Discovery of an X-ray Nebula associated with PSR J2124-3358
Abstract
We report the discovery of an X-ray nebula associated with the nearby millisecond pulsar PSR J2124-3358. This is the first time that extended emission from a solitary millisecond pulsar is detected. The emission extends from the pulsar to the northwest by ~ 0.5 arcmin. The spectrum of the nebular emission can be modeled by a power law spectrum with photon index of 2.2 +/-0.4. This is inline with the emission being originated from accelerated particles in the post shock flow.
- Publication:
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WE-Heraeus Seminar on Neutron Stars and Pulsars 40 years after the Discovery
- Pub Date:
- January 2007
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.astro-ph/0612628
- arXiv:
- arXiv:astro-ph/0612628
- Bibcode:
- 2007whsn.conf...13H
- Keywords:
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- Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- roceedings of the 363. WE-Heraeus Seminar on: Neutron Stars and Pulsars (Posters and contributed talks) Physikzentrum Bad Honnef, Germany, May.14-19, 2006, eds. W.Becker, H.H.Huang, MPE Report 291, pp.13-15