| Proposal ID | 050317 |
| Title | Search for crushed plerions: TeV to X-ray connection |
| Download Data Associated to the proposal | https://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-sl/servlet/data-action-aio?obsno=0503170101 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-jift5fn |
| Principal Investigator, PI | Dr Oleg Kargaltsev |
| Abstract | We propose a mini-survey of unidentified TeV sources having young Vela-likepulsars with known X-ray PWNe as their neighbors. Although these pulsars show10-15 offsets from the center of the TeV brightness distribution, they arelikely to be connected to the nearby TeV sources through a faint asymmetricX-ray nebulae formed as a result of the interaction between the SNR reverseshock and the pulsar wind. To test this, we propose to obtain deep X-ray imagesof several crushed PWN candidates to search for correlations between the X-rayand TeV emission. Confirming that the X-ray PWNe are preferentially extendedtoward the neighboring TeV sources will establish the viability of the crushedPWN model and reveal the nature of the currently unidentified TeV sources. |
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| Instrument | EMOS1, EMOS2, EPN, OM, RGS1, RGS2 |
| Temporal Coverage | 2007-10-01T23:56:03Z/2007-10-09T04:29:23Z |
| Version | 17.56_20190403_1200 |
| Mission Description | The European Space Agencys (ESA) X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission (XMM-Newton) was launched by an Ariane 504 on December 10th 1999. XMM-Newton is ESAs second cornerstone of the Horizon 2000 Science Programme. It carries 3 high throughput X-ray telescopes with an unprecedented effective area, and an optical monitor, the first flown on a X-ray observatory. The large collecting area and ability to make long uninterrupted exposures provide highly sensitive observations. Since Earths atmosphere blocks out all X-rays, only a telescope in space can detect and study celestial X-ray sources. The XMM-Newton mission is helping scientists to solve a number of cosmic mysteries, ranging from the enigmatic black holes to the origins of the Universe itself. Observing time on XMM-Newton is being made available to the scientific community, applying for observational periods on a competitive basis. |
| Creator Contact | https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/xmm-newton/xmm-newton-helpdesk |
| Date Published | 2008-11-14T00:00:00Z |
| Last Update | 2025-01-27 |
| Keywords | "pulsar wind", "unidentified tev sources", "crushed pwn", "deep xray images", "tev emission", "mini survey", "nearby tev sources", "tev brightness distribution", "neighboring tev sources", "xray connection", "crushed plerions", "xray pwne" |
| Publisher And Registrant | European Space Agency |
| Credit Guidelines | European Space Agency, Dr Oleg Kargaltsev, 2008, 'Search for crushed plerions: TeV to X-ray connection', 17.56_20190403_1200, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-jift5fn |