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We present the results of a detailed investigation into the physical conditions in interstellar material interacting with the supernova remnant IC 443. Our analysis is based on a comprehensive examination of high-resolution far-ultraviolet…

Over the past decade, $\gamma$-ray observations of supernova remnants (SNRs) and accurate cosmic-ray (CR) spectral measurements have significantly advanced our understanding of particle acceleration in SNRs. In combination with…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-10 Xiao Zhang , Siming Liu

Supernova remnants (SNRs) are widely believed to be the principal source of galactic cosmic rays. Such energetic particles can produce gamma-rays and lower energy photons via interactions with the ambient plasma. In this paper, we present…

G54.1+0.3 is a young pulsar wind nebula (PWN), closely resembling the Crab, for which no thermal shell emission has been detected in X-rays. Recent Spitzer observations revealed an infrared (IR) shell containing a dozen point sources…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-11-20 Tea Temim , Patrick Slane , Stephen P. Reynolds , John C. Raymond , Kazimierz J. Borkowski

We present deep Chandra observations and Spitzer Space Telescope infrared (IR) spectroscopy of the shell in the composite supernova remnant (SNR) Kes 75 (G29.7-0.3). The remnant is composed of a central pulsar wind nebula and a bright…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-03 Tea Temim , Patrick Slane , Richard G. Arendt , Eli Dwek

We present the results of X-ray spatial and spectral studies of the ``mixed-morphology'' supernova remnant IC 443 using ASCA. IC 443 has a center-filled image in X-ray band, contrasting with the shell-like appearance in radio and optical…

3C 396 is a composite supernova remnant (SNR), consisting of a central pulsar wind nebula (PWN) and a bright shell in the west, which is known to be interacting with molecular clouds (MCs). We present a study of X-ray emission from the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-01-08 Aytap Sezer , Tulun Ergin , Nergis Cesur , Shuta J. Tanaka , Shota Kisaka , Yutaka Ohira , Ryo Yamazaki

We have carried out optical observations of the north-eastern part of the supernova remnant IC 443 using the CFHT imaging spectrograph SITELLE. The observations consist of three multispectral cubes covering an 11$^{\prime}$…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-09-04 Alexandre Alarie , Laurent Drissen

Numerical simulations of the interaction between supernova ejecta and a stellar wind are presented. We follow the temporal evolution of the shock fronts that are formed through such an interaction and determine the velocities, temperatures…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Pablo F. Velazquez , Gloria Koenigsberger , Alejandro C. Raga

We briefly reviewed some recent progress on the studies of supernova remnants (SNRs), including the radio SNRs (the structure, polarization, spectrum etc.), observational characteristics of X-ray emission, pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe),…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-09-03 Jian-Wen Xu

We carry out 3D-hydrodynamical calculations for the interaction of expanding supernova ejecta with the dense circumstellar matter (CSM) and the rarefied interstellar medium (ISM) outside. The CSM is composed of the stellar wind matter from…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-30 Takafumi Shimizu , Kuniaki Masai , Katsuji Koyama

We present the results of detailed spatial and spectral analysis of the pulsar wind nebula (PWN) in supernova remnant Kes 75 (G29.7-0.3) using a deep exposure with Chandra X-ray observatory. The PWN shows a complex morphology with clear…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 C. -Y. Ng , P. O. Slane , B. M. Gaensler , J. P. Hughes

The middle-aged supernova remnant IC 443 is interacting with molecular gas in its surroundings. $Fermi$-LAT has established that its gamma-ray emission at low energies shows the "pion bump" that is characteristic of hadronic emission. TeV…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 Brian Humensky

We investigate the theoretical and observational implications of the acceleration of protons and heavier nuclei in supernova remnants (SNRs). By adopting a semi-analytical technique, we study the non-linear interplay among particle…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-08-23 D. Caprioli , P. Blasi , E. Amato

A gas cloud near a supernova remnant (SNR) provides a target for pp-collisions leading to subsequent gamma-ray emission through neutral pion decay. The assumption of a power-law ambient spectrum of accelerated particles with index near -2…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-02-25 I. V. Moskalenko , T. A. Porter , M. A. Malkov , P. H. Diamond

The evidence for particle acceleration in supernova shells comes from electrons whose synchrotron emission is observed in radio and X-rays. Recent observations by the HESS instrument reveal that supernova remnants also emit TeV gamma-rays;…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Troy A. Porter , Igor V. Moskalenko , Andrew W. Strong

We present a comprehensive study of the X-ray emission from SNR 0453-68.5 in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) as seen from the \textit{Chandra} X-ray Observatory. This object is in a class of composite remnants that exhibit a shell of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-04 Randall L. McEntaffer , Thomas Brantseg , Morgan Presley

We present far-infrared (FIR) spectroscopy of supernova remnants (SNRs) based on the archival data of the Infrared Space Observatory ($ISO$) taken with the Long Wavelength Spectrometer (LWS). Our sample includes previously unpublished…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-11-24 Matthew J. Millard , Aravind P. Ravi , Jeonghee Rho , Sangwook Park

In an effort to better understand the evolution of composite supernova remnants (SNRs) and the eventual fate of relativistic particles injected by their pulsars, we present a multifaceted investigation of the interaction between a pulsar…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-08-06 Tea Temim , Patrick Slane , Christopher Kolb , John Blondin , John P. Hughes , Niccolo Bucciantini

The Galactic supernova remnant (SNR) IC443 is one of the most studied core-collapse SNRs for its interaction with molecular clouds. However, the ambient molecular clouds with which IC443 is interacting have not been thoroughly studied and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-04 Jae-Joon Lee , Bon-Chul Koo , Ronald L. Snell , Min S. Yun , Mark H. Heyer , Michael G. Burton