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Title:
The Crab Nebula's dynamical age as measured from its northern filamentary jet
Authors:
Rudie, G. C.; Fesen, R. A.; Yamada, T.
Affiliation:
AA(Department of Astrophysics, MC 105-24, Caltech, 1200 E. California Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91125, USA; Department of Physics and Astronomy, 6127 Wilder Laboratory, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, USA), AB(Department of Physics and Astronomy, 6127 Wilder Laboratory, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, USA), AC(Astronomical Institute, Tohoku University, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8578, JAPAN)
Publication:
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 384, Issue 3, pp. 1200-1206. (MNRAS Homepage)
Publication Date:
03/2008
Origin:
MNRAS
Astronomy Keywords:
supernova remnants
DOI:
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.12799.x
Bibliographic Code:
2008MNRAS.384.1200R

Abstract

We present a deep [OIII] λλ4959,5007 image of the northern filamentary jet in the Crab Nebula taken with the 8.2-m Subaru telescope. Using this image and an image taken with the Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO) 4-m in 1988, we have computed proper motions for 35 locations in the jet. The results suggest that when compared to the main body of the remnant, the jet experienced less outward acceleration from the central pulsar's rapidly expanding synchrotron nebula. The jet's apparent expansion rate yields an undecelerated explosion date for the Crab Nebula of 1055 +/- 24 CE, a date much closer to the appearance of the historic 1054 CE guest star than the 1120-1140 CE dates estimated in previous studies using filaments located within the remnant's main nebula. Our proper motion measurements suggest the jet likely formed during the 1054 supernova explosion and represents the remnant's highest velocity knots possibly associated with a suspected N-S bipolar outflow from the supernova explosion.

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