HIGH-ENERGY EMISSION FROM THE COMPOSITE SUPERNOVA REMNANT MSH 15-56

MSH 15-56 (G326.3-1.8) is a composite supernova remnant (SNR) that consists of an SNR shell and a displaced pulsar wind nebula (PWN) in the radio. We present XMM-Newton and Chandra X-ray observations of the remnant that reveal a compact source at the tip of the radio PWN and complex structures that...

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Main Authors: Temim, Tea (Author), Slane, Patrick (Author), Castro, Daniel (Contributor), Plucinsky, Paul P. (Author), Gelfand, Joseph D. (Author), Dickel, John R. (Author)
Other Authors: MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing, 2015-01-29T19:02:03Z.
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