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A PeVatron Candidate: Modelling the Boomerang Nebula in X-ray Band

Pulsar wind nebula (PWN) Boomerang and the associated supernova remnant (SNR) G106.3+2.7 are among candidates for the ultra-high-energy (UHE) gamma-ray counterparts published by LHAASO. Although the centroid of the extended source, LHAASO…

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Multiband Nonthermal Radiative Properties of the Pulsar Wind Nebula CTB 87

The pulsar wind nebula CTB 87 (G74.9+1.2) is one of the sources emitting $\gamma$-rays with energies higher than 10 TeV, as measured by the Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System telescope (VERITAS). In this study, we…

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H.E.S.S. and Suzaku observations of the Vela X pulsar wind nebula

Pulsar Wind Nebulae (PWNe) represent the most prominent population of Galactic very-high-energy gamma-ray sources and are thought to be an efficient source of leptonic cosmic rays. Vela X is a nearby middle-aged PWN, which shows bright…

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Neutrinos from Pulsar Wind Bubbles as Precursors to Gamma-Ray Bursts

The supranova model for gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) has recently gained popularity. In this scenario the GRB occurs weeks to years after a supernova explosion, and is located inside a pulsar wind bubble (PWB). High energy protons from the PWB…

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Future GLAST observations of Supernova remnants and Pulsar Wind Nebulae

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On the evolution of the Gamma- and X-ray luminosities of Pulsar Wind Nebulae

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The Crab pulsar and its pulsar-wind nebula in the optical and infrared

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Detection of TeV emission from the intriguing composite SNR G327.1-1.1

The shock wave of supernova remnants (SNRs) and the wind termination shock in pulsar wind nebula (PWNe) are considered as prime candidates to accelerate the bulk of Galactic cosmic ray (CR) ions and electrons. The SNRs hosting a PWN (known…

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Cosmic rays (protons and other atomic nuclei) are believed to gain energies of petaelectronvolts (PeV) and beyond at astrophysical particle accelerators called 'PeVatrons' inside our Galaxy. Although a characteristic feature of a PeVatron…

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Flares in the Crab Nebula Driven by Untwisting Magnetic Fields

The recent discovery of PeV electrons from the Crab nebula, produced on rapid time scales of one day or less with a sharply peaked gamma-ray spectrum without hard X-rays, challenges traditional models of diffusive shock acceleration…

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