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

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 435, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Aharonian, F ^a   Akhperjanian, A G ^b   Aye, K M ^c   Bazer Bachi, A R ^d   Beilicke, M ^e   Benbow, W ^a   Berge, D ^a   Berghaus, P ^f,t   Bernlohr K ^a,g   Boisson, C ^h   Bolz, O ^a   Braun, I ^a   Breitling, F ^g   Brown, A M ^c   Bussons Gordo, J ⁱ   Chadwick, P M ^c   Chounet, L M ^j   Cornils, R ^e   Costamante, L ^a,s   Degrange, B ^j   Djannati Atai A ^f   Drury, L O'C ^k   Dubus, G ^j   Emmanoulopoulos, D ^l   Espigat, P ^f   Feinstein, F ⁱ   Fleury, P ^j   Fontaine, G ^j   Fuchs, Y ^d   Funk, S ^a   Gallant, Y A ⁱ   Giebels, B ^j   Gillessen, S ^a   Glicenstein, J F ^m   Goret, P ^m   Hadjichristidis, C ^c   Hauser, M ^l   Heinzelmann, G ^e   Henri, G ^d   Hermann, G ^a   Hinton, J A ^a   Hofmann, W ^a   Holleran, M ⁿ   Horns, D ^a   de Jager, O C ⁿ   Khelifi B ^a   Komin, N ^g   Konopelko, A ^a,g   Latham, I J ^c   le Gallou, R ^c   Lemiere A ^f   Lemoine Goumard, M ^j   Leroy, N ^j   Lohse, T ^g   Martineau Huynh, O ^o   Marcowith, A ^d   Masterson, C ^a,s   McComb, T J L ^c   de Naurois, M ^o   Nolan, S J ^c   Noutsos, A ^c   Orford, K J ^c   Osborne, J L ^c   Ouchrif, M ^o,s   Panter, M ^a   Pelletier, G ^d   Pita, S ^f   Puhlhofer G ^a,l   Punch, M ^f   Raubenheimer, B C ⁿ   Raue, M ^e   Raux, J ^o   Rayner, S M ^c   Redondo, I ^j,s,u   Reimer, A ^p   Reimer, O ^p   Ripken, J ^e   Rob, L ^q   Rolland, L ^o   Rowell, G ^a   Sahakian, V ^b   Sauge L ^d   Schlenker, S ^g   Schlickeiser, R ^p   Schuster, C ^p   Schwanke, U ^g   Siewert, M ^p   Sol, H ^h   Steenkamp, R ^r   Stegmann, C ^g   Tavernet, J P ^o   Terrier, R ^f   Theoret C G ^f   Tluczykont, M ^j,s   Vasileiadis, G ⁱ   Venter, C ⁿ   Vincent, P ^o   Volk H J ^a   Wagner, S J ^l   more..

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^b YEREVAN PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Armenia)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^g HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

ⁱ CENTRE DE CALCUL DE L INSTITUT NATIONAL DE PHYSIQUE NUCLEAIRE ET DE PHYSIQUE DES PARTICULES   (France)

^j LABORATOIRE LEPRINCE RINGUET   (France)

^k DUBLIN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Ireland)

^l UNIVERSITÄT HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^m CEA SACLAY   (France)

ⁿ NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^o UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^p RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^q CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^r UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

^s European Associated Laboratory for Gamma Ray Astronomy   (France)

^t UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^u UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Gamma rays: observations; ISM: individual objects: G 320.4 1.2; ISM: individual objects: PSR B1509 58; ISM: supernova remnants; Pulsar wind nebula

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ELECTRONS; MORPHOLOGY; PHOTONS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TELESCOPES; X RAYS;

GAMMA RAY EMISSION; INDIVIDUAL OBJECTS; OBSERVATIONS-ISM; PSR B1509-58-ISM; PULSAR WIND NEBULA-ISM; SUPERNOVA REMNANTS;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 20844446791     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:200500105     Document Type: Article

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