…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-19 Simone J. Jakobsen , John A. Tomsick , Darach Watson , Eric V. Gotthelf , Victoria M. Kaspi

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

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 have discovered that the radio nebula surrounding the Vela pulsar covers a much wider extent than previously reported, with two lobes to the North and South of the pulsar. Indications of this object have been reported previously, but its…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 R. Dodson , D. Lewis , D. McConnell , A. A. Deshpande

We report the discovery of PSR J2022+3842, a 24 ms radio and X-ray pulsar in the supernova remnant G76.9+1.0, in observations with the Chandra X-ray telescope, the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Radio Telescope, and the Rossi X-ray Timing…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-28 Z. Arzoumanian , E. V. Gotthelf , S. M. Ransom , S. Safi-Harb , R. Kothes , T. L. Landecker

We analyzed two Chandra observations of PSR J2055+2539 (for a total integration time of $\sim$130 ks) in order to measure its proper motion and study its two elongated nebular features. We did not detect the proper motion, setting an upper…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-04-17 Martino Marelli , Andrea Tiengo , Andrea De Luca , Roberto P. Mignani , David Salvetti , Pablo M. Saz Parkinson , Gianni Lisini

We analyzed X-ray data from Chandra, XMM-Newton, NICER, and NuSTAR to characterize the properties of the pulsar PSR J1838$-$0655 and its pulsar wind nebula (PWN) associated with HESS J1837$-$069. Based on 5.5 years of NICER monitoring, we…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-08-12 Minseo Park , Jaegeun Park , Chanho Kim , Hongjun An

The extended nebulae formed as pulsar winds expand into their surroundings provide information about the composition of the winds, the injection history from the host pulsar, and the material into which the nebulae are expanding.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-04-25 Patrick Slane

Millisecond pulsar PSR J0218+4232 shows remarkable high-energy properties: very hard pulsed X-ray emission up to ~10 keV and a likely detection of high-energy gamma-rays (> 100 MeV) with a soft spectrum. The relative phasing of the X-ray…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 L. Kuiper , W. Hermsen

We report the discovery of pulsed X-ray emission from the compact object CXOU J112439.1-591620 within the supernova remnant (SNR) G292.0+1.8 using the High Resolution Camera on the Chandra X-ray Observatory. The X-ray period (P=0.13530915…

We report the discovery of 31.18 ms pulsations from the INTEGRAL source IGR J14003-6326 using the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE). This pulsar is most likely associated with the bright Chandra X-ray point source lying at the center of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-11-20 M. Renaud , V. Marandon , E. V. Gotthelf , J. Rodriguez , R. Terrier , F. Mattana , F. Lebrun , J. A. Tomsick , R. N. Manchester

We have examined Chandra observations of the recently discovered X-ray thread G0.13-0.11 in the Galactic center Radio Arc region. Part of the {\sl Chandra} data was studied by Yusef-Zadeh, Law, & Wardle (2002), who reported the detection of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Q. Daniel Wang , Fangjun Lu , Cornelia C. Lang

We report the first X-ray detection of the radio pulsar PSR B1757-24 using the Chandra X-ray Observatory. We detect point-source emission at the pulsar position plus a faint tail extending nearly 20" east of the pulsar, in the same…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 V. M. Kaspi , E. V. Gotthelf , B. M. Gaensler , M. Lyutikov

Observations using the Australia Telescope Compact Array at a wavelength of 6 cm have uncovered the radio counterpart to the compact X-ray nebula surrounding the Vela pulsar. Two lobes were found oriented about the spin axis of the pulsar,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Dion Lewis , Richard Dodson , David McConnell , Avinash Deshpande

We present the first results from a joint XMM-Newton and NuSTAR observation of the gamma-ray emitting millisecond pulsar compact binary PSR J2129-0429. X-ray emission up to about 40 keV is detected and the joint spectrum can be modeled with…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-07-11 A. K. H. Kong , J. Takata , C. Y. Hui , J. Zhao , K. L. Li , P. H. T. Tam

The recent report of a binary companion to the progenitor of supernova 1993J may provide important clues for identifying the nature of the nascent compact object. Given the estimates of the progenitor mass, the potential power source is…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz , Aldo M. Serenelli