Kavli Affiliate: Herman L. Marshall | First 5 Authors: Roger W. Romani, Josephine Wong, Niccolo Di Lalla, Nicola Omodei, Fei Xie | Summary: We describe IXPE polarization observations of the Pulsar Wind Nebula (PWN) MSH15-52, the `Cosmic Hand’. We find X-ray polarization across the PWN, with B field vectors generally aligned with filamentary X-ray structures. […]
Continue.. The Polarized Cosmic Hand: IXPE Observations of PSR B1509-58/MSH 15-52