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A Key to Pulsar Wind Bubble Morphologies: HD simulations
Eric van der Swaluw, Turlough P. Downes
We present a model of a pulsar-driven supernova remnant, by using a hydrodynamics code, which simulates the evolution of a pulsar wind nebula when the pulsar is moving at a high ve…
Particle acceleration in supernova remnants, the Bell-Lucek hypothesis and the cosmic ray "knee"
L. O'C. Drury, E. van der Swaluw, O. Carroll
Young supernova remnants are thought to be the sites where cosmic ray acceleration occurs by the mechanism of diffusive shock acceleration. The maximum energy gained in this proces…
Rejuvenating the shells of supernova remnants by pulsar winds
Eric van der Swaluw, Abraham Achterberg, Yves A. Gallant
We reconsider the rejuvenation mechanism as proposed by Shull, Fesen, & Saken (1989). These authors suggest that an active pulsar can catch up with, and rejuvenate the shell of the…
Modelling Plerion Spectra and their Evolution
Yves A. Gallant, Eric van der Swaluw, John G. Kirk +1
We review recent theoretical developments on pulsar winds, their nebulae and relativistic shock acceleration, and show how they illuminate unsolved problems in plerion spectra, in…
Pulsar wind nebulae in supernova remnants
E. van der Swaluw, A. Achterberg, Y. A. Gallant +1
A spherically symmetric model is presented for the interaction of a pulsar wind with the associated supernova remnant. This results in a pulsar wind nebula whose evolution is coupl…