Possible discovery of Calvera's supernova remnant
Abstract
We report the discovery of a ring of low surface brightness radio emission around the Calvera pulsar, a high Galactic latitude, isolated neutron star, in the LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey (LoTSS). It is centered at , , has inner and outer radii of and , and an integrated flux density at 144 MHz of Jy. The ring center is offset by from the location of the Calvera pulsar. H observations with the Isaac Newton Telescope show no coincident optical emission, but do show a small () optical structure internal to the ring. We consider three possible interpretations for the ring: that it is an H~II region, a supernova remnant (SNR), or an Odd Radio Circle (ORC). The positional coincidence of the ring, the pulsar, and an X-ray-emitting non-equilibrium ionisation plasma previously detected, lead us to prefer the SNR interpretation. If the source is indeed a SNR and its association with the Calvera pulsar is confirmed, then Calvera's SNR, or G118.4+37.0, will be one of few SNRs in the Galactic halo.
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@article{arxiv.2207.14141,
title = {Possible discovery of Calvera's supernova remnant},
author = {M. Arias and A. Botteon and C. G. Bassa and S. van der Jagt and R. J. van Weeren and S. P. O'Sullivan and Q. Bosschaart and R. S. Dullaart and M. J. Hardcastle and J. W. T. Hessels and T. Shimwell and M. M. Slob and J. A. Sturm and C. Tasse and N. C. M. A. Theijssen and J. Vink},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2207.14141},
year = {2022}
}
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Accepted in A&A