Proper Motion of the Crab Pulsar Revisited
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It has been suggested that the Crab pulsar's proper motion is well aligned with the symmetry axis of the pulsar wind nebula. We have re-visited this question, examining over 6 years of F547M WFPC2 chip 3 images to obtain a best-fit value of $��_\ast = 14.9 \pm 0.8$mas/yr at PA $278\arcdeg \pm 3\arcdeg$. At $26\arcdeg\pm 3\arcdeg$ to the nebula axis, this substantially relaxes constraints on the birth kick of this pulsar. Such misalignment allows the momentum to be imparted over $\sim$1s timescales.
10 pages, 3 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ
- Stanford University United States
- University of Hong Kong (香港大學) China (People's Republic of)
- University of Hong Kong China (People's Republic of)
- Department of Physics Stanford University United States
Stars: Neutron, Astrophysics (astro-ph), Pulsars: Individual (Crab), FOS: Physical sciences, Astrometry, Astrophysics
Stars: Neutron, Astrophysics (astro-ph), Pulsars: Individual (Crab), FOS: Physical sciences, Astrometry, Astrophysics
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