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Spectroscopy of the Crab nebula along different slit directions reveals the 3 dimensional structure of the optical nebula. On the basis of the linear radial expansion result first discovered by Trimble (1968), we make a 3D model of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Andrej Cadez , Alberto Carraminana , Simon Vidrih

The Crab nebula is a supernova remnant exhibiting a highly polarized synchrotron radiation at radio and millimeter wavelengths. It is the brightest source in the microwave sky with an extension of 7 by 5 arcminutes and commonly used as a…

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 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 report the detection and observed characteristics of giant pulses from the Crab Nebula pulsar (B0531+21) in four frequency bands covering 20-84 MHz using the recently-completed Long Wavelength Array Station 1 (LWA1) radio telescope. In…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-15 S. W. Ellingson , T. E. Clarke , J. Craig , B. C. Hicks , T. J. W. Lazio , G. B. Taylor , T. L. Wilson , C. N. Wolfe

We will present our study of the flux and spectral variability of the Crab above 100 MeV on different timescales ranging from days to weeks. In addition to the four main intense and day-long flares detected by AGILE and Fermi-LAT between…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-03-12 E. Striani , M. Tavani , V. Vittorini

We report about very high energy (VHE) gamma-ray observations of the Crab Nebula with the MAGIC telescope. The gamma-ray flux from the nebula was measured between 60 GeV and 9 TeV. The energy spectrum can be described with a curved power…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 A. Nepomuk Otte

The Crab Nebula was discovered as the first very-high-energy gamma-ray source by the Whipple Observatory in 1989. Thirty years after its discovery it is still the reference source and the standard candle for Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-09-13 Michele Peresano , Razmik Mirzoyan , Ievgen Vovk , Petar Temnikov , Darko Zarić , Nikola Godinović , Juliane van Scherpenberg , Jüergen Besenrieder

We report on very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) observations of the radio emission from the inner region of the Crab Nebula, made at 1.6 GHz and 5 GHz after a recent high-energy flare in this object. The 5 GHz data have provided only…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-28 A. P. Lobanov , D. Horns , T. W. B. Muxlow

The Crab Pulsar Wind Nebula is the best studied source of $\gamma$-ray astrophysics. The contribution of the various soft radiation fields to the Inverse Compton component of its high energy emission, the strenght of the internal magnetic…

We report on the amplitude of the density turbulence spectrum ($C_{N}^{2}$) and the density modulation index ($\delta N/N$) in the solar wind between $10$ and $45 R_{\odot}$. We derive these quantities using a structure function that is…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-25 K. Sasikumar Raja , Madhusudan Ingale , R. Ramesh , Prasad Subramanian , P. K. Manoharan , P. Janardhan

We have analysed the full suite of Australia Telescope Compact Array data for the Stingray planetary nebula. Data were taken in the 4- to 23-GHz range of radio frequencies between 1991 and 2016. The radio flux density of the nebula…

Observations of the Crab Nebula have proven to be the best tool to calibrate and to characterize the performance of a Cherenkov telescope. Scientifically, it is interesting to measure the energy spectrum of the Crab Nebula close to the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 O. Celik

Aims. We use the IBIS/ISGRI telescope on-board INTEGRAL to measure the position of the centroid of the 20-200 keV emission from the Crab region. Methods. We find that the astrometry of the IBIS telescope is affected by the temperature of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-14 D. Eckert , V. Savchenko , N. Produit , C. Ferrigno

The linear polarisation of the Crab pulsar and its close environment was derived from observations with the high-speed photo-polarimeter OPTIMA at the 2.56-m Nordic Optical Telescope in the optical spectral range (400 - 750 nm). Time…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-12 Agnieszka Słowikowska , Gottfried Kanbach , Michael Kramer , Alexander Stefanescu

Searching for variability, we have observed a sample of hot post-AGB stars and young Planetary Nebulae candidates with the Very Large Array at 4.8, 8.4, and 22.4 GHz. The sources had been previously detected in the radio continuum, which is…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 L. Cerrigone , C. Trigilio , G. Umana , C. S. Buemi , P. Leto

The Crab nebula was once considered to be a stable source until strong flares, up to 30 times increase in flux, were observed in the MeV and GeV energy range by the AGILE and Fermi Gamma-ray Observatories. Existing nebula models often…

The Crab Nebula is an astrophysical system that exhibits complex morphological patterns at different observing frequencies. We carry out a systematic investigation of the structural complexity of the nebula using publicly available imaging…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2024-02-20 Athokpam Langlen Chanu , Pravabati Chingangbam , Fazlu Rahman , R. K. Brojen Singh , Preeti Kharb