IS IGR J11014-6103 A PULSAR WITH THE HIGHEST KNOWN KICK VELOCITY?
- Space Sciences Laboratory, 7 Gauss Way, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-7450 (United States)
- AIM-Astrophysique Interactions Multi-echelles (UMR 7158 CEA/CNRS/Universite Paris 7 Denis Diderot), CEA Saclay, DSM/IRFU/Service d'Astrophysique, Bat. 709, L'Orme des Merisiers, FR-91 191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex (France)
- Columbia Astrophysics Laboratory, Columbia University, 550 West 120th Street, New York, NY 10027-6601 (United States)
- Astronomy Department, Harvard University, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 (United States)
We report on Chandra X-ray and Parkes radio observations of IGR J11014-6103, which is a possible pulsar wind nebula with a complex X-ray morphology and a likely radio counterpart. With the superb angular resolution of Chandra, we find evidence that a portion of the extended emission may be related to a bow shock due to the putative pulsar moving through the interstellar medium. The inferred direction of motion is consistent with IGR J11014-6103 having been born in the event that produced the supernova remnant (SNR) MSH 11-61A. If this association is correct, then previous constraints on the expansion of MSH 11-61A imply a transverse velocity for IGR J11014-6103 of 2400-2900 km s{sup -1}, depending on the SNR model used. This would surpass the kick velocities of any known pulsars and rival or surpass the velocities of any compact objects that are associated with SNRs. While it is important to confirm the nature of the source, our radio pulsation search did not yield a detection.
- OSTI ID:
- 22047835
- Journal Information:
- Astrophysical Journal Letters, Vol. 750, Issue 2; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 2041-8205
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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