The Polarized Cosmic Hand: IXPE Observations of PSR B1509−58/MSH 15−52

Roger W. Romani; Josephine Wong; Niccoló Di Lalla; Nicola Omodei; Fei Xie; C. Y. Ng; Riccardo Ferrazzoli; Alessandro Di Marco; Niccoló Bucciantini; Maura Pilia; Patrick Slane; Martin C. Weisskopf; Simon Johnston; Marta Burgay; Deng Wei; Yi Jung Yang; Shumeng Zhang; Lucio A. Antonelli; Matteo Bachetti; Luca Baldini; Wayne H. Baumgartner; Ronaldo Bellazzini; Stefano Bianchi; Stephen D. Bongiorno; Raffaella Bonino; Alessandro Brez; Fiamma Capitanio; Simone Castellano; Elisabetta Cavazzuti; Chien Ting Chen; Nicoló Cibrario; Stefano Ciprini; Enrico Costa; Alessandra De Rosa; Ettore Del Monte; Laura Di Gesu; Immacolata Donnarumma; Victor Doroshenko; Michal Dovčiak; Steven R. Ehlert; Teruaki Enoto; Yuri Evangelista; Sergio Fabiani; Javier A. Garcia; Shuichi Gunji; Kiyoshi Hayashida; Jeremy Heyl; Wataru Iwakiri; Ioannis Liodakis; Philip Kaaret; Vladimir Karas; Dawoon E. Kim; Takao Kitaguchi; Jeffery J. Kolodziejczak; Henric Krawczynski; Fabio La Monaca; Luca Latronico; Grzegorz Madejski; Simone Maldera; Alberto Manfreda; Frédéric Marin; Andrea Marinucci; Alan P. Marscher; Herman L. Marshall; Francesco Massaro; Giorgio Matt; Riccardo Middei; Ikuyuki Mitsuishi; Tsunefumi Mizuno; Fabio Muleri; Michela Negro; Stephen L. O’Dell; Chiara Oppedisano; Luigi Pacciani; Alessandro Papitto; George G. Pavlov; Matteo Perri; Melissa Pesce-Rollins; Pierre Olivier Petrucci; Andrea Possenti; Juri Poutanen; Simonetta Puccetti; Brian D. Ramsey; John Rankin; Ajay Ratheesh; Oliver J. Roberts; Carmelo Sgró; Paolo Soffitta; Gloria Spandre; Douglas A. Swartz; Toru Tamagawa; Fabrizio Tavecchio; Roberto Taverna; Yuzuru Tawara; Allyn F. Tennant; Nicholas E. Thomas; Francesco Tombesi; Alessio Trois; Sergey Tsygankov; Roberto Turolla; Jacco Vink; Kinwah Wu; Silvia Zane

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The Polarized Cosmic Hand: IXPE Observations of PSR B1509−58/MSH 15−5²

Roger W. Romani, Josephine Wong, Niccoló Di Lalla, Nicola Omodei, Fei Xie, C. Y. Ng, Riccardo Ferrazzoli, Alessandro Di Marco, Niccoló Bucciantini, Maura Pilia, Patrick Slane, Martin C. Weisskopf, Simon Johnston, Marta Burgay, Deng Wei, Yi Jung Yang, Shumeng Zhang, Lucio A. Antonelli, Matteo Bachetti, Luca BaldiniWayne H. Baumgartner, Ronaldo Bellazzini, Stefano Bianchi, Stephen D. Bongiorno, Raffaella Bonino, Alessandro Brez, Fiamma Capitanio, Simone Castellano, Elisabetta Cavazzuti, Chien Ting Chen, Nicoló Cibrario, Stefano Ciprini, Enrico Costa, Alessandra De Rosa, Ettore Del Monte, Laura Di Gesu, Immacolata Donnarumma, Victor Doroshenko, Michal Dovčiak, Steven R. Ehlert, Teruaki Enoto, Yuri Evangelista, Sergio Fabiani, Javier A. Garcia, Shuichi Gunji, Kiyoshi Hayashida, Jeremy Heyl, Wataru Iwakiri, Ioannis Liodakis, Philip Kaaret, Vladimir Karas, Dawoon E. Kim, Takao Kitaguchi, Jeffery J. Kolodziejczak, Henric Krawczynski, Fabio La Monaca, Luca Latronico, Grzegorz Madejski, Simone Maldera, Alberto Manfreda, Frédéric Marin, Andrea Marinucci, Alan P. Marscher, Herman L. Marshall, Francesco Massaro, Giorgio Matt, Riccardo Middei, Ikuyuki Mitsuishi, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Fabio Muleri, Michela Negro, Stephen L. O’Dell, Chiara Oppedisano, Luigi Pacciani, Alessandro Papitto, George G. Pavlov, Matteo Perri, Melissa Pesce-Rollins, Pierre Olivier Petrucci, Andrea Possenti, Juri Poutanen, Simonetta Puccetti, Brian D. Ramsey, John Rankin, Ajay Ratheesh, Oliver J. Roberts, Carmelo Sgró, Paolo Soffitta, Gloria Spandre, Douglas A. Swartz, Toru Tamagawa, Fabrizio Tavecchio, Roberto Taverna, Yuzuru Tawara, Allyn F. Tennant, Nicholas E. Thomas, Francesco Tombesi, Alessio Trois, Sergey Tsygankov, Roberto Turolla, Jacco Vink, Kinwah Wu, Silvia Zane

