Pulsar Wind Nebulae in the Chandra Era

By O. Kargaltsev, G. Pavlov. 2008

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Pulsar winds shocked in the ambient medium produce spectacular nebulae observable from the radio through γ‐rays. The shape and the spectrum of a pulsar wind nebula (PWN) depend on the angular distribution, magnetization and energy spectrum of the wind streaming from the pulsar magnetosphere, as well as on the pulsar velocity and the properties of the ambient medium. The advent of Chandra, with its unprecedented angular resolution and high sensitivity, has allowed us not only to detect many new PWNe, but also study their spatial and spectral structure and dynamics, which has significantly advanced our understanding of these objects. Here we overview recent observational results on PWNe, with emphasis on Chandra observations.

Subfields: Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atmospheric Science

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• A census of high-energy observations of Galactic supernova remnants (2012, methodology): “We have also cross-checked our entries with the PWNe list of Kargaltsev and Pavlov (2008).”
• Supernova remnants: the X-ray perspective (2011, background): “To complicate matters, the Crab nebula does show optical line emission from supernova ejecta, which could be referred to as a SNR. Pulsar wind nebulae can be found around both young and old pulsars, even a few millisecond pulsars have small nebulae around them (Kargaltsev and Pavlov, 2008).”