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Optical images of SN 1987A show a triple ring structure. The inner (dust) ring has recently increased in brightness and in the number of hot spots suggesting that the supernova shock wave has collided with the dense pre-existing…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-11 R. Enomoto

We present Murchison Widefield Array observations of the supernova remnant (SNR) 1987A between 72 and 230 MHz, representing the lowest frequency observations of the source to date. This large lever arm in frequency space constrains the…

The interaction of post-explosion supernova ejecta with the surrounding circumstellar medium creates emission across the electromagnetic spectrum. Since the circumstellar medium is created by the mass lost from the progenitor star, it…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-10-27 Poonam Chandra

The unprecedented spatial and spectral resolutions of Chandra have revolutionized our view of the X-ray emission from supernova remnants. The excellent data sets accumulated on young, ejecta dominated objects like Cas A or Tycho present a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 Carles Badenes

We report on our analysis of the 1 Ms Chandra observation of the supernova remnant Cas A in order to localize, characterize and quantify its non-thermal X-ray emission. More specifically, we investigated whether the X-ray synchrotron…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-02-02 E. A. Helder , J. Vink

We present initial results from JWST NIRSpec integral field unit observations of the nearby Supernova (SN) 1987A. The observations provide the first spatially-resolved spectroscopy of the ejecta and equatorial ring (ER) over the 1-5 \mu m…

We study the energy sources, the physical properties of the ejecta and the circumstellar medium (CSM), as well as the mass-loss history of the progenitor of SN 2017dio which is a broad-lined Ic (Ic-BL) supernova (SN) having unusual light…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-05-14 Deng-Wang Shi , Shan-Qin Wang , Wen-Pei Gan , En-Wei Liang

Neutrino astronomy provides another window to exploring the Universe, exemplified by the detection of a megaelectronvolt neutrino burst from the core-collapse supernova (CCSN) SN~1987A (refs.~\citenum{hir+87,bio+87}). Commonly discussed…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-05 Shunhao Ji , Zhongxiang Wang , Litao Zhu , Dong Zheng

(Abridged) We aim at linking the dynamical and radiative properties of the remnant of SN 1987A to the geometrical and physical characteristics of the parent aspherical SN explosion and to the internal structure of its progenitor star. We…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-04-08 S. Orlando , M. Ono , S. Nagataki , M. Miceli , H. Umeda , G. Ferrand , F. Bocchino , O. Petruk , G. Peres , K. Takahashi , T. Yoshida

We present a comprehensive spectral and morphological analysis of the remnant of Supernova (SN) 1987A with the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) and the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). The non-thermal and thermal…

Type IIb Supernova (SN) 2011dh, with conclusive detection of an unprecedented Yellow Supergiant (YSG) progenitor, provides an excellent opportunity to deepen our understanding on the massive star evolution in the final centuries toward the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-19 Keiichi Maeda , Satoru Katsuda , Aya Bamba , Yukikatsu Terada , Yasushi Fukazawa

The XA region of the Cygnus Loop is a bright knot of X-ray emission on the eastern edge of the supernova remnant resulting from the interaction of the supernova blast wave with density enhancements at the edge of a precursor formed cavity.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-27 Randall L. McEntaffer , Thomas Brantseg

We present our observations of the radio emission from supernova (SN) 1993J, in M 81 (NGC 3031), made with the VLA, from 90 to 0.7 cm, as well as numerous measurements from other telescopes. The combined data set constitutes probably the…

Kepler's supernova remnant (SNR) is believed to result from a Type Ia supernova, but be interacting with dense circumstellar material (CSM), which makes its progenitor system a mystery. Using the Chandra ACIS-S 741 ks effective exposure…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-02-20 Lei Sun , Yang Chen

Observations of the radio remnant of Supernova 1987A using the Australia Telescope Compact Array in the 12-mm band on 2003 July 31 (day 6002.7 after the explosion) give the first fully resolved radio image of the supernova remnant. The…

The standard model for Type II supernovae explosion, confirmed by the detection of the neutrinos emitted during the supernova explosion, predicts the formation of a compact object, usually assumed to be a neutron star. However, the lack of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2010-01-05 T. C. Chan , K. S. Cheng , T. Harko , H. K. Lau , L. M. Lin , W. M. Suen , X. L. Tian

A Chandra ACIS-S imaging observation of the nearby galaxy M81 (NGC 3031) reveals 9 luminous soft X-ray sources. The local environments, X-ray spectral properties, and X-ray light curves of the sources are presented and discussed in the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Douglas Swartz , Kajal Ghosh , Valery Suleimanov , Allyn Tennant , Kinwah Wu

I present the data of the shell of classical Nova Persei (1901) obtained by the Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer S3 detector on-board \cha Observatory. The X-ray nebula is affected mostly by the complex interstellar medium around the nova…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Solen Balman

We report on X-ray spectral evolution of the nearby Type IIn supernova (SN) 2005ip, based on Chandra and Swift observations covering from ~1 to 6 years after the explosion. X-ray spectra in all epochs are well fitted by a thermal emission…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-18 Satoru Katsuda , Keiichi Maeda , Takaya Nozawa , David Pooley , Stefan Immler

The outer rings (ORs) of Supernova (SN) 1987A were ejected ~20000 years before the explosion. Their characterisation is crucial for constraining the properties of the progenitor of this famous SN. While numerous studies investigated in…