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energy of the accelerated electrons from the source. The result, with
Caraveo as first author, was published in Science, on September 5, 2003 (which devoted its cover to XMM-Newton), and has received substantial coverage in the Italian and world press. Observations from Chandra also revealed a tail that follows the pulsar, perfectly aligned with its proper motion. It could be the PWN (
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Caraveo to take a significant step in understanding Geminga through studying the spectrum of the source as a function of phase. This suggests that some observations of the star are due to a small hot spot which rotates with the star. The result, with Caraveo
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Caraveo's continuous improvement to the techniques of analysis of data from the Hubble Space
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Following the publication of the catalog of gamma sources revealed by Fermi, Caraveo coordinated a program centered on the study of unidentified gamma-ray sources. The purpose of the exercise is to find sources with the highest ratio of X-ray to optical emissions, one of the characteristic signs of
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Since her thesis work, Caraveo has taken part in the development of multi-wavelength observations that led to the discovery and understanding of the neutron star
Geminga. This required the use of multiple optical instruments both on the ground and in space. She has used observations from satellites
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The high sensitivity of XMM-Newton has also resulted in two major findings on
Geminga. The star, as it moves with supersonic speed in the interstellar medium, generates a shock wave that produces a train of X-rays. This allows scientists to probe both the density of the interstellar medium and the
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in 1977. After a period abroad, in 2002 she began working at the
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In both cases there was a significant alignment between the direction of the proper motion vector and the X-ray jets revealed by these two neutron stars. This alignment has profound implications for the physics of the explosion of supernovae.
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Geminga is not the only example of a pulsar without radio emission. The satellite Fermi has discovered dozens of others, demonstrating that the predictions made on the basis of the phenomenology of
Geminga were fundamentally correct.
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