Ubiquity: Relativistic winds from young rotation-powered pulsars
- 1 January 2001
- proceedings article
- Published by AIP Publishing in AIP Conference Proceedings
- Vol. 586 (1) , 513-518
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1419602
Abstract
Recent X-ray observations of young rotation-powered pulsars are providing an unprecedented detailed view of pulsar wind nebulae. For the first time, coherent emission features involving wisps, co-aligned toroidal structures, and axial jets are fully resolved in X-rays on arc-second scales. These structures, which are remarkably coherent and symmetric, are similar to features seen in the optical Crab nebula. In this report, we present the latest high resolution Chandra X-ray images of six young rotation-powered pulsars in supernova remnants. These data suggest an X-ray morphology perhaps common to all young rotation-powered pulsars and serve as a guide for developing the next generation of theoretical models for pulsar wind nebulae.Keywords
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