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Search for possible connections between isolated radio pulsars and supernova remnants

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We have developed a method of searching for the connections between the isolated radio pulsars and supernova remnants, based on the analysis of their kinematic characteristics. We investigate fairly young (τ ch ≲ 106 yr) radio pulsars with known proper motions and estimated distances (dispersion measures), and supernova remnants located no more than 1–2 kpc away from them. Using a standard empirical radial velocity distribution, we have constructed 100–200 thousand trajectories for each of these pulsars, tracing back their possible motion in the Galactic gravitational field on a time-scale of a few million years. The probabilities of their close encounters with the SNRs at epochs consistent with the age of the pulsar are analyzed. When these probabilities exceed considerably their reference values, obtained by assuming a purely random encounter between the objects, we conclude that the pulsars may have originated in the SNRs under consideration. Out of eight preselected pairs of pulsar-SNR association candidates, two pairs, J 1829-1751 / G16.2-2.7 and J 1833-0827 / G24.7-0.6 may have a common origin with a high probability.

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Original Russian Text © E.G. Chmyreva, G.M. Beskin, A.V. Biryukov, 2012, published in Astrofizicheskij Byulleten, 2012, Vol. 67, No. 2, pp. 168–185.

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Chmyreva, E.G., Beskin, G.M. & Biryukov, A.V. Search for possible connections between isolated radio pulsars and supernova remnants. Astrophys. Bull. 67, 160–176 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1990341312020046

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