Abstract
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) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 480-487 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Astrophysical Journal |
| Volume | 631 |
| Issue number | 1 I |
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| State | Published - Sep 20 2005 |
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Romani, R. W., Ng, C. Y., Dodson, R., & Brisken, W. (2005). The complex wind torus and jets of PSR B1706-44. Astrophysical Journal, 631(1 I), 480-487. https://doi.org/10.1086/432527