Discovery of a radio nebula around PSR J0855-4644
Abstract
We report the discovery of a diffuse radio emission around PSR J0855-4644 using an upgraded GMRT (uGMRT) observation at 1.35 GHz. The radio emission is spatially coincident with the diffuse X-ray pulsar wind nebula (PWN) seen with XMM-Newton but is much larger in extent compared to the compact axisymmetric PWN seen with Chandra. The morphology of the emission, with a bright partial ring-like structure and two faint tail-like features strongly resembles a bow shock nebula, and indicates a velocity of 100 km s-1 through the ambient medium. We conclude that the emission is most likely to be associated with the radio PWN of PSR J0855-4644. From the integrated flux density, we estimate the energetics of the PWN.
- Publication:
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Pub Date:
- June 2018
- DOI:
- 10.1093/mnrasl/sly038
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1803.03592
- Bibcode:
- 2018MNRAS.477L..66M
- Keywords:
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- pulsars: individual: PSR J0855-4644;
- radio continuum: ISM;
- Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
- E-Print:
- 4 pages, 2 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS Letters