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Pulsar Wind Nebulae (PWNe), structures powered by energetic pulsars, are known for their detection across the entire electromagnetic spectrum, with diverse morphologies and spectral behaviour between these bands. The temporal evolution of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-04-05 A. M. W. Mitchell , J. Gelfand

Pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe) are important sources for understanding galactic high-energy processes, but it is controversial until now about how high-energy particles in PWNe are accelerated and transported. Lacking radio counterparts of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-03-04 Yu Zhang , Yihan Liu , C. -Y. Ng , Mallory S. E. Roberts , Lili Yang

In the last decade, ground-based Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes have discovered about 175 very-high-energy (VHE; $E >$ 100 GeV) gamma-ray sources, with more to follow with the development of H.E.S.S. II and CTA. Nearly 40 of these…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-02-02 Carlo van Rensburg , Christo Venter , Paulus Kruger

We present preliminary results from a systematic spectral study of pulsars and their wind nebulae using the Chandra X-Ray Observatory. The superb spatial resolution of Chandra allows us to differentiate the compact object's spectrum from…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 E. V. Gotthelf , C. M. Olbert

We present a systematic study of particle transport by diffusion in young pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe). We selected nine bright sources that are well resolved with the Chandra X-ray Observatory. We analyzed archival data to obtain their…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-03-14 Chin-Ping Hu , Wataru Ishizaki , C. -Y. Ng , Shuta J. Tanaka , Y. -L. Mong

Our understanding of Pulsar Wind Nebulae (PWNe), has greatly improved in the last years thanks to unprecedented high resolution images taken from the HUBBLE, CHANDRA and XMM satellites. The discovery of complex but similar inner features,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 N. Bucciantini

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

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

We discuss the observational properties of pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe) linking them to the injected (at the termination shock) electron spectral energy distribution and parameters of pulsar magnetospheres. In particular, we (1) present…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-01-24 Oleg Kargaltsev , Noel Klingler , Sarah Chastain , George G Pavlov

We present preliminary results from a systematic spectral study of pulsars and their wind nebulae using the Chandra X-Ray Observatory. The superb spatial resolution of Chandra allows us to differentiate the compact object's spectrum from…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 E. V. Gotthelf , C. M. Olbert

I review the current status of our theoretical understanding of Pulsar Winds and associated nebulae (PWNe). In recent years, axisymmetric models of pulsar winds with a latitude dependent energy flux have proved very successful at explaining…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-18 E. Amato

We present the results of detailed spatial and spectral analysis of the pulsar wind nebula (PWN) in supernova remnant Kes 75 (G29.7-0.3) using a deep exposure with Chandra X-ray observatory. The PWN shows a complex morphology with clear…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 C. -Y. Ng , P. O. Slane , B. M. Gaensler , J. P. Hughes

The observed radial profiles of the X-ray emission from Pulsar Wind Nebulae (PWNe) have been claimed to conflict with the standard one-dimensional (1-D) steady model. However, the 1-D model has not been tested to reproduce both the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-04-12 Wataru Ishizaki , Shuta J. Tanaka , Katsuaki Asano , Toshio Terasawa

The main goal of our present work is to provide, for the first time, a simple computational tool that can be used to compute the brightness, the spectral index, the polarization, the time variability and the spectrum of the non-thermal…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-03-25 D. Volpi , L. Del Zanna , E. Amato , N. Bucciantini

We review observations of several classes of neutron-star-powered outflows: pulsar-wind nebulae (PWNe) inside shell supernova remnants (SNRs), PWNe interacting directly with interstellar medium (ISM), and magnetar-powered outflows. We…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-05-26 Stephen P. Reynolds , George G. Pavlov , Oleg Kargaltsev , Noel Klinger , Matthieu Renaud , Sandro Mereghetti

Recent observations of a few young pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe) have revealed their morphologies in some detail. Given the availability of spatio-spectral-temporal data, we use our multi-zone (1D) leptonic emission code to model the PWNe…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-11-28 A. Kundu , Jagdish C. Joshi , C. Venter , N. E. Engelbrecht , W. Zhang , Diego F. Torres , I. Sushch , Shuta J. Tanaka

Pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe) are one of the most energetic galactic sources with bright emissions from radio waves to very high-energy gamma-rays. We perform wideband X-ray spectroscopy of four energetic PWNe, N157B, PSR J1813-1749, PSR…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-08-24 Aya Bamba , Shinpei Shibata , Shuta J. Tanaka , Koji Mori , Hiroyuki Uchida , Yukikatsu Terada , Wataru Ishizaki

We have constructed and calibrated a spherically-symmetric, spatially-dependent particle transport and emission code for young pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe). This code predicts the spectral energy distribution (SED) of the radiation spectrum…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-05-20 Carlo van Rensburg , Christo Venter

A complete set of diagnostic tools aimed at producing synthetic synchrotron emissivity, polarization, and spectral index maps from relativistic MHD simulations is presented. As a first application we consider here the case of the emission…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Luca Del Zanna , Delia Volpi , Elena Amato , Niccolo' Bucciantini

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
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