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We describe IXPE polarization observations of the pulsar wind nebula (PWN) MSH 15−5², the “Cosmic Hand.” We find X-ray polarization across the PWN, with B-field vectors generally aligned with filamentary X-ray structures. High-significance polarization is seen in arcs surrounding the pulsar and toward the end of the “jet,” with polarization degree PD > 70%, thus approaching the maximum allowed synchrotron value. In contrast, the base of the jet has lower polarization, indicating a complex magnetic field at significant angle to the jet axis. We also detect significant polarization from PSR B1509−58 itself. Although only the central pulse phase bin of the pulse has high individual significance, flanking bins provide lower-significance detections and, in conjunction with the X-ray image and radio polarization, can be used to constrain rotating vector model solutions for the pulsar geometry.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	23
Journal	Astrophysical Journal
Volume	957
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/acfa02
State	Published - Nov 1 2023

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Romani, R. W., Wong, J., Di Lalla, N., Omodei, N., Xie, F., Ng, C. Y., Ferrazzoli, R., Di Marco, A., Bucciantini, N., Pilia, M., Slane, P., Weisskopf, M. C., Johnston, S., Burgay, M., Wei, D., Yang, Y. J., Zhang, S., Antonelli, L. A., Bachetti, M., ... Zane, S. (2023). The Polarized Cosmic Hand: IXPE Observations of PSR B1509−58/MSH 15−5². Astrophysical Journal, 957(1), Article 23. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/acfa02

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AU - Wong, Josephine

AU - Di Lalla, Niccoló

AU - Omodei, Nicola

AU - Xie, Fei

AU - Ng, C. Y.

AU - Ferrazzoli, Riccardo

AU - Di Marco, Alessandro

AU - Bucciantini, Niccoló

AU - Pilia, Maura

AU - Slane, Patrick

AU - Weisskopf, Martin C.

AU - Johnston, Simon

AU - Burgay, Marta

AU - Wei, Deng

AU - Yang, Yi Jung

AU - Zhang, Shumeng

AU - Antonelli, Lucio A.

AU - Bachetti, Matteo

AU - Baldini, Luca

AU - Baumgartner, Wayne H.

AU - Bellazzini, Ronaldo

AU - Bianchi, Stefano

AU - Bongiorno, Stephen D.

AU - Bonino, Raffaella

AU - Brez, Alessandro

AU - Capitanio, Fiamma

AU - Castellano, Simone

AU - Cavazzuti, Elisabetta

AU - Chen, Chien Ting

AU - Cibrario, Nicoló

AU - Ciprini, Stefano

AU - Costa, Enrico

AU - De Rosa, Alessandra

AU - Del Monte, Ettore

AU - Di Gesu, Laura

AU - Donnarumma, Immacolata

AU - Doroshenko, Victor

AU - Dovčiak, Michal

AU - Ehlert, Steven R.

AU - Enoto, Teruaki

AU - Evangelista, Yuri

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AU - Garcia, Javier A.

AU - Gunji, Shuichi

AU - Hayashida, Kiyoshi

AU - Heyl, Jeremy

AU - Iwakiri, Wataru

AU - Liodakis, Ioannis

AU - Kaaret, Philip

AU - Karas, Vladimir

AU - Kim, Dawoon E.

AU - Kitaguchi, Takao

AU - Kolodziejczak, Jeffery J.

AU - Krawczynski, Henric

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AU - Possenti, Andrea

AU - Poutanen, Juri

AU - Puccetti, Simonetta

AU - Ramsey, Brian D.

AU - Rankin, John

AU - Ratheesh, Ajay

AU - Roberts, Oliver J.

AU - Sgró, Carmelo

AU - Soffitta, Paolo

AU - Spandre, Gloria

AU - Swartz, Douglas A.

AU - Tamagawa, Toru

AU - Tavecchio, Fabrizio

AU - Taverna, Roberto

AU - Tawara, Yuzuru

AU - Tennant, Allyn F.

AU - Thomas, Nicholas E.

AU - Tombesi, Francesco

AU - Trois, Alessio

AU - Tsygankov, Sergey

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