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We present high-resolution radio observations of the pulsar wind nebula (PWN) MSH15-52, which is renowned for its distinctive hand-like shape, and its associated supernova remnant RCW 89. Using the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA),…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-08-21 S. Zhang , C. -Y. Ng , N. Bucciantini

Using the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) we have imaged the fields around five promising pulsar candidates to search for radio pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe). We have used the ATCA in its pulsar gating mode; this enables an image to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 B. W. Stappers , B. M. Gaensler , S. Johnston

PSR B1706$-$44 is an energetic gamma-ray pulsar located inside supernova remnant (SNR) G343.1$-$2.3 and it powers a compact pulsar wind nebula (PWN) that shows torus and jet structure in X-rays. We present a radio study of the PWN using…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-03-15 Y. H. Liu , C. -Y. Ng , R. Dodson

This work presents a new detailed study on the energy-dependent variation in the X-ray polarisation of the Crab Pulsar Wind Nebula (PWN), obtained using data from the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE). For the entire PWN, we…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-04-15 Wenhao Wei , Fei Xie , Fabio La Monaca , Wei Deng , Mingyu Ge , Kuan Liu , Chao Zuo , Wei Chen

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

We report on a sensitive survey for radio pulsar wind nebulae (PWN) towards 27 energetic and/or high velocity pulsars. Observations were carried out at 1.4 GHz using the Very Large Array and the Australia Telescope Compact Array, and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 B. M. Gaensler , B. W. Stappers , D. A. Frail , D. A. Moffett , S. Johnston , S. Chatterjee

Vela X is a pulsar wind nebula in which two relativistic particle populations with distinct spatial and spectral distributions dominate the emission at different wavelengths. An extended $2^\circ \times 3^\circ$ nebula is seen in radio and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-09-19 L. Tibaldo , R. Zanin , G. Faggioli , J. Ballet , M. -H. Grondin , J. A. Hinton , M. Lemoine-Goumard

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

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…

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

Whilst the Vela pulsar and its associated nebula are often considered as the archetype of a system powered by a \sim10^4 year old isolated neutron star, many features of the spectral energy distribution of this pulsar wind nebula are both…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-03 James Hinton , Stefan Funk , Robert Parsons , Stefan Ohm

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…

Pulsar Wind Nebulae (PWNe) constitute an ideal astrophysical environment to test our current understanding of relativistic plasma processes. It is well known that magnetic fields play a crucial role in their dynamics and emission…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-08-02 N. Bucciantini , R. Bandiera , B. Olmi , L. Del Zanna

X-ray polarization observations of pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe) provide crucial insights into magnetic field structures and particle acceleration mechanisms. While the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) has made significant…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-24 Kuan Liu , Fei Xie , Ming-Yu Ge , Wei Deng , En-Wei Liang

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

We present results from Chandra and XMM-Newton observations of the radio pulsar B1046-58. A high-resolution spatial analysis reveals an asymmetric pulsar wind nebula (PWN) ~6"x11" in size. The combined emission from the pulsar and its PWN…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 M. E. Gonzalez , V. M. Kaspi , M. J. Pivovaroff , B. M. Gaensler

For pulsars similar to the one in the Crab Nebula, most of the energy input to the surrounding wind nebula occurs on a timescale of less than 1000 years; during this time, the nebula expands into freely expanding supernova ejecta. On a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 John M. Blondin , Roger A. Chevalier , Dargan M. Frierson

Pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe) are suggested to be acceleration sites of cosmic rays in the Galaxy. While the magnetic field plays an important role in the acceleration process, previous observations of magnetic field configurations of PWNe are…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-04-06 Y. K. Ma , C. -Y. Ng , N. Bucciantini , P. O. Slane , B. M. Gaensler , T. Temim

We report on Australia Telescope Compact Array observations of the ~10^5 yr old pulsar PSR B0906-49. In an image containing only off-pulse emission, we find a weak, slightly extended source coincident with the pulsar's position, which we…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 B. M. Gaensler , B. W. Stappers , D. A. Frail , S. Johnston

Vela X is a nearby pulsar wind nebula (PWN) powered by a $\sim 10^4$ year old pulsar. Modeling of the spectral energy distribution of the Vela X PWN has shown that accelerated electrons have largely escaped from the confinement, which is…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-10-31 Zhi-Qiu Huang , Kun Fang , Ruo-Yu Liu , Xiang-Yu Wang