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Observation of an Extended Very High Energy Gamma-Ray Emission from MSH 15-52 with CANGAROO-III

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2008

Authors

Nakamori, T
Kubo, H
Yoshida, T
Tanimori, T
Enomoto, R
Bicknell, Geoffrey
Clay, Roger W
Edwards, P G
Gunji, S
Hara, S

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IOP Publishing

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We have observed the supernova remnant MSH 15-52 (G320.4-1.2), which contains the gamma-ray pulsar PSR B1509-58, using the CANGAROO-III imaging atmospheric Cerenkov telescope array from 2006 April to June. We detected gamma rays above 810 GeV at the 7 σ

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Keywords: Gamma rays: observations; ISM: individual (MSH 15-52, G320.4-1.2); Pulsars: individual (PSR B1509-58); Supernova remnants

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/30588

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Astrophysical Journal, The

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10.1086/529029

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2037-12-31

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