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Based on a Chandra ACIS observation, we report the detection of an extended X-ray feature close to the center of the remnant DA 530 with 5.3 sigma above the background within a circle of 20'' radius. This feature, characterized by a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Bing Jiang , Yang Chen , Q. Daniel Wang

We present analysis of Chandra X-ray Observatory data detailing a galactic supernova remnant, G272.2-3.2. A clear shell of emission has been resolved for the first time as a series of filaments and knots around the entire rim of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-01-07 Randall L. McEntaffer , Nolan Grieves , Thomas Brantseg

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

A new Chandra observation of SNR 0506-68.0 (also called N23) reveals a complex, highly structured morphology in the low energy X-ray band and an isolated compact central object in the high energy band. Spectral analysis indicates that the…

(Abridged) We present an analysis of X-ray observations made of the Galactic supernova remnants (SNRs) HB21 (G89.0+4.7) and CTB 1 (G116.9+0.2), two well-known mixed-morphology (MM) SNRs. We find a marked contrast between the X-ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-20 Thomas G. Pannuti , Jeonghee Rho , Kazimierz J. Borkowski , P. Brian Cameron

We report on the likely detection of gamma-ray emission from the supernova remnant (SNR) Kesteven 27 (Kes 27). We analyze 5.7 yr Fermi Large Area Telescope data of the SNR region and find an unresolved source at a position consistent with…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-27 Yi Xing , Zhongxiang Wang , Xiao Zhang , Yang Chen

It has been an unsolved question what leads a supernova remnant (SNR) to a thermal composite rather than a typical shell-like morphology, and what causes recombining plasma inside it. With the 13-ks observation of the Following-up X-ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-27 Yi-Heng Chi , Ping Zhou , Yang Chen , Lei Sun , Chengkui Li , Shumei Jia , Yong Chen , Chong Ge , Weimin Yuan

We present a new Chandra observation of supernova remnant (SNR) G350.1-0.3. The high resolution X-ray data reveal previously unresolved filamentary structures and allow us to perform detailed spectroscopy in the diffuse regions of this SNR.…

We present Chandra ACIS observations of N157B, a young supernova remnant located in the 30 Doradus star-formation region of the LMC. This remnant contains the most energetic pulsar known (PSR J0537-6910), which is surrounded by a bright…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Yang Chen , Q. Daniel Wang , Eric V. Gotthelf , Bing Jiang , You-Hua Chu , Robert Gruendl

We have observed the young Galactic supernova remnant Kes 75 with the Chandra X-ray Observatory. This object is one of an increasing number of examples of a shell-type remnant with a central extended radio core harboring a pulsar. Here we…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 B. F. Collins , E. V. Gotthelf , D. J. Helfand

We report the localization of the forward and reversed shock fronts in the young supernova remnant Cas-A using X-ray data obtained with the Chandra Observatory. High resolution X-ray maps resolve a previously unseen X-ray feature…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 E. V. Gotthelf , B. Koralesky , L. Rudnick , T. W. Jones , U. Hwang , R. Petre

MSH 15-56 (G326.3-1.8) is a composite supernova remnant (SNR) that consists of an SNR shell and a displaced pulsar wind nebula (PWN) in the radio. We present XMM-Newton and Chandra X-ray observations of the remnant that reveal a compact…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-15 Tea Temim , Patrick Slane , Daniel Castro , Paul Plucinsky , Joseph Gelfand , John R. Dickel

A 30 ks \chandra ACIS-I observation of Kes 79 reveals rich spatial structures, including many filaments, three partial shells, a loop and a ``protrusion''. Most of them have corresponding radio features. Regardless of the different results…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 M. Sun , F. D. Seward , R. K. Smith , P. O. Slane

Deep optical CCD images of the supernova remnant G 17.4-2.3 were obtained and faint emission has been discovered. The images, taken in the emission lines of Halpha+[N II], [S II] and [O III], reveal filamentary structures in the east,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 P. Boumis , F. Mavromatakis , E. V. Paleologou

The >100 GeV gamma-ray source, HESS J1713-381, apparently associated with the shell-type supernova remnant (SNR) CTB 37B, was discovered using H.E.S.S. in 2006. X-ray follow-up observations with Chandra were performed in 2007 with the aim…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 HESS Collaboration , F. Aharonian

We present results from the observation of the young Galactic supernova remnant (SNR) G292.0+1.8 with the Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer (ACIS) on board the {\it Chandra X-ray Observatory}. In the 0.3 $-$ 8 keV band, the high resolution…

We present the results from ASCA observations of the centrally enhanced supernova remnant 3C 391 (G31.9+0.0). We use the ASCA SIS data to carry out an investigation of the spatial and spectral properties of the X-ray emission from this…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Yang Chen , Patrick Slane

A Chandra X-ray observation has detected an unresolved source at the center of the supernova remnant Kes 79. The best single-model fit to the source spectrum is a blackbody with an X-ray luminosity Lx (0.3-8.0 keV) = 7 x 10^{33} ergs…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 F. D. Seward , P. O. Slane , R. K. Smith , M. Sun

We use data from the Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer (ACIS) on the Chandra X-ray Observatory to image the shell surrounding the pulsar B0540-69, and to measure its spectral properties. Weak emission line features, notably of Fe, Mg and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Una Hwang , Robert Petre , Stephen S. Holt , Andrew E. Szymkowiak

The ASCA SIS and the ROSAT PSPC spectral data of the SNR 3C397 are analysed with a two-component non-equilibrium ionization model. Besides, the ASCA SIS0 and SIS1 spectra are also fitted simultaneously in an equilibrium case. The resulting…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Yang Chen , Ming Sun , Zhen-Ru Wang , Q. F. Yin