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Observations of the Vela pulsar region with the Chandra X-ray observatory have revealed the fine structure of its synchrotron pulsar-wind nebula (PWN), which showed an overall similarity with the Crab PWN. However, contrary to the Crab, no…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 R. P. Mignani , A. De Luca , O. Kargaltsev , G. G. Pavlov , S. Zaggia , P. A. Caraveo , W. Becker

We present the first detection of GeV $\gamma$-ray emission potentially associated with the pulsar wind nebula (PWN) hosted by the young core-collapse supernova remnant G292.0+1.8, based on a detailed time-resolved analysis of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-10-29 A. Lemière , G. Castelletti , N. L. Maza

Neutron stars lose the bulk of their rotational energy in the form of a pulsar wind: an ultra-relativistic outflow of predominantly electrons and positrons. This pulsar wind significantly impacts the environment and possible binary…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-01-05 J. D. Gelfand , R. P. Breton , C. -Y. Ng , J. W. T. Hessels , B. Stappers , M. S. E. Roberts , A. Possenti

Pulsar Wind Nebulae (PWNe) act as calorimeters for the relativistic pair winds emanating from within the pulsar light cylinder. Their radiative dissipation in various wavebands is significantly different from that of their pulsar central…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-19 Matthew G. Baring

The broadband emission of Pulsar Wind Nebulae (PWNe) is well described by non-thermal emissions from accelerated electrons and positrons. However, the standard shock acceleration model of PWNe does not account for the hard spectrum in radio…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-05-31 Shuta J. Tanaka , Katsuaki Asano

The radiation of a pulsar wind is computed assuming that at roughly 10 to 100 light cylinder radii from the star, magnetic energy is dissipated into particle energy. The synchrotron emission of heated particles appears periodic, with, in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 J. G. Kirk , O. Skjaeraasen , Y. A. Gallant

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 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

The supernova remnant SNR 0540-69.3, twin of the Crab Nebula, offers an excellent opportunity to study the continuum emission from a young pulsar and pulsar-wind nebula (PWN). We present observations taken with the VLT instruments MUSE and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-08-21 L. Tenhu , J. Larsson , J. Sollerman , P. Lundqvist , J. Spyromilio , J. D. Lyman , G. Olofsson

The morphology of young Pulsar Wind Nebulae (PWN) is largely determined by the properties of the wind injected by the pulsar. We have used a recent parametrization of the wind obtained from Force Free Electrodynamics simulations of pulsar…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-08-04 Rolf Buehler , Matteo Giomi

G54.1+0.3 is a Crab-like pulsar wind nebula (PWN) with the highest $\gamma$-ray to X-ray luminosity ratio among all the nebulae driven by young rotation-powered pulsars. We model the spectral evolution of the PWN and find it difficult to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-19 Hui Li , Yang Chen , Li Zhang

We estimate the TeV gamma-ray fluxes expected from the population of young pulsars in terms of the self-consistent time dependent hadronic-leptonic model for the high energy processes inside the pulsar wind nebulae. This radiation model…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 W. Bednarek , M. Bartosik

Recently, the rapid multiwavelength photometry and flash spectra of supernova (SN) 2013fs imply that the progenitor stars of regular type II SNe (SNe II) might be commonly surrounded with a confined dense stellar wind ejected by themselves…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-01-31 Zhuo Li

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

The excellent sensitivity and high resolution capability of wide FoV ground-based imaging atmospheric Cerenkov telescopes allow us for the first time to resolve the morphological structures of pulsar wind nebulae (PWN) which are older and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 O. C. de Jager , C. Venter

We study four young Pulsar Wind Nebulae (PWNe) detected in TeV gamma-rays, G21.5-0.9, G54.1+0.3, Kes 75, and G0.9+0.1, using the spectral evolution model developed and applied to the Crab Nebula in our previous work. We model the evolution…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-30 Shuta J. Tanaka , Fumio Takahara

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…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Jonathan Granot , Dafne Guetta

The remarkable Crab Nebula is powered by an energetic pulsar whose relativistic wind interacts with the inner parts of the Supernova Remnant SN1054. Despite low-intensity optical and X-ray variations in the inner Nebula, the Crab has been…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-06-07 Marco Tavani

A recent research shows that particles with a spectrum of a relativistic Maxwellian plus a high-energy tail can be accelerated by relativistic collisionless shocks. We investigate the possibility of the high-energy particles with this new…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-18 J. Fang , L. Zhang

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