Hubble Space Telescope and Chandra Monitoring of the Crab Synchrotron Nebula

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Sep 2002

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002apj...577l..49h&link_type=abstract

The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 577, Issue 1, pp. L49-L52.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Ism: Individual: Name: Crab Nebula, Ism: Jets And Outflows, Stars: Pulsars: Individual: Name: Crab Pulsar, Ism: Supernova Remnants

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We report the results of coordinated Hubble Space Telescope and Chandra observations of the Crab synchrotron nebula. Similar dynamical structures, including equatorial wisps moving outward at ~0.5c, are seen in both passbands. The inner X-ray ring is a variable, irregular structure from which wisps and diffuse emission emerge. The X-ray/visible jet to the southeast of the pulsar is a true jet. The data support the interpretation that the inner ring and a highly dynamical feature at the base of the jet are unstable quasi-stationary shocks in the ``cold'' equatorial wind and polar jet from the pulsar.

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