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Public Seminar of RPg Student: Radio and X-ray Study of Pulsar Wind Nebula MSH 15-52

Speaker Mr. Shumeng ZHANG
Affiliation The University of Hong Kong
Date June 14, 2023 (Wed)
Time 3:30 p.m.
Venue Room 522, 5/F, Chong Yuet Ming Physics Building, The University of Hong Kong

Abstract

Pualsar B1509-58 is a young pulsar with short spin-down age (~1700 yr) embedded in pulsar wind nebula (PWN) MSH 15-52. It is well known as 'Cosmic Hand' due to its special hand shape filament structures. The PWN is powered by PSR B1509-58 with very strong synchrotron emission in one-sided jet and two semi-circular arcs. In this study, we use Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) at 3cm and 6cm to study the radio emission of this system at a level of highest resolution than ever before. We showed magnetic field geometry of the overall PWN and some small-scale features to understand the nature of the fingers.  We added the X-ray observation results from IXPE and Chandra to compare and study its morphology and spectrum. We also present the polarization results and flux measurement of the regions around the pulsar.
 

Anyone interested is welcome to attend.