The Guitar Nebula: A Bow Shock that Traces ISM Turbulence and Accelerates Relativistic Particles

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Sep 2005

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Chandra Proposal ID #07500542

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Chandra Proposal Id #07500542

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We propose joint Chandra and HST observations of the Guitar Nebula, an extraordinary bow-shock nebula produced by a very high-velocity but otherwise ordinary pulsar. Prior HST observations show epoch dependent changes in shock structure that signify changing ISM conditions. An enigmatic jet or filament is seen in a Chandra ACIS image (year 2000), unlike jets from the Crab or other young pulsars. New Chandra observations will reveal the relative motion of the jet and the pulsar (which has moved by 0.9 arcsec) and thus determine if self confinement or special structure in the ISM plays a dominant role in shaping the jet, and will constrain the particle acceleration mechanism. We request joint high-resolution HST observations to contemporaneously determine the ISM density profile.

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