Pulsar Wind Nebula Generation: A Spin-down Power Threshold?

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Sep 2005

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Chandra Proposal ID #07500661

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Chandra Proposal Id #07500661

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We propose to complete a Chandra X-ray spectroscopic survey of energetic rotation-powered pulsars down to a spin-down power limit of dE/dt = Iwdw/dt > 2x10^36 erg/s. The current survey suggests that all pulsars with dE/dt > dE/dt_c ~ 4x10^36 erg/s are X-ray bright, manifest a distinct pulsar wind nebula (PWN), and are associated with a supernova event. Below dE/dt_c, the X-ray flux ratio F_PWN / F_PSR is found to decrease by an order-of-magnitude. Our goal is to test this empirical results by analyzing available archival datasets and targeting four yet unmeasured survey objects. Uncovering a spin-down power threshold may help constrain pulsar emission models of young rotation-powered neutron.

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