The complex wind torus and jets of PSR B1706-44

Roger W. Romani; C. Y. Ng; Richard Dodson; Walter Brisken

doi:10.1086/432527

The complex wind torus and jets of PSR B1706-44

Roger W. Romani, C. Y. Ng, Richard Dodson, Walter Brisken

Physics and Astronomy (Twin Cities)

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We report on Chandra ACIS imaging of the pulsar wind nebula (PWN) of the young Vela-like PSR B1706-44, which shows the now common pattern of an equatorial wind and polar jets. The structure is particularly rich, showing a relativistically boosted termination shock, jets with strong confinement, a surrounding radio/X-ray PWN, and evidence for a quasistatic "bubble nebula." The structures trace the pulsar spin geometry and illuminate its possible relation to SNR G343.1-2.3. We also obtain improved estimates of the pulsar flux and nebular spectrum, constraining the system age and energetics.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	480-487
Number of pages	8
Journal	Astrophysical Journal
Volume	631
Issue number	1 I
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/432527
State	Published - Sep 20 2005

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