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2019MNRAS.485.2041B - Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 485, 2041-2053 (2019/May-2)

Kinetic 'jets' from fast-moving pulsars.

BARKOV M.V., LYUTIKOV M., KLINGLER N. and BORDAS P.

Abstract (from CDS):

Some fast-moving pulsars, such as the Guitar and the Lighthouse, exhibit asymmetric non-thermal emission features that extend well beyond their ram pressure confined pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe). Based on our 3D relativistic simulations, we analytically explain these features as kinetically streaming pulsar wind particles that escaped into the interstellar medium (ISM) due to reconnection between the PWN and ISM magnetic fields. The structure of the reconnecting magnetic fields at the incoming and outgoing regions produces highly asymmetric magnetic bottles therefore and result in asymmetric extended features. For the features to become visible, the ISM magnetic field should be sufficiently high, BISM > 10 µG. We also discuss archival observations of PWNe displaying evidence of kinetic jets: the Dragonfly PWN (PSR J2021 + 3651), G327.1-1.1, and MSH 11-62, the latter two of which exhibit symmetric 'snail eyes' morphologies. We suggest that in those cases the pulsar is moving along the ambient magnetic field in a frisbee-type configuration.

Abstract Copyright: © 2019 The Author(s) Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society

Journal keyword(s): magnetic reconnection - MHD - pulsars: individual: PSR J2021 + 3651 - ISM: jets and outflows - ISM: magnetic fields

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