Speaker
Sanja Lazarevic
(Western Sydney University)
Description
Pulsars lose rotational energy through a wind of ultrarelativistic particles, and the synchrotron emission that arises will be observable in the form of a pulsar wind nebula (PWN). For a pulsar moving supersonically through the ambient medium, the PWN is characterised by a bow-shock shape around the pulsar and cometary tail. Currently, there are approximately 30 objects of this type, and Potoroo is one of them. I report on the recent discovery of Potoroo and its radio and X-ray properties.
Primary author
Sanja Lazarevic
(Western Sydney University)
