The 'black-widow' pulsar in X-rays

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Sep 2007

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007cxo..prop.2386z&link_type=abstract

Chandra Proposal ID #09500172

Physics

Chandra Proposal Id #09500172

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We propose a deep observation of the "black-widow" eclipsing millisecond pulsar B1957+20 in a 33-ks orbital period binary system with a low-mass companion. The system is the only currently known example where the interactions of the pulsar wind with the interstellar medium and the wind from the companion have been observed. This was accomplished by a previous Chandra observation that lasted 43 ksec. These interactions are tools for elucidating properties of the relativistic wind which carries away the pulsar's rotational energy. Our study will provide much more detail for the physical properties of both the termination and intrabinary shocks and, hence, further insight into the nature of pulsar winds.

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