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The Boomerang PWN G106.6+2.9 and the Magnetic Field Structure in Pulsar Wind Nebulae

  • Authors: Roland Kothes, Wolfgang Reich, and Bülent Uyanıker

Kothes, Reich, & Uyanıker 2006 The Astrophysical Journal 638 225.

  • Provider: AAS Journals

Caption: Fig. 9.

Sketch of the expansion of the magnetic field lines from the central pulsar. Three different viewing angle directions, with changing appearance of the PWNe are indicated. The magnetic field axis and the spin axis of the pulsar are marked by B and Ω, respectively.

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