X-Ray Characterization of the Pulsar PSR J1849-0001 and Its Wind Nebula G32.64+0.53 Associated with TeV Sources Detected by H.E.S.S., HAWC, Tibet ASγ, and LHAASO
Abstract
We report on the X-ray emission properties of the pulsar PSR J1849-0001 and its wind nebula (PWN), as measured by Chandra, XMM-Newton, NICER, Swift, and NuSTAR. In the X-ray data, we detected the 38 ms pulsations of the pulsar up to ~60 keV with high significance. Additionally, we found that the pulsar's on-pulse spectral energy distribution displays significant curvature, peaking at ≈60 keV. Comparing the phase-averaged and on-pulse spectra of the pulsar, we found that the pulsar's off-pulse emission exhibits a spectral shape that is very similar to its on-pulse emission. This characterization of the off-pulse emission enabled us to measure the >10 keV spectrum of the faint and extended PWN using NuSTAR's off-pulse data. We measured both the X-ray spectrum and the radial profiles of the PWN's brightness and photon index, and we combined these X-ray measurements with published TeV results. We then employed a multizone emission scenario to model the broadband data. The results of the modeling suggest that the magnetic field within the PWN is relatively low (≈7 μG) and that electrons are accelerated to energies ≳400 TeV within this PWN. The electrons responsible for the TeV emission outside the X-ray PWN may propagate to ~30 pc from the pulsar in ~10 kyr.
- Publication:
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The Astrophysical Journal
- Pub Date:
- January 2024
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:2311.12376
- Bibcode:
- 2024ApJ...960...78K
- Keywords:
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- Pulsars;
- Pulsar wind nebulae;
- Rotation powered pulsars;
- High energy astrophysics;
- Gamma-ray sources;
- X-ray sources;
- Spectral energy distribution;
- Radiative processes;
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- 2215;
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- 633;
- 1822;
- 2129;
- 2055;
- Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
- E-Print:
- 18 pages, 6 figures, Accepted for publication in Apj