The X-Ray Nebula of PSR B1046-58

Details The X-Ray Nebula of PSR B1046-58 The X-Ray Nebula of PSR B1046-58

Sep 2002

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002cxo..prop.1202k&link_type=abstract

Chandra Proposal ID #04500228

Physics

Chandra Proposal Id #04500228

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Pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe), well studied with Chandra, are a result of confinement of the relativistic wind produced by rotation-powered pulsars. In sources studied thus far, confinement is by either the high pressure in the interior of a supernova remnant, or of ram-pressure due to the pulsar velocity and ambient density. Here we request 36~ks of ACIS time to study the PWN around the young, energetic pulsar PSR B1046-58. This PWN, according to basic reasoning, should not exist, as there is no obvious wind confinement mechanism. Yet ASCA observations reveal a relatively bright nebula. Using Chandra's high spatial resolution, we will, for the first, time, resolve the features in this PWN, in order to solve the mystery and determine how this PWN is produced.

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