Title | Hubble Space Telescope and Chandra Monitoring of the Crab Synchrotron Nebula |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2002 |
Authors | Hester J.J, Mori K., Burrows D., Gallagher J.S, Graham J.R, Halverson MJ, Kader A., Michel F.C, Scowen P. |
Journal | The Astrophysical Journal Letters |
Volume | 577 |
Pagination | L49 |
Abstract | We report the results of coordinated Hubble Space Telescope and Chandra observations of the Crab synchrotron nebula. Similar dynamical structures, including equatorial wisps moving outward at 0.5 c , are seen in both passbands. The inner X-ray ring is a variable, irregular structure from which wisps and diffuse emission emerge. The X-ray/visible jet to the southeast of the pulsar is a true jet. The data support the interpretation that the inner ring and a highly dynamical feature at the base of the jet are unstable quasi-stationary shocks in the "cold" equatorial wind and polar jet from the pulsar. |
URL | http://stacks.iop.org/1538-4357/577/i=1/a=L49 |