Resolving Pulsar-Wind Nebula around the Energetic PSR J1617-5055

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Sep 2005

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Chandra Proposal ID #07500334

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Chandra Proposal Id #07500334

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We propose to observe the bright, 8-kyr-old pulsar J1617-5055 with Chandra ACIS to resolve the pulsar-wind nebula (PWN) and study its properties. By analogy with other similar pulsars observed in X-rays, PSR J1617-5055 should be surrounded by a bright PWN. The pulsar has been previously observed with Chandra at 7' off-axis. The broad off-axis PSF severely degrades angular resolution and complicates separating the pulsar and PWN components. Nevertheless, our analysis of the Chandra data have provided evidence for a PWN around J1617-5055. The proposed on-axis observation will for the first time resolve the PWN structure and disentangle spectral properties of the PWN and the pulsar itself.

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