Evidence for a shock-compressed magnetic field in the northwestern rim
of Vela Jr. from X-ray polarimetry
Evidence for a shock-compressed magnetic field in the northwestern rim
of Vela Jr. from X-ray polarimetry
Synchrotron X-ray emission has been detected from nearly a dozen young supernova remnants (SNRs). X-rays of synchrotron origin exhibit linear polarization in a regular, non-randomly oriented magnetic field. The significant polarized X-ray emission from four such SNRs has already been reported on the basis of observations with the Imaging X-ray …