Abstract
Young neutron stars have a large impact on their surroundings in several
different ways, varying from the giant flares emitted by "magnetars"
neutron stars with surface magnetic fields 100-1000x stronger than those
of typical radio pulsars to the magnetic bubbles called Pulsar Wind
Nebulae created by the relativistic wind produced by "ordinary" neutron
stars. In this talk, I will discuss recent
observational work on the radio nebula produced by 27 Dec. 2004 Giant
Flare from SGR 1806-20, as well as work on G328.4+0.2, the largest and
most radio-luminous pulsar wind nebula in the Milky Way. Both of these
these systems provide information of the physics of the neutron stars as
well as on the supernova explosion which formed them.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Journal | 2007 AAS/AAPT Joint Meeting, American Astronomical Society Meeting 209 |
| Volume | 209 |
| State | Published - Dec 1 2006 |