The Pulsar Wind Nebula around PSR 0656+14

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Sep 2002

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002cxo..prop.1226z&link_type=abstract

Chandra Proposal ID #04500911

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Chandra Proposal Id #04500911

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PSR B0656+14 (characteristic age = 110 kyr) is the youngest and the brightest of the X-ray detected middle-aged radio pulsars. The X-ray spectrum consists of at least two components, a soft thermal component and a hard component interpreted as a power-law. Chandra observations have provided evidence for extended emission around the pulsar with a characteristic size of about 3-5 arcseconds, the pulsar-wind nebula (PWN) around the pulsar. The observed properties of the PWN are compatible with the predictions of the theoretical models. We propose an observation of the pulsar and its PWN with HRC-I. This observation will provide the image without instrumental artifacts to confirm the detection of the PWN, and measure its luminosity and morphology.

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