AXAF Observations of the Duck Pulsar PSR B1757-24

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Sep 1999

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Chandra Proposal ID #01500762

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Chandra Proposal Id #01500762

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The young energetic radio pulsar PSR B1757-24 is traveling at high velocity out of the supernova remnant G5.4-1.2, in the process, re-energizing the remnant's shell, and powering a synchrotron nebula having dramatic bow-shock morphology. AXAF observations will determine properties of the pulsar wind that are unobservable in other systems, and permit detailed study of the unusual pulsar/remnant interaction. Useful X-ray observations of the PSR B1757-24/G5.4-1.2 system have been impossible before AXAF, because of the low predicted count rates for ROSAT, and because of a nearby unrelated bright source that contaminated the ASCA field. The first X-ray observation of this unique source has thus awaited the arrival of AXAF, with its high energy response, and unparalleled spatial resolution.

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