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OUT OF THE FRYING PAN: A YOUNG PULSAR WITH A LONG RADIO TRAIL EMERGING FROM SNR G315.9-0.0

OUT OF THE FRYING PAN: A YOUNG PULSAR WITH A LONG RADIO TRAIL EMERGING FROM SNR G315.9-0.0

The faint radio supernova remnant SNR G315.9-0.0 is notable for a long and thin trail that extends outward perpendicular from the edge of its approximately circular shell. In a search with the Parkes telescope we have found a young and energetic pulsar that is located at the tip of this …