The long tail of PSR J1740+1000

Details The long tail of PSR J1740+1000 The long tail of PSR J1740+1000

Sep 2009

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009cxo..prop.2844k&link_type=abstract

Chandra proposal ID #11500865

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An XMM-Newton observation of a 100-kyr-old PSR J1740+1000 revealed a 2-pc long linear feature, most likely a tail behind the supersonically moving pulsar. X-ray observations of such structures are particularly interesting because the entire pulsar wind flow is channeled into a narrow tail,thus making it possible to detect the shocked wind at large distances from the pulsar. Therefore, spatially-resolved spectroscopy and high-resolution imaging of pulsar tails are extremely useful for studying the evolution of cooling pulsar winds and the properties of relativistic MHD flows. Along the entire 5' length, the tail of PSR J1740+1000 is extremely well collimated, with the width of <40'', making Chandra ACIS the only instrument capable of studying the structure of the tail.

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