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We present a Chandra X-ray observation of G12.82-0.02, a shell-like radio supernova remnant coincident with the TeV gamma-ray source HESS J1813-178. We resolve the X-ray emission from the co-located ASCA source into a compact object…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 E. V. Gotthelf , D. J. Helfand

TeV halos have been suggested as a common phenomenon associated with middle-aged pulsars. Based on our recent work on PSR~J0631+1036, which is the only known source positionally coincident with a hard TeV gamma-ray source and likely powers…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-10-10 Dong Zheng , Zhongxiang Wang

This article reports the results of X-ray studies of the extended TeV $\gamma$-ray source VER J2019+368. Suzaku observations conducted to examine properties of the X-ray pulsar wind nebula (PWN) around PSR J2021+3651 revealed that the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-06-14 T. Mizuno , N. Tanaka , H. Takahashi , J. Katsuta , K. Hayashi , R. Yamazaki

Very-high-energy $\gamma$-ray emission provides constraints on the morphology and the physics mechanisms involved in the evolution of pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe). In the Galactic plane, around $312 ^{\circ}$ of Galactic longitude, a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-06-06 P. Chambéry , Y. Gallant , A. Jardin-Blicq , M. Lemoine-Goumard , V. Marandon , A. Sinha , M. Tsirou , H. E. S. S. Collaboration

In this work, we study theoretical and observational issues about pulsars (PSRs), pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe) and supernova remnants (SNRs). In particular, the spectral modeling of young PWNe and the X-ray analysis of SNRs with magnetars…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-02-11 J. Martin

Pulsar halos are a recently identified class of TeV $\gamma$-ray sources, offering valuable insights into the evolution of pulsar systems at the highest energies. However, only a handful of such sources have been detected so far, making…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-10-06 Tina Wach , Alison M. W. Mitchell

The spectral energy distribution from the X-ray to the very high energy regime ($>100$ GeV) has been investigated for the $\gamma$-ray binary system PSR B1259-63/SS2883 as a function of orbital phase within the framework of a simple model…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-08-11 Jumpei Takata , Ronald E. Taam

Very high-energy (VHE; E>100 GeV) gamma-rays have been detected from a wide range of astronomical objects, such as pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe), supernova remnants (SNRs), giant molecular clouds, gamma-ray binaries, the Galactic Center,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-03-13 P. H. Thomas Tam , Stefan Wagner , Omar Tibolla , Ryan Chaves

We obtained a 108 ks Chandra X-ray Observatory (CXO) observation of PSR J1849-0001 and its pulsar wind nebula (PWN), coincident with the TeV source HESS J1849-000. By analyzing the new and archival CXO data, we resolved the pulsar from the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-07-02 Seth Gagnon , Oleg Kargaltsev , Noel Klingler , Jeremy Hare , Hui Yang , Alexander Lange , Jordan Eagle

In a Pulsar Wind Nebula (PWN), the lifetime of inverse Compton emitting electrons exceeds the lifetime of its progenitor pulsar, but it exceeds also the age of the electrons that emit via synchrotron radiation; i.e. while the PWN grows…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-30 O. Tibolla , K. Mannheim , S. Kaufmann , D. Elsässer

The High-Altitude Water Cherenkov Telescope (HAWC) has detected TeV halos associated with two nearby pulsars/pulsar wind nebulae (PWN) -- Geminga and B0656+14. These TeV halos extend up to tens of pc from the central accelerators,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-02-26 Youyou Li , Oscar Macias , Shinichiro Ando , Jacco Vink

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

Pulsars convert a significant fraction of their total spin-down power into very high-energy electrons, leading to the formation of TeV halos. It is not yet known, however, whether these sources also efficiently accelerate electrons at lower…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-05-14 Dan Hooper , Elena Pinetti , Anastasia Sokolenko

The recent measurement by LHAASO of gamma-ray emission extending up to 100s of TeV from multiple Galactic sources represents a major observational step forward in the search for the origin of the Galactic cosmic rays. The burning question…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-03-30 M. Breuhaus , B. Reville , J. A. Hinton

The advent of the Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO) accelerated the detection of TeV and PeV gamma-ray sources. Some of these are associated with pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe) and other Galactic objects, while others are yet…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-04-08 H. W. Edler , M. Arias , A. Botteon , C. G. Bassa

The detection of unpulsed TeV emission from PSR B1706-44 raised the question if this VHE emission results from inverse Compton scattering of multi-TeV electrons on the CMBR and other soft photon fields. This hints at the existence of an…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 R. R. Sefako , O. C. de Jager , D. J. Van der Walt , H. Winkler

We report on the X-ray emission properties of the pulsar PSR J1849$-$0001 and its wind nebula (PWN), as measured by Chandra, XMM-Newton, NICER, Swift, and NuSTAR. In the X-ray data, we detected the 38-ms pulsations of the pulsar up to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-11-22 Chanho Kim , Jaegeun Park , Jooyun Woo , Sarah Silverman , Hongjun An , Aya Bamba , Kaya Mori , Stephen P. Reynolds , Samar Safi-Harb

In this study, we report the likely GeV {\gamma}-ray emissions originating from the pulsar PSR J1849-0001's pulsar wind nebula (PWN) G32.64+0.53. Our analysis covers approximately 14.7 years of data from the Fermi Large Area Telescope…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-08-14 Yifan Xiao , Keyao Wu , Jun Fang

The first short Chandra and XMM-Newton observations of the young and energetic pulsar J1357-6429 provided strong indications of a tail-like pulsar-wind nebula associated with this object, as well as pulsations of its X-ray flux with a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Vyacheslav E. Zavlin

INTEGRAL regularly scans the Galactic plane to search for new objects and in particular for absorbed sources with the bulk of their emission above 10-20 keV. The first new INTEGRAL source was discovered on 2003 January 29, 0.5 degree from…