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Recent X-ray Observations of Pulsar Nebulae

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Nobuyuki Kawai  and
Keisuke Tamura
Nobuyuki Kawai
Affiliation:
Cosmic Radiation Laboratory, The Institute of Physical and ChemicalResearch (RIKEN) 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-01, Japan
Keisuke Tamura
Affiliation:
Cosmic Radiation Laboratory, The Institute of Physical and ChemicalResearch (RIKEN) 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-01, Japan

Abstract

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Results from the X-ray observations of pulsars with ASCA are presented. The surroundings of pulsars are investigated in detail taking advantage of ASCA’s unique capabilities; high spectral resolution and a high throughput over a wide energy range from 0.4 keV to 10 keV. The spectral characteristics of the nebulae of PSR B1509—58 and the Vela pulsar are spectroscopically investigated. A jet-like feature is found from PSR B1509—58. We detected diffuse emission sources in the vicinity of many pulsars. The high probability of finding such diffuse sources for many pulsars suggests that they exist universally for all the active pulsars, and that they are powered by the pulsars. SNR Kes 32 was imaged in X-ray for the first time. Its X-ray properties can be used to examine its association with the nearby pulsar PSR B1610—50.

Type
Part 6 Winds and the ISM
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 160: Pulsars: Problems and Progress , 1996 , pp. 367 - 374
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1996

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