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astro-ph2001
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…
astro-ph2001
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…