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Title:
Temporal Variability of the X-Ray Emission of the Crab Nebula Torus
Authors:
Greiveldinger, C.; Aschenbach, B.
Publication:
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 510, Issue 1, pp. 305-311. (ApJ Homepage)
Publication Date:
01/1999
Origin:
APJ
ApJ Keywords:
ISM: INDIVIDUAL: NAME: CRAB NEBULA, ISM: SUPERNOVA REMNANTS, X-RAYS: ISM
DOI:
10.1086/306562
Bibliographic Code:
1999ApJ...510..305G

Abstract

We present ROSAT HRI observations of the Crab Nebula spanning the 6 years from 1991 March to 1997 March. A comparison of the observations reveals that there are significant (>10 sigma) differences in the emission from the nebula at a rate of ~2% yr^-1. These differences are confined to rather large (>~25^'' x 25^''), well-defined regions. One region is coincident with the end of the southern polar outflow, while the others are coincident with the torus surrounding the pulsar. The various regions have different time histories, but they generally show a monotonic change in count rate, some increasing and others decreasing. A possible explanation for the observed behavior is that the radial bulk motion of the relativistic wind after shock passage has slowed by 10%-20% over the 6 years of observations.
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