X-ray emission from the young pulsar J1357-6429 and similar objects

Vyacheslav Zavlin (NASA/MSFC/USRA)

The first Chandra and XMM-Newton observations of the young and energetic pulsar J1357-6429 provided strong indications of a tail-like pulsar-wind nebula associated with this object, as well as pulsations of its X-ray flux with a pulsed fraction above 50

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