Abstract The Galactic supernova remnant (SNR) MSH 15–56 is a member of the class of composite SNRs that consists of the remnant shell and a displaced pulsar wind nebula (PWN). The earlier X-ray observations reported the comet-like morphology of the PWN and the ejecta distribution of the SNR. In this work, we present a study of MSH 15–56 using archival Suzaku data. We investigate the nature of the emission and spectral parameters of the remnant. The X-ray spectra are well fitted with a combination of a thermal and non-thermal model with temperature 0.6 keV and photon index 2.0. The slightly enhanced abundances of Ne, Mg, S and enhanced abundance of Si confirm the presence of ejected material.


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    Title :

    A study of the composite supernova remnant MSH 15–56 with Suzaku


    Contributors:
    Cesur, Nergis (author) / Sezer, Aytap (author) / de Plaa, Jelle (author) / Vink, Jacco (author)

    Published in:

    Advances in Space Research ; 64 , 3 ; 759-764


    Publication date :

    2019-05-07


    Size :

    6 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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