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2007ApJ...660.1413K - Astrophys. J., 660, 1413-1423 (2007/May-2)

X-ray emission from PSR B1800-21, its wind nebula, and similar systems.

KARGALTSEV O., PAVLOV G.G. and GARMIRE G.P.

Abstract (from CDS):

We detected X-ray emission from PSR B1800-21 (J1803-2137) and its synchrotron nebula with the Chandra X-Ray Observatory. The observed pulsar flux is (1.4±0.2)x10–14 ergs/cm2/s in the 1-6 keV band. The spectrum can be described by a two-component power law + blackbody (PL+BB) model, suggesting a mixture of thermal and magnetospheric emission. For a plausible nH=1.4x1022/cm2, the PL component has a slope Γ=1.4±0.6 and a luminosity LnonthPSR=4x1031(d/4 kpc)2 ergs/s. The properties of the thermal component (kT=0.1-0.3 keV, LbolPSR=1031-1033 ergs/s) are very poorly constrained because of the strong interstellar absorption. The compact, 7"x4", inner pulsar wind nebula (PWN), elongated perpendicular to the pulsar's proper motion, is immersed in a fainter asymmetric emission. The observed flux of the PWN is (5.5±0.6)x10–14 ergs/cm2/s in the 1-8 keV band. The PWN spectrum fits a PL model with Γ=1.6±0.3, LPWN=1.6x1032(d/4 kpc)2 ergs/s. The shape of the inner PWN suggests that the pulsar moves subsonically and X-ray emission emerges from a torus associated with the termination shock in the equatorial pulsar wind. The inferred PWN-pulsar properties (e.g., the PWN X-ray efficiency, LPWN/E{dot}∼10–4; the luminosity ratio, LPWN/LnonthPSR=4; the pulsar wind pressure at the termination shock, ps=10–9 ergs/cm3) are very similar to those of other subsonically moving Vela-like objects detected with Chandra (LPWN/E{dot}∼10–4.5 to 10–3.5, LPWN/LnonthPSR∼5, ps=10–10 to 10–8 ergs/cm).

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Journal keyword(s): pulsars: individual (PSR B1800-21) - pulsars: individual (PSR J1803-2137) - Stars: Neutron - X-Rays: Stars

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