Posselt Pulsar Wind Nebula (IMAGE)

Penn State

Posselt Pulsar Wind Nebula

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This is a neutron star with a pulsar wind nebula produced by the interaction of the pulsar wind and the oncoming interstellar medium. A pulsar wind nebula could explain the extended infrared emission observed by astronomers around the neutron star RX J0806.4-4123. Such an infrared-only pulsar wind nebula is unusual because it implies a rather low energy of the accelerated particles.

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Nahks Tr'Ehnl, Penn State

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