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We present a detailed analysis of the morphological properties of the Crab Nebula across the electromagnetic spectrum based on new and previous high-quality data from radio to X-rays. In the radio range we obtained an image of the entire…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-05-24 G. Dubner , G. Castelletti , O. Kargaltsev , G. G. Pavlov , M. Bietenholz , A. Talavera

The Crab Nebula emits bright non-thermal radiation from radio to the most energetic photons. The underlying physical model of a relativistic wind from the pulsar terminating in a hydrodynamic standing shock remains unchanged since the early…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-03-08 Ludmilla Dirson , Dieter Horns

We present the results of 1.3 mm observations of the Crab Nebula, performed with the MPIfR bolometer arrays at the IRAM 30-m telescope. The maps obtained, of unprecedented quality at these wavelengths, allow a direct comparison with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Rino Bandiera , Roberto Neri , Riccardo Cesaroni

The Crab pulsar and its nebula are very luminous and variable. Since 1982, random fluctuations of the dispersion measure (DM) have been recorded. Also in 2011, Fermi-LAT telescope detected $\gamma$-ray flux variation of the Crab nebula. No…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-05-16 Nagisa Hiroshima , Kazunori Kohri

The Crab Nebula is a bright emitter of non-thermal radiation across the entire accessible range of wavelengths. The spatial and spectral structures of the synchrotron nebula are well-resolved from radio to hard X-ray emission. The un-pulsed…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-02-03 Paul K. H. Yeung , Dieter Horns

Multi-band emission from radio to ultra-high energy gamma-rays in the Crab Nebula has been detected. To explain the observed results, non-thermal photon production \textbf{in} the Crab Nebula is carefully studied in a spatially dependent…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-02-16 Qi-Yong Peng , Bi-Wen Bao , Fang-Wu Lu , Li Zhang

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 Crab Nebula is a unique laboratory for studying the acceleration of electrons and positrons through their non-thermal radiation. Observations of very-high-energy $\gamma$ rays from the Crab Nebula have provided important constraints for…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-06-26 F. Aharonian , F. Ait Benkhali , J. Aschersleben , H. Ashkar , M. Backes , A. Baktash , V. Barbosa Martins , R. Batzofin , Y. Becherini , D. Berge , K. Bernlöhr , B. Bi , M. Böttcher , C. Boisson , J. Bolmont , M. de Bony de Lavergne , J. Borowska , F. Bradascio , M. Breuhaus , R. Brose , A. Brown , F. Brun , B. Bruno , T. Bulik , C. Burger-Scheidlin , T. Bylund , S. Caroff , S. Casanova , R. Cecil , J. Celic , M. Cerruti , P. Chambery , T. Chand , S. Chandra , A. Chen , J. Chibueze , O. Chibueze , G. Cotter , P. Cristofari , J. Devin , A. Djannati-Ataï , J. Djuvsland , A. Dmytriiev , S. Einecke , J. -P. Ernenwein , S. Fegan , K. Feijen , M. Filipović , G. Fontaine , M. Füßling , S. Funk , S. Gabici , Y. A. Gallant , G. Giavitto , D. Glawion , J. F. Glicenstein , J. Glombitza , P. Goswami , G. Grolleron , M. -H. Grondin , L. Haerer , J. A. Hinton , W. Hofmann , T. L. Holch , M. Holler , D. Horns , M. Jamrozy , F. Jankowsky , V. Joshi , E. Kasai , K. Katarzyński , R. Khatoon , B. Khélifi , W. Kluźniak , Nu. Komin , K. Kosack , D. Kostunin , A. Kundu , R. G. Lang , S. Le Stum , F. Leitl , A. Lemière , M. Lemoine-Goumard , J. -P. Lenain , F. Leuschner , A. Luashvili , J. Mackey , D. Malyshev , D. Malyshev , V. Marandon , P. Marinos , G. Martí-Devesa , R. Marx , A. Mehta , M. Meyer , A. Mitchell , R. Moderski , L. Mohrmann , A. Montanari , E. Moulin , T. Murach , M. de Naurois , J. Niemiec , P. O'Brien , S. Ohm , L. Olivera-Nieto , E. de Ona Wilhelmi , M. Ostrowski , S. Panny , M. Panter , R. D. Parsons , G. Peron , D. A. Prokhorov , G. Pühlhofer , M. Punch , A. Quirrenbach , M. Regeard , P. Reichherzer , A. Reimer , O. Reimer , H. Ren , M. Renaud , B. Reville , F. Rieger , G. Roellinghoff , B. Rudak , V. Sahakian , H. Salzmann , M. Sasaki , F. Schüssler , H. M. Schutte , J. N. S. Shapopi , A. Specovius , S. Spencer , Ł. Stawarz , R. Steenkamp , S. Steinmassl , C. Steppa , K. Streil , I. Sushch , H. Suzuki , T. Takahashi , T. Tanaka , R. Terrier , M. Tluczykont , N. Tsuji , T. Unbehaun , C. van Eldik , M. Vecchi , J. Veh , C. Venter , J. Vink , T. Wach , S. J. Wagner , A. Wierzcholska , M. Zacharias , D. Zargaryan , A. A. Zdziarski , A. Zech , S. Zouari , N. Żywucka , A. Harding

