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arxiv: astro-ph/0506089 · v1 · submitted 2005-06-03 · 🌌 astro-ph

The Complex Wind Torus and Jets of PSR B1706-44

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keywords jetspulsarwindb1706-44nebulaacisboostedbubble
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We report on Chandra ACIS imaging of the pulsar wind nebula (PWN) of the young Vela-like PSR B1706-44, which shows the now common pattern of an equatorial wind and polar jets. The structure is particularly rich, showing a relativistically boosted termination shock, jets with strong confinement, a surrounding radio/X-ray PWN and evidence for a quasi-static `bubble nebula'. The structures trace the pulsar spin geometry and illuminate its possible relation to SNR G343.1-2.3. We also obtain improved estimates of the pulsar flux and nebular spectrum, constraining the system age and energetics.

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