Pat Slane: Research

 

My research interests are concentrated on studies of supernova remants, young neutron stars, and pulsar wind nebulae. Of particular interest are studies of the evolutionary states of SNRs, the acceleration of cosmic rays by SNR shocks, the ionization and temperature equilibrium properties of shocked plasmas in SNRs, and the determination of ejecta abundances for comparison with nucleosynthesis models. Neutron star work includes studies of their cooling properties to provide constraints on the physics of matter at ultrahigh density, the structure and evolution of the wind nebulae produced by pulsars, and the demographics of the young neutron star population.


Young Neutron Stars and Pulsar Wind Nebulae:

  1. •Pat Slane's Pulsar/NS Papers

  2. • GaS Research Group at CfA

  3. •Thermal emission from neutron star interior

  4. •Magnetospheric emission from pulsar magnetosphere


Supernova Remnants and Their Environments

• Pat Slane's SNR Papers

  1. • ADS Links to Papers on Chandra Studies of SNRs

  2. • Studies of center-filled x-ray morphology

  3. • Coordinator of PSR/SNR Seminar Series


Pulsar Catalogs:


  1. •ATNF catalog of pulsar parameters

  2. •McGill catalog of magnetar parameters

  3. •PWN Catalog from Mallory Roberts


Supernova Remnant Catalogs:


  1. • Dave Green's radio SNR catalog

  2. • Chandra Supernova Remnant Catalog

  3. • Fred Seward's x-ray SNR catalog

    o Contents

    o Table 1: FITS images available on tape

    o Table 2: count rates in Einstein Detectors

    o Table 3: list of unresolved x-ray sources

       in SNR fields.

  1. • Eric Gotthelf's ASCA SNR catalog

  2. • Molonglo Observatory Synthesis Telescope (MOST) SNR Catalog

  3. • Jack Hughes' ROSAT Atlas of Magellanic Cloud SNRs

  4. • CATS Atlas of radio, X-ray and optical  maps of Galactic SNRs

  5. • Chris Smith's Magellanic Cloud SNR Sample