In recent years, it has become a well-established paradigm that many aspects of the physics of Pulsar Wind Nebulae (PWNe) can be fully accounted for within a relativistic MHD description. Numerical simulations have proven extremely…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-17 Barbara Olmi , Luca Del Zanna , Elena Amato , Rino Bandiera , Niccolò Bucciantini

The Crab nebula is a prominent pulsar wind nebula (PWN) detected in multiband observations ranging from radio to very high-energy (VHE) $\gamma$-rays. Recently, $\gamma$-rays with energies above $1 \mathrm{PeV}$ had been detected by the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-01-05 Lu Wen , Ke-Yao Wu , Huan Yu , Jun Fang

In this paper we present, for the first time, simulated maps of the circularly polarized synchrotron emission from the Crab nebula, using multidimensional state of the art models for the magnetic field geometry. Synchrotron emission is the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-01-31 N. Bucciantini , B. Olmi

We present JWST observations of the Crab Nebula, the iconic remnant of the historical SN 1054. The observations include NIRCam and MIRI imaging mosaics, plus MIRI/MRS IFU spectra that probe two select locations within the ejecta filaments.…

The traditional view of radio pulsar wind nebulae (PWN), encouraged by the Crab nebula's X-ray and radio morphologies, is that they are a result of the integrated history of their pulsars' wind. The radio emission should therefore be…

We present International LOw Frequency ARray (LOFAR) Telescope (ILT) observations of the Crab Nebula, the remnant of a core-collapse supernova explosion observed by astronomers in 1054. The field of the Crab Nebula was observed between 120…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-07-16 M. Arias , R. Timmerman , F. Sweijen , R. J. van Weeren , C. G. Bassa

The Crab pulsar belongs to one of the most studied stellar objects in the sky. Since its accidental detection in 1968, its pulsed emission has been observed throughout most of the electromagnetic spectrum. Although currently one of more…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-11-18 Natalia Lewandowska

The radiation mechanisms contributing to formation of the nonthermal spectrum of the Crab Nebula, as well as the information that could be derived from future observations in different energy bands, are discussed.

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 F. A. Aharonian , A. M. Atoyan

A statistical scenario is proposed to explain the $\gamma$-ray variability and flares of the Crab nebula, which were observed recently by the Fermi/LAT. In this scenario electrons are accelerated in a series of knots, whose sizes follow a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-03-09 Qiang Yuan , Peng-Fei Yin , Xue-Feng Wu , Xiao-Jun Bi , Siming Liu , Bing Zhang

Pulsar wind driven synchrotron nebulae are offering a unique view on the connection of the pulsar wind and the surrounding medium. The Crab nebula is particularly well suited for detailed studies of the different emission regions. As…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 D. Horns , F. A. Aharonian

Recent discoveries of the intriguing ``jet-torus'' structure in the Crab Nebula and other pulsar nebulae prompted calls for re-examining of their theory. The most radical proposals involve abolishing of the MHD approximation altogether and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 S. S. Komissarov , Y. E. Lyubarsky

Recently the AGILE and Fermi/LAT detectors uncovered giant $\gamma$-ray flares from the Crab nebula. The duration of these flares is a few days. The Fermi/LAT data with monthly time binning further showed significant variability of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-30 Qiang Yuan , Peng-Fei Yin , Xue-Feng Wu , Xiao-Jun Bi , Siming Liu , Bing Zhang
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