Tuesday, July 10, 2012

1207.1739 (Adam Van Etten et al.)

A Chandra Proper Motion for PSR J1809-2332    [PDF]

Adam Van Etten, Roger W. Romani, C. -Y. Ng
We report on a new Chandra exposure of PSR J1809-2332, the recently discovered pulsar powering the bright EGRET source 3EG J1809-2328. By registration of field X-ray sources in an archival exposure, we measure a significant proper motion for the pulsar point source over an ~11 year baseline. The shift of 0.30+/-0.06" (at PA= 153.3+/-18.4) supports an association with proposed SNR parent G7.5-1.7. Spectral analysis of diffuse emission in the region also supports the interpretation as a hard wind nebula trail pointing back toward the SNR.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1207.1739

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