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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
earth and planetary sciences
The radio emission, X-ray emission, and hydrodynamics of G328.4+0.2: A comprehensive analysis of a luminous pulsar wind nebula, its neutron star, and the progenitor supernova explosion
Astrophysical Journal, Volume 663, No. 1 I, Year 2007
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We present new observational and modeling results obtained for the Galactic nonthermal radio source G328.4+0.2. Using X-ray data obtained by XMM-Newton, we confirm that its X-ray emission is heavily absorbed, has a spectrum best fitted by a power-law model of photon index Γ = 2 with no evidence for a thermal component, comes from a region significantly smaller than the radio emission, and that the X-ray and radio emissions are significantly offset from each other. We also present the results of a new high-resolution (7″) 1.4 GHz image of G328.4+0.2 obtained using ATCA and a deep search for radio pulsations using the Parkes radio telescope. By comparing this 1.4 GHz image with a similar resolution image at 4.8 GHz, we find that the radio emission has a flat spectrum (α ≈ 0; Sv ∝ vα). Additionally, we are able to limit the pseudoluminosity of any pulsar to L1400 ≡ S1400d2 ≲ 30 mJy kpc2 for the central radio pulsar, assuming a distance of 17 kpc. In light of these observational results, we test whether G328.4+0.2 is a pulsar wind nebula or an SNR that contains a large pulsar wind nebula using a simple hydrodynamic model for the evolution of a pulsar wind nebula inside an SNR. As a result of this analysis, we conclude that G328.4+0.2 is a young (≲10,000 years old) pulsar wind nebula formed by a low magnetic field (≲1012G) neutron star born spinning rapidly (≲10 ms) expanding into an undetected SNR formed by an energetic (≳1051 ergs), low ejecta mass (Mej ≲ 5 M⊙) supernova explosion that occurred in a low-density (n ∼ 0.03 cm-3) environment. © 2007. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Gelfand, Joseph D.
United States, Cambridge
Harvard-smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Gaensler, B. M.
United States, Cambridge
Harvard-smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Australia, Sydney
The University of Sydney
Slane, Patrick O.
United States, Cambridge
Harvard-smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Patnaude, Daniel J.
United States, Cambridge
Harvard-smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Hughes, John P.
United States, New Brunswick
Rutgers University–new Brunswick
Camilo, Fernando
United States, New York
Columbia University
Statistics
Citations: 20
Authors: 6
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1086/518498
ISSN:
0004637X
Research Areas
Environmental