8–10 Oct 2025
Nevis Labs, Columbia University
America/New_York timezone

Evolution of Pulsar Wind Nebulae Inside Supernova Remnants

8 Oct 2025, 14:45
30m
Nevis Labs, Columbia University

Nevis Labs, Columbia University

Speaker

Tea Temim

Description

Composite supernova remnants (SNRs) are those consisting of both a central pulsar that produces a wind of synchrotron-emitting relativistic particle and a supernova (SN) blast wave that expands into the surrounding interstellar medium (ISM). The evolution of the pulsar wind nebula (PWN) is coupled to the evolution of its host SNR and characterized by distinct stages, from the PWN’s early expansion into the unshocked SN ejecta to its late-phase interaction with the SNR reverse shock. I will present an overview of the various evolutionary stages of composite SNRs and show how the multi-wavelength signatures of the PWN/SNR interaction can reveal important information about the SNR and PWN dynamics, the SN progenitor and explosion asymmetry, particle cooling and acceleration processes, and the eventual escape of energetic particles into the ISM.

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