Date:
Thu, 25/10/201213:15-14:00
Title: Studying Neutron Star Formation and Particle Acceleration with
Pulsar Wind Nebulae
Abstract: A large majority of core-collapse supernovae are believed to produce a neutron stars, whose properties are determined in the progenitor explosion. The neutron star's rotational energy powers a relativistic electron / positron outflow in which particles are somehow accelerated to extremely high energies. This outflow inflates a pulsar wind nebula into its surroundings, whose properties are sensitive to the properties of the central neutron star, the pulsar wind, and its environment. In this talk, I will discuss how, by studying the properties of a pulsar wind nebula inside a supernova remnant, one can test models for particle acceleration in pulsar winds and shed light on the relationship between neutron stars and their progenitors..
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Pulsar Wind Nebulae
Abstract: A large majority of core-collapse supernovae are believed to produce a neutron stars, whose properties are determined in the progenitor explosion. The neutron star's rotational energy powers a relativistic electron / positron outflow in which particles are somehow accelerated to extremely high energies. This outflow inflates a pulsar wind nebula into its surroundings, whose properties are sensitive to the properties of the central neutron star, the pulsar wind, and its environment. In this talk, I will discuss how, by studying the properties of a pulsar wind nebula inside a supernova remnant, one can test models for particle acceleration in pulsar winds and shed light on the relationship between neutron stars and their progenitors..
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