The Crab Pulsar (3) ...
Chandra X-ray Telescope observations of the Crab Nebula confirm the
complex structure that we have just seen in optical images.
The adjacent X-ray image of the center of the Crab shows tilted ripples. These
appear to be X-rays produced by
high energy particles flung outward from the central
pulsar as far as a light year.
The image also shows
evidence for a jet of high energy particles extending to the lower left that is
perpendicular to the plane of the ripples
and reaches all the way to the pulsar in the center.
Click on the "Show Labels" button to label some of these features.
