The X-ray-emitting trail of the nearby pulsar PSR1929 + 10

Details The X-ray-emitting trail of the nearby pulsar PSR1929 + 10 The X-ray-emitting trail of the nearby pulsar PSR1929 + 10

Jul 1993

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993natur.364..127w&link_type=abstract

Nature (ISSN 0028-0836), vol. 364, no. 6433, p. 127-129.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Pulsars, Radio Astronomy, X Ray Sources, Nebulae, Particle Emission, Relativistic Electron Beams, Rosat Mission, Synchrotron Radiation

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The paper reports the detection by the Rosat satellite of a nebula associated with the nearby pulsar PSR1929 + 10, which is of a type different from the pulsar-wind nebulae produced by direct interaction of the relativistic wind from older pulsars with the interstellar medium (ISM) (Blandorf et al., 1973). The PSR1929 + 10 nebula appears as a linear diffuse X-ray feature in the direction opposite to the pulsar's proper motion, with the pulsar wind confined by the ram-pressure arising from the high velocity of the pulsar through the ISM. This results in a trail of relativistic electrons with enhanced emissions of synchrotron radiation.

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