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Infrared Observations of the Crab Nebula

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Yves A. Gallant  and
Richard J. Tuffs
Yves A. Gallant
Affiliation:
Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Dublin, Ireland, andAstronomical Institute, Utrecht University, Netherlands
Richard J. Tuffs
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany

Abstract

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We obtained narrow-band continuum images of the Crab Nebula at 16, 6.4 and 2.2 µm. From these we derive spectral index maps, extending the optical work of Véron-Cetty & Woltjer (1993). In the central parts of the Nebula the IR spectral index is close to the radio one, indicating the region where the radio-emitting electrons are accelerated.

Type
Part 7. The Surrounding of Pulsars
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 177: Pulsar Astronomy - 2000 and Beyond , 2000 , pp. 503 - 504
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2000

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