CANGAROO III Observations of the Supernova Remnant RX J0852.0-4622

Bicknell, Geoffrey; Enomoto, R; Watanabe, S; Tanimori, T; Asahara, A; Clay, Roger W; Edwards, P G; Gunji, S; Hara, Shinji; Hattori, T; Hayashi, Sei

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CANGAROO III Observations of the Supernova Remnant RX J0852.0-4622

Date

2006

Authors

Bicknell, Geoffrey

Enomoto, R

Watanabe, S

Tanimori, T

Asahara, A

Clay, Roger W

Edwards, P G

Gunji, S

Hara, Shinji

Hattori, T

Publisher

IOP Publishing

Abstract

Sub-TeV gamma-ray emission from the northwest rim of the supernova remnant RX J0852.0-4622 was detected with the CANGAROO II telescope and recently confirmed by the HESS group. In addition, the HESS data revealed a very wide (up to 2° in diameter), shell