Discovery of extended VHE gamma-ray emission from the asymmetric pulsar wind nebula in MSH 15-5<i>2</i> with HESS

Aharonian, F.; G. Akhperjanian, A.; M. Aye, K.; R. Bazer‐Bachi, A.; Beilicke, M.; Benbow, W.; Berge, D.; Berghaus, P.; Bernlöhr, K.; Boisson, C.; Bolz, O.; Braun, I.; Breitling, F.; M. Brown, A.; Bussóns Gordo, J.; M. Chadwick, P.; Chounet, L.-M.; Cornils, R.; Costamante, L.; Degrange, B.; Djannati-Ataı̈, A.; O’C. Drury, L.; Dubus, G.; Emmanoulopoulos, D.; Espigat, P.; Feinstein, F.; Fleury, P.; Fontaine, G.; Fuchs, Y.; Funk, S.; A. Gallant, Y.; Giebels, B.; Gillessen, S.; F. Glicenstein, J.; Goret, P.; Hadjichristidis, C.; Hauser, M.; Heinzelmann, G.; Henri, G.; Hermann, G.; A. Hinton, J.; Hofmann, W.; Holleran, M.; Horns, D.; C. de Jager, O.; Khélifi, B.; Komin, Nu.; Konopelko, A.; J. Latham, I.; Le Gallou, R.; Lemière, A.; Lemoine-Goumard, M.; Leroy, N.; Lohse, T.; Martineau‐Huynh, O.; Marcowith, A.; Masterson, C.; J. L. McComb, T.; de Naurois, M.; J. Nolan, S.; Noutsos, A.; J. Orford, K.; L. Osborne, J.; Ouchrif, M.; Panter, M.; Pelletier, G.; Pita, S.; Pühlhofer, G.; Punch, M.; C. Raubenheimer, B.; Raue, M.; Raux, J.; M. Rayner, S.; Redondo, I.; Reimer, A.; Reimer, O.; Ripken, J.; Rob, L.; Rolland, L.; Rowell, Gavin; Sahakian, V.; Saugé, L.; Schlenker, S.; Schlickeiser, R.; Schuster, C.; Schwanke, U.; Siewert, M.; Sol, H.; Steenkamp, R.; Stegmann, C.; Tavernet, J.‐P.; Terrier, R.; G. Théoret, C.; Tluczykont, M.; Vasileiadis, G.; Venter, C.; Vincent, P.; J. Völk, H.; J. Wagner, S.

doi:10.1051/0004-6361:200500105

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Discovery of extended VHE gamma-ray emission from the asymmetric pulsar wind nebula in MSH 15-52 with HESS

Published in Astronomy and Astrophysics • Apr 25, 2005

Authors:

F. Aharonian

A. G. Akhperjanian

K. M. Aye

Abstract

The Supernova Remnant MSH 15-52 has been observed in very high energy (VHE) -rays using the HESS 4-telescope array located in Namibia. A -ray signal is detected at the 25 sigma level during an exposure of 22.1 h live time. The image reveals an elliptically shaped emission region around the pulsar PS...

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Physics

Pulsar

Pulsar wind nebula

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