Discovery of an X-ray nebula around PSR J1718-3825 and implications for the nature of the α-ray source HESS J1718-385

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 476, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Hinton, J A ^a   Funk, S ^b   Carrigan, S ^c   Gallant, Y A ^d   De Jager, O C ^e   Kosack, K ^c   Lemiere A ^f   Puhlhofer G ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER II   (France)

^e NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^f HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITÄT HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gamma rays: observations; Pulsars: general

Indexed keywords

GAMMA RAYS; LUMINANCE; MAGNETIC FIELDS;

ENERGY SPECTRUM; NEBULA; PULSAR WIND NEBULAE (PWN); PULSARS;

GALAXIES;

EID: 38049184634     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20078775     Document Type: Article

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