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We present radio observations of a region in the vicinity of the young pulsar PSR B1853+01 in the supernova remnant W44. The pulsar is located at the apex of an extended feature with cometary morphology. We argue on the basis of its…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 D. A. Frail , E. B. Giacani , W. M. Goss , G. Dubner

Synchrotron X-ray emission from a pulsar wind nebula (PWN) is a sensitive probe of its magnetic field and high-energy particle population. Here we analyze contemporaneous NuSTAR and XMM-Newton observations of the PWN G54.1+0.3, powered by…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-06-30 J. A. J. Alford , G. -B. Zhang , J. D. Gelfand

We present high resolution VLA images taken at the wavelengths of lambda 20 cm, lambda 6 cm, and lambda 3.6 cm in the vicinity of the pulsars PSR B1706-44 (PSR J1709-4428) and PSR B1643-43 (PSR J1646-4346). Both of these pulsars are young…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 E. Giacani , D. A. Frail , W. M. Goss , M. Vieytes

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. during the evolution of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-11-08 O. Tibolla , K. Mannheim , D. Elsässer , S. Kaufmann

With the Expanded Long Wavelength Array (ELWA) and pulsar binning techniques, we searched for off-pulse emission from PSR B0950+08 at 76 MHz. Previous studies suggest that off-pulse emission can be due to pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe) in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-05-27 D. Ruan , G. B. Taylor , J. Dowell , K. Stovall , F. K. Schinzel , P. B. Demorest

We have conducted a radio study at 3.6, 6 and 20 cm using ATCA and VLA and reprocessed XMM-Newton and Chandra data of the pulsar wind nebula (PWN) in the supernova remnant (SNR) G0.9+0.1. The new observations revealed that the morphology…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Gloria Dubner , Elsa Giacani , Anne Decourchelle

The empirical relation between the X-ray luminosity (in the 2-10 keV band) and the rate of spin-down energy loss of a sample of 37 pulsars is re-examined considering recent data from ASCA, RXTE, BeppoSAX, Chandra, and XMM-Newton. The data…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Andrea Possenti , Rossella Cerutti , Monica Colpi , Sandro Mereghetti

Among dozens young pulsar wind nebulae, some have been detected in TeV \gamma-rays (TeV PWNe), while others have not (non-TeV PWNe). The TeV emission detectability is not correlated either with the spin-down power or with the characteristic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-12 Shuta J. Tanaka , Fumio Takahara

We report on a discovery of a diffuse nebula containing a pointlike source in the southern blowout region of the Cygnus Loop supernova remnant, based on Suzaku and XMM-Newton observations. The X-ray spectra from the nebula and the pointlike…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-05 Satoru Katsuda , Hiroshi Tsunemi , Koji Mori , Hiroyuki Uchida , Robert Petre , Shin'ya Yamada , Toru Tamagawa

Pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe) are outstanding accelerators in Nature, in the sense that they accelerate electrons up to the radiation reaction limit. Motivated by this observation, this paper examines the possibility that young pulsar wind…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-09-01 Martin Lemoine , Kumiko Kotera , Jérôme Pétri

Based on the expected population of core collapse supernova remnants and the huge number of detected pulsars in the Galaxy, still representing only a fraction of the real population, pulsar wind nebulae are likely to constitute one of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-09-06 Barbara Olmi

We present an investigation of the spectral and spatial structure of the X-ray emission from 3C 58 based on a 350 ks observation with the Chandra X-ray Observatory. This deep image, obtained as part of the Chandra Large Project program,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Patrick Slane , David J. Helfand , Eric van der Swaluw , Stephen S. Murray

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 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 interaction between a pulsar wind nebula (PWN) and its host supernova remnant (SNR) can produce a vast array of observable structures. Asymmetry present within these structures derives from the complexity of the composite system, where…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-07-26 Christopher Kolb , John Blondin , Patrick Slane , Tea Temim

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

The vast majority of Pulsar Wind Nebulae (PWNe) present in the Galaxy is formed by middle-aged systems characterized by a strong interaction of the PWN itself with the supernova remnant (SNR). Unfortunately, modelling these systems can be…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-08-16 R. Bandiera , N. Bucciantini , B. Olmi , D. F. Torres

In this paper we explore the evolution of a PWN while the pulsar is spinning down. An MHD approach is used to simulate the evolution of a composite remnant. Particular attention is given to the adiabatic loss rate and evolution of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-06-16 O. C. de Jager , S. E. S. Ferreira , A. Djannati-Ataï , M. Dalton , C. Deil , K. Kosack , M. Renaud , U. Schwanke , O. Tibolla

During the search for counterparts of very-high-energy gamma-ray sources, we serendipitously discovered large, extended, low surface brightness emission from PWNe around pulsars with the ages up to ~100 kyrs, a discovery made possible by…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-19 Aya Bamba , Takayasu Anada , Tadayasu Dotani , Koji Mori , Ryo Yamazaki , Ken Ebisawa , Jacco Vink

We investigate effects of energetic pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe) on dust formation and evolution. Dust emission has been observed in many supernova remnants that also have neutron stars as compact remnants. We study the dependence of dust…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-03-06 Conor Omand , Kazumi Kashiyama , Kohta Murase