The Synchrotron Nebula in MSH15-56

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Sep 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000cxo..prop..608p&link_type=abstract

Chandra Proposal ID #02500527

Physics

Chandra Proposal Id #02500527

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We propose a 60ks observation of the synchrotron nebula in the supernova remnant MSH15-56. MSH15-56 contains the most luminous radio plerionic synchrotron nebula after the Crab Nebula, indicating the presence of a young energetic pulsar. We have detected a localized region of non-thermal X-ray emission with ASCA which overlaps part of the radio nebula. We suggest that this emission is either the X-ray synchrotron nebula or the interaction region between the reverse shock and the nebula. The proposed observation will detect a point source down to a luminosity of 10^31 ergs/s. Since all the known pulsars with a characteristic age of 10^4 yr are more luminous than this, we will either detect the young neutron star or set a stringent and interesting upper limit on its X-ray luminosity.

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