X-Ray Emission from the Guitar Nebula

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Preprint , Other literature type 01 Aug 1997Embargo end date: 01 Jan 1997Publisher:American Astronomical SocietyJournal:The Astrophysical Journal, volume 484, pages L137-L140 (issn: 0004-637X,

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Authors: Romani, Roger W.; Cordes, James M.; Yadigaroglu, I. -A.;

doi: 10.1086/310796 , 10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/9706220

arXiv: astro-ph/9706220

X-Ray Emission from the Guitar Nebula

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We have detected weak soft X-ray emission from the Pulsar Wind Nebula trailing the high velocity star PSR 2224+65 (the `Guitar Nebula'). This X-ray flux gives evidence of ��~10^7 eV particles in the pulsar wind and constrains the properties of the post-shock flow. The X-ray emission is most easily understood if the shocked pulsar wind is partly confined in the nebula and if magnetic fields in this zone can grow to near equipartition values.

5 pages, 2 figures. LaTeX w/ aas2pp4, aassize. To appear in ApJL, Aug 1997

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Astrophysics (astro-ph), FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics

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