A Broadband Study of the Emission from the Composite Supernova Remnant MSH 11-62

MSH 11-62 (G291.1-0.9) is a composite supernova remnant for which radio and X-ray observations have identified the remnant shell as well as its central pulsar wind nebula. The observations suggest a relatively young system expanding into a low density region. Here we present a study of MSH 11-62 using observations with the Chandra, XMM-Newton, and Fermi observatories, along with radio observations from the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA). We identify a compact X-ray source that appears to be the putative pulsar that powers the nebula, and show that the X-ray spectrum of the nebula bears the signature of synchrotron losses as particles diffuse into the outer nebula. Using data from the Fermi LAT, we identify gamma-ray emission originating from MSH 11-62. With density constraints from the new X-ray measurements of the remnant, we model the evolution of the composite system in order to constrain the properties of the underlying pulsar and the origin of the gamma-ray emission.

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Source ISSN: 0004-637X
Author Slane, P., Hughes, J. P., Temim, T., Rousseau, R., Castro, D., Foight, D., Gaensler, B. M., Funk, S., Lemoine-Goumard, M., Gelfand, J. D., Moffett, D. A., Dodson, R. G., Bernstein, J. P.
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Last Updated May 18, 2026, 12:54 (UTC)
Created May 18, 2026, 12:54 (UTC)
Identifier in2p3-00698357
Language en
contributor Astroparticules (ASTRO) ; Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan (CENBG) ; Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 (UB)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 (UB)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
creator Slane, P.
date 2012-05-18T00:00:00
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harvest_source_title test moissonnage SELUNE
metadata_modified 2026-01-07T00:00:00
relation info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/arxiv/1202.3371
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