Proceedings of the Workshop ``Neutron Stars in Supernova Remnants'' held in Boston, MA, USA, 14-17 August 2001 (Editors P. O. Slane and B. M. Gaensler)

To be published by Astronomical Society of the Pacific


Table of Contents

Invited talks are in bold italics.

Part 1. Rotation-Powered Pulsars in Supernova Remnants

Constraining the Birth Events of Neutron Stars

On Neutron Star/Supernova Remnant Associations Young Pulsars, Supernova Remnants and Historical Supernovae Young Pulsars from the Parkes Multibeam Pulsar Survey and their Associations A Sensitive Targeted Search Campaign at Parkes to Find Young Radio Pulsars at 20 cm SNR G292.2-0.5: A Radio Supernova Remnant Associated with the Young Pulsar J1119-6127 G343.1-2.3 and PSR 1706-44 Some Arguments in Support of the Association of PSR B1706-44 with the Supernova Remnant G343.1-2.3 The Spin-down of PSR B1509-58 PSR B1951+32 and SNR CTB 80: Association Confirmed Characterizing the Optical Counterpart to PSR B1951+32 in CTB 80 High-Energy Gamma Rays from Neutron Stars in Supernova Remnants: From EGRET to GLAST

Part 2. Pulsar Wind Theory

Theory of Pulsar Winds

Simulations of Pulsar Wind Formation Pulsed Emission from Striped Pulsar Winds On the X-ray Jets in Pulsar Wind Nebulae Implications of the Synchrotron Emission in Plerionic Nebulae: A Second Component in the Crab Nebula Modeling Plerion Spectra and their Evolution Electric Field Screening by Pairs in the Presence of Returning Positrons Hydrodynamical Models of Pulsar Wind Bow-Shock Nebulae

Part 3. Evolution of Pulsar Nebulae

Theory of Plerions

Interactions between Pulsars, Pulsar Nebulae and Supernova Remnants Rejuvenating the Shells of Supernova Remnants by Pulsar Winds The H-alpha Bow-Shock Nebula Around PSR B0740-28

Part 4. Observations of Pulsar Nebulae

Radio Emission from the Crab Wisps

The Crab Nebula at 850 microns Chandra Reveals the Dynamic Structure of the Inner Crab Nebula Infrared Observations of the Crab Nebula X-ray Studies of Compact Sources in Plerions Chandra Spectroscopy of Pulsars and their Wind Nebulae Chandra Observations of Pulsar B1509-58 and Supernova Remnant G320.4-1.2 The Vela Pulsar Wind Nebula Resolved with Chandra High-resolution Radio Polarimetry of Vela X The Vela Pulsar Wind Nebula at 6 cm Radio Observations of the Composite SNR B0540-693 The New Gamma-ray Pulsar PSR J2229+6114, its Pulsar Wind Nebula, and Comparison with the Vela Pulsar SNR G106.3+2.7 and its Pulsar Wind Nebula Radio and X-ray imaging of two EGRET sources near l=312 deg Pulsar Wind Nebulae as High Energy gamma-Ray Emitters The Intriguing Plerionic Supernova Remnant G21.5-0.9 Powered by a Pulsar: G291.0-0.1 A New Compact Object / Supernova Remnant Association in SNR 3C 396 The Pulsar Wind Nebula of G11.2-0.3 X-ray Detection of PSR B1757-24 and its Nebular Tail Chandra X-ray Spectroscopy of Kes 75, its Young Pulsar, and its Synchrotron Nebula Detection of X-ray Emission from SNR G16.7+0.1

Part 5. Exotic Neutron Stars and Their Supernova Remnants

The Puzzling Compact Objects in Supernova Remnants

Propeller vs. Magnetar Concepts for SGRs/AXPs Magnetospheric Structure and Non-Thermal Emission of AXPs and SGRs Where Are The Soft Gamma-ray Repeaters? Low-Mass Neutron Stars as Anomalous Pulsars Long-Term Monitoring of Anomalous X-ray Pulsars What Could Polarimetry Tell Us About Neutron Stars? Optical and Near-Infrared Observations of Anomalous X-ray Pulsars The BeppoSAX View on the 2001 Reactivation of SGR 1900+14 The X-ray Sources at the Center of G266.2-1.2 Exploring the Central Region of SNR J0852.0-4622 and a Search for an Optical Counterpart Search for the Optical Counterparts of Southern Anomalous X-Ray Pulsars and Radio-Quiet Neutron Stars in Young Supernova Remnants Chandra/HETGS Spectroscopy of the Anomalous X-ray Pulsar 4U 0142+61 New Optical Flux Limits for the Central X-ray Point Source in Cas A 15 Years Going Steady -- Timing the Magnetar 1E 1841-045 Torque Variability in Two Soft Gamma-Ray Repeaters

Part 6. Isolated and Binary Neutron Stars

Synchrotron Model for the High-Energy Emission of Pulsars

Temperature Discrepancies From Fits to Thermal Spectra of Neutron Stars Chandra Spectra of Thermal Emission from Neutron Stars Galactic Populations of Radio-Loud and Radio-Quiet Gamma-Ray Pulsars Vortex Configurations, Oscillations and Pinning in Neutron Star Crusts Chandra on Millisecond Pulsars in Globular Clusters Variability and Spectra of Two Neutron Stars in 47 Tucanae X-ray Spectrum and Pulsations of the Vela Pulsar High Time Resolution Observations of a Vela Glitch Fast Search Techniques for High Energy Pulsars Hiccups in the Night: X-ray Monitoring of the Two Crab-like LMC Pulsars A 2.4-80 micron Spectrophotometric Study of SS 433 with ISO

Part 7. Supernovae and Supernova Remnants

In the Beginning... (Radio Emission from Supernovae)

SN 1987A: 3D Simulations of Collision with the Ring A Radio Search for Pulsar Progenitor SNRs in Nearby Galaxies Galactic SNRs in the PMN Survey Galactic SNR Candidates in the ROSAT All-Sky Survey SNRs in the Magellanic Clouds Molecular Diagnostics of Supernova Remnant Shocks Hard X-ray Emission From the IC 443 SNR Chanda Observations of the Eastern Limb of the Vela Supernova Remnant Observations of the Non-Thermal X-ray Emission from the Galactic Supernova Remnant G347.3-0.5 Environs of Bilateral Supernova Remnants with Neutron Stars A Peculiar Linear Radio Feature In The Supernova Remnant N206 XMM-Newton observations of MSH 14-63 (RCW 86)