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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 the analysis of archival ASCA, ROSAT and BeppoSAX data of PSR B1055-52, PSR B0656+14 and Geminga, performed in order to investigate the reality of the putative ~10-20 arcmin wide X-ray pulsar-wind nebulae recently proposed to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 W. Becker , N. Kawai , W. Brinkmann , R. Mignani

We report on a new Chandra exposure of PSR J1809-2332, the recently discovered pulsar powering the bright EGRET source 3EG J1809-2328. By registration of field X-ray sources in an archival exposure, we measure a significant proper motion…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-05 Adam Van Etten , Roger W. Romani , C. -Y. Ng

We report the discovery with the Parkes radio telescope of a pulsar associated with the ~ 1700 yr-old oxygen-rich composite supernova remnant G292.0+1.8. PSR J1124-5916 has period 135 ms and period derivative 7.4e-13, implying…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 F. Camilo , R. N. Manchester , B. M. Gaensler , D. R. Lorimer , J. Sarkissian

We describe the first X-ray observations of binary millisecond pulsars PSRs J0023+0923, J1810+1744, J2215+5135, and J2256-1024. All four are Fermi gamma-ray sources and three are 'black-widow' pulsars, with companions of mass < 0.1 solar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Peter Gentile , Maura McLaughlin , Mallory Roberts , Fernando Camilo , Jason Hessels , Matthew Kerr , Scott Ransom , Paul Ray , Ingrid Stairs

The middle-aged PSR J0357+3205 is a nearby, radio-quiet, bright gamma-ray pulsar discovered by the Fermi mission. Our previous Chandra observation revealed a huge, very peculiar structure of diffuse X-ray emission, originating at the pulsar…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-12 A. De Luca , R. P. Mignani , M. Marelli , D. Salvetti , N. Sartore , A. Belfiore , P. Saz Parkinson , P. A. Caraveo , G. F. Bignami

Many of the recently discovered TeV gamma-ray sources are associated with pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe). In fact, they represent the most populous class of Galactic sources at TeV energies. In addition, HESS has also discovered, in a survey of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Chulhoon Chang , Alexander Konopelko , Wei Cui

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

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

We present the first detailed imaging and spatially resolved spectroscopic study of the Galactic supernova remnant G292.2-0.5, associated with the high-magnetic field radio pulsar J1119-6127, using Chandra and XMM-Newton. The…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-05 Harsha S. Kumar , Samar Safi-Harb , Marjorie Gonzalez

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

PSR B0355+54 is one of the handful of pulsars that has been observed with both Chandra and XMM-Newton. The analysis of the archival data has revealed the pulsar and a ~30 arcsec compact nebula surrounding it. XMM-Newton also has detected a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Tepedelenlioglu Emre , Ogelman Hakki

Energetic pulsars can be embedded in a nebula of relativistic leptons which is powered by the dissipation of the rotational energy of the pulsar. The object PSR J0855-4644 is an energetic and fast-spinning pulsar (Edot = 1.1x10^36 erg/s,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-12 F. Acero , Y. Gallant , J. Ballet , M. Renaud , R. Terrier

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

We have observed the young Galactic supernova remnant Kes 75 with the Chandra X-ray Observatory. This object is one of an increasing number of examples of a shell-type remnant with a central extended radio core harboring a pulsar. Here we…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 B. F. Collins , E. V. Gotthelf , D. J. Helfand

We present a Chandra X-ray Observatory ACIS-S variability, spectroscopy, and imaging study of the peculiar binary containing the millisecond pulsar J1023+0038. The X-ray emission from the system exhibits highly significant (12.5 sigma)…

We report on Chandra imaging observations of the Galactic Unidentified $\gamma$-ray source GEV J1809-2327, comparing the X-ray images with new VLA 1.46 GHz and 4.86 GHz maps. The X-ray images reveal a point source connected to a non-thermal…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 Timothy M. Braje , Roger W. Romani , Mallory S. E. Roberts , Nobuyuki Kawai

PSR J2021+3651 is a 17 kyr old rotation powered pulsar detected in the radio, X-rays, and $\gamma$-rays. It powers a torus-like pulsar wind nebula with jets, dubbed the Dragonfly, which is very similar to that of the Vela pulsar. The…

PSR J1357$-$6429 is a young and energetic radio pulsar detected in X-rays and $\gamma$-rays. It powers a compact pulsar wind nebula with a jet visible in X-rays and a large scale plerion detected in X-ray and TeV ranges. Previous…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-11-11 A. Kirichenko , Yu. Shibanov , P. Shternin , S. Johnston , M. A. Voronkov , A. Danilenko , D. Barsukov , D. Lai , D. Zyuzin

The nebula powered by the Vela pulsar is one of the best examples of an evolved pulsar wind nebula, allowing to access the particle injection history and the interaction with the supernova ejecta. We report on the INTEGRAL discovery of…