Pulsar-wind nebulae in X-rays and TeV gamma-rays

Abstract

Pulsars are known to be efficient accelerators that produce copious amounts of relativistic particles and inject them into the Galactic medium. The radiation emitted by such a pulsar wind can be seen from radio through gamma-rays as a pulsar-wind nebula (PWN). Here we overview and summarize recent progress in X-ray and TeV observations of PWNe.Comment: 8 pages, 1 fugure, 2 tables to appear in the proceedings of "X-ray Astronomy 2009" conference, Bologna, Italy, September, 2009 published by AIP. Minor changes in the Tables and references. Added acknowledgment