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We detected X-ray emission from PSR B1800-21 and its synchrotron nebula with the Chandra X-ray Observatory. The pulsar's observed flux is (1.4+/-0.2) 10^{-14} ergs cm^{-2} s^{-1} in the 1-6 keV band. The spectrum can be described by a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 O. Kargaltsev , G. G. Pavlov , G. P. Garmire

Pulsar winds shocked in the ambient medium produce spectacular nebulae observable from the radio through gamma-rays. The shape and the spectrum of a pulsar wind nebula (PWN) depend on the angular distribution, magnetization and energy…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-29 O. Kargaltsev , G. G. Pavlov

Based on a theoretical selection of pulsars as candidates for detection at X-ray energies, we present an analysis of archival X-ray observations done with Chandra and XMM-Newton of PSR J1747-2958 (the pulsar in the "Mouse" nebula), PSR…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-02-17 Jian Li , Diego F. Torres , Francesco Coti Zelati , Alessandro Papitto , Matthew Kerr , Nanda Rea

We have observed pulsar wind nebulae in the three supernova remnants G11.2-0.3, G16.7+0.1, and G29.7-0.3 at 89 GHz with the Berkeley-Illinois-Maryland Association Array, measuring total flux densities of two of them for comparison with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 D. C. -J. Bock , B. M. Gaensler

We have detected an x-ray nebula around the binary millisecond pulsar B1957+20. A narrow tail, corresponding to the shocked pulsar wind, is seen interior to the known H-alpha bow shock and proves the long-held assumption that the rotational…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 B. W. Stappers , B. M. Gaensler , V. M. Kaspi , M. van der Klis , W. H. G. Lewin

(abridged) PSR J1048-5832 is a young Vela-like pulsar that was recently detected in gamma-rays with Fermi, and also in X-rays with Chandra and XMM-Newton. It powers a compact PWN visible in X-rays. We present deep optical observations with…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-04-17 Andrey Danilenko , Aida Kirichenko , Jesper Sollerman , Yury Shibanov , Dima Zyuzin

(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

G54.1+0.3 is a young pulsar wind nebula (PWN), closely resembling the Crab, for which no thermal shell emission has been detected in X-rays. Recent Spitzer observations revealed an infrared (IR) shell containing a dozen point sources…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-11-20 Tea Temim , Patrick Slane , Stephen P. Reynolds , John C. Raymond , Kazimierz J. Borkowski

We report the discovery of a prominent nonthermal X-ray feature located near the Galactic center that we identify as an energetic pulsar wind nebula. This feature, G359.95-0.04, lies 1 lyr north of Sgr A* (in projection), is comet-like in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Q. D. Wang , F. J. Lu , E. V. Gotthelf

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

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 2015-05-19 Patrick Slane

Pulsations from the high mass X-ray binary AXJ1910.7+0917 were discovered during Chandra observations performed in 2011 (Israel et al. 2016). We report here more details on this discovery and discuss the source nature. The period of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-06-21 L. Sidoli , G. L. Israel , P. Esposito , G. A. Rodriguez Castillo , K. Postnov

We present high-resolution radio and X-ray studies of the composite supernova remnant G11.2-0.3. Using archival VLA data, we perform radio spectral tomography to measure for the first time the spectrum of the shell and plerion separately.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. S. E. Roberts , C. Tam , V. M. Kaspi , M. Lyutikov , E. V. Gotthelf , G. Vasisht , N. Kawai

We report on the first deep optical observations of two $\gamma$-ray pulsars, both among the very first discovered by the {\em Fermi} Gamma-ray Space Telescope. The two pulsars are the radio-loud PSR\, J1907+0602 in the TeV pulsar wind…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-09-21 R. P. Mignani , V. Testa , M. Marelli , A. De Luca , M. Pierbattista , M. Razzano , D. Salvetti , A. Belfiore , A. Shearer , P. Moran

The synchrotron-emitting nebulae formed by energetic winds from young pulsars provide information on a wide range phenomena that contribute to their structure. High resolution X-ray observations reveal jets and toroidal structures in many…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Patrick Slane

We describe recent Chandra ACIS observations of the Vela-like pulsar PSR J2021+3651 and its pulsar wind nebula (PWN). This `Dragonfly Nebula' displays an axisymmetric morphology, with bright inner jets, a double-ridged inner nebula, and a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Adam Van Etten , Roger W. Romani , C. -Y. Ng

Sixteen pulsars have been discovered so far in blind searches of photons collected with the Large Area Telescope on the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. We here report the discovery of radio pulsations from two of them. PSR J1741-2054, with…

The association of G343.1-2.3 and PSR 1706-44 has been controversial from its first proposal. In this paper we address the difficulties, and argue that the association is still likely. New evidence comes from images of G343.1-2.3 obtained…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 R. Dodson , K. Golap

Since the day of its explosion, supernova (SN) 1987A has been closely monitored to study its evolution and to detect its central compact relic. In fact, the formation of a neutron star is strongly supported by the detection of neutrinos…

We report the discovery of pulsed {\gamma}-ray emission and X-ray emission from the black widow millisecond pulsar PSR J2051-0827 by using the data from the Large Area Telescope (LAT) on board the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope and the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-03 J. H. K. Wu , A. K. H. Kong , R. H. H. Huang , J. Takata , P. H. T. Tam , E. M. H. Wu , K. S. Cheng