SUMMARY OF PROPOSAL 72065
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
2131 SHERIDAN ROAD
EVANSTON
IL USA 60208-2900
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Subject: SUPERNOVA REMNANTS AND GALACTIC DIFFUSE EMISSION
1E 0953.8+6918: A NEARBY RAM-PRESSURE CONFINED PULSAR WIND NEBULA
ABSTRACT
The bright and extended X-ray source 1E 0953.8+6918 has a nonthermal spectrum and coincides spatially with a well-defined Halpha-emitting bow shock. The source most likely represents a nearby ram-pressure confined pulsar wind nebula. We propose an ASCA observation to search for pulsed X-ray emission from the putative pulsar and to obtain a high quality on-axis spectrum of the nebula. This may provide direct measurements of properties of both the pulsar wind and the particle acceleration in the bow shock as well as various pulsar parameters. The source may become more informative than the Crab Nebula as a ``laboratory'' for diagnosing pulsar winds and their termination shocks.
CO-INVESTIGATORS
| CO-I NAME | INSTITUTE | COUNTRY |
|---|
| | | |
| BRYAN MILLER | U. OF LEIDEN | NETH |
TARGETS
| TARGET NAME | PRI | RA | DEC | TIME | TC | OFF | GIS | SIS CNT | OBS |
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| 1)1E 0953.8+6918 | A | 149.4767 | 69.0628 | 40 ks | N | N | P | 0.25000 | 1 |
TARGET 1
USE THE BIT ASSIGNMENT: 8(PH)-6(X)-6(Y)-0(RT)-10(TIMING)