The case for associations between old pulsars and supernova remnants
by B. M. Gaensler and Simon Johnston
This paper has been published in Monthly Notices of
the Royal Astronomical Society, vol 275, page L73 (1995).
Abstract
Almost all claimed associations between pulsars and supernova remnants
involve pulsars which are
younger than 100 000 yr. The lack of older associations has been attributed
in the past to the belief that remnants older than this are rare.
Given new evidence which suggests that remnants can reach such ages,
we argue that it is possible that associations older than 100 000 yr exist.
We show that a significant fraction of such associations should
have the pulsar outside the associated remnant, and suggest a possible
association between the SNR W41 and PSR B1830-08 where this is the case.
Keywords: pulsars: general - pulsars: individual: B1830-08 -
stars: statistics - supernova remnants
Last updated: 03-Feb-1996
Bryan Gaensler
bgaensler@usyd.edu.au