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We present CO observations toward three large supernova remnants (SNRs) in the third Galactic quadrant using the Purple Mountain Observatory Delingha 13.7m radio telescope. The observations are part of the high-resolution CO survey of the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-03-08 Yang Su , Xin Zhou , Ji Yang , Xuepeng Chen , Yang Chen , Yi Liu , Hongchi Wang , Chong Li , Shaobo Zhang

We have carried out high-resolution near-infrared spectroscopic observations toward 16 Galactic supernova remnants (SNRs) showing strong H$_{2}$ emission features. A dozen bright H$_{2}$ emission lines are clearly detected for individual…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-11-25 Yong-Hyun Lee , Bon-Chul Koo , Jae-Joon Lee

We present a detailed study of molecular gas toward the supernovae remnant G347.3-0.5 (J1713.7-3946) obtained with the 4m mm/sub-mm telescope NANTEN . This study has revealed that several intensity peaks and the overall distribution of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Y. Moriguchi , K. Tamura , Y. Tawara , H. Sasago , K. Yamaoka , T. Onishi , Y. Fukui

3C 397 is a radio and X-ray bright Galactic supernova remnant (SNR) with an unusual rectangular morphology. Our CO observation obtained with the Purple Mountain Observatory at Delingha reveals that the remnant is well confined in a cavity…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-14 Bing Jiang , Yang Chen , Junzhi Wang , Yang Su , Xin Zhou , Samar Safi-Harb , Tracey DeLaney

We report on CO and HI studies of the mixed-morphology supernova remnant (SNR) G346.6$-$0.2. We find a wind-blown bubble along the radio continuum shell with an expansion velocity of $\sim10$ km s$^{-1}$, which was likely formed by strong…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-12-15 H. Sano , H. Suzuki , K. K. Nobukawa , M. D. Filipović , Y. Fukui , T. J. Moriya

The supernova remnant (SNR) candidate G 116.6-26.1 is one of the few high Galactic latitude ($|b| > 15^o$) remnants detected so far in several wavebands. It was discovered recently in the SRG/eROSITA all-sky X-ray survey and displays also a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-06-22 E. V. Palaiologou , I. Leonidaki , M. Kopsacheili

We present the detections of shocked molecular hydrogen (H2) gas in near- and mid-infrared and broad CO in millimeter from the mixed-morphology supernova remnant (SNR) HB~3 (G132.7+1.3) using Palomar WIRC, the Spitzer GLIMPSE360 and WISE…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-08-25 J. Rho , T. H. Jarrett , L. N. Tram , W. Lim , W. T. Reach , J. Bieging , H. -G. Lee , B. -C. Koo , B. Whitney

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

A supernova remnant (SNR) candidate SRGe~J0023+3625 = G116.6-26.1 was recently discovered in the \textit{SRG}/eROSITA all-sky X-ray survey. This large ($\sim 4$ deg in diameter) SNR candidate lacks prominent counterparts in other bands.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-04-20 E. M. Churazov , I. I. Khabibullin , A. M. Bykov , N. N. Chugai , R. A. Sunyaev , I. I. Zinchenko

The presence of OH (1720 MHz) masers, and the absence of counterparts at 1665/1667 MHz has proved to be a clear diagnostic of shocked molecular gas associated with Galactic supernova remnants. This suggests that shocked molecular gas should…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 F. Yusef-Zadeh , S. R. Stolovy , M. Burton , M. Wardle , M. C. B. Ashley

We clarify the nature of the small-diameter supernova remnant (SNR) Kes 73 and its central compact source, 1E 1841-045, using X-ray data acquired with the ASCA Observatory. We introduce a spatio-spectral decomposition technique necessary to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 E. V. Gotthelf , G. Vasisht

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

We have undertaken a study of radio and infrared molecular-line emission towards several SNRs in order to investigate molecular signatures of SNR shocks, and to test models for OH maser production in SNRs. Here we present results on…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. S. Lazendic , M. Wardle , A. J. Green , J. B. Whiteoak , M. G. Burton

We present ASCA observations of supernova remnant (SNR) G349.7+0.2. The remnant has an irregular shell morphology and is interacting with a molecular cloud, evident from the presence of OH(1720 MHz) masers and shocked molecular gas. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 P. Slane , Y. Chen , J. S. Lazendic , J. P. Hughes

Supernova remnant (SNR) RX J1713.7-3946 is well known for its bright TeV gamma-ray emission with shell-like morphology. To constrain the hydrodynamical evolution, we have performed six times observations of the northwestern (NW) shell with…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-11-15 Naomi Tsuji , Yasunobu Uchiyama

We present the discovery of a supernova remnant (SNR) in M31 which is unlike any other remnant known in that galaxy. An optical MMT spectrum of WB92-26 sampling most of this marginally resolved object reveals strong lines of [O II], [Ne…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-08-03 Nelson Caldwell , John Raymond

We report the results obtained from XMM-Newton observations of the TeV-detected supernova remnant (SNR) HESS J1534-571. We focus on the nature of the cosmic-ray particle content in the SNR, which is revealed by its $\gamma$-ray emission. No…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-11-08 N. T. Nguyen-Dang , G. Pühlhofer , M. Sasaki , A. Bamba , V. Doroshenko , A. Santangelo

Galactic supernova remnants (SNRs) play an important role in our understanding of supernovae and their feedback on the interstellar environment. SNR G352.7$-$0.1 is special for its thermal composite morphology and double-ring structure. We…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-07-24 Qian-Qian Zhang , Ping Zhou , Yang Chen , Xiao Zhang , Wen-Juan Zhong , Xin Zhou , Zhi-Yu Zhang , Jacco Vink

In this study we use MUSE Integral Field Spectroscopy (IFS), along with multi-line diagnostics, for the optical identification of Supernova Remnants (SNRs) in the galaxy NGC 7793. We find in total 238 SNR candidates, 225 of them new…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-03-27 Maria Kopsacheili , Cristina Jiménez-Palau , Lluís Galbany , Panayotis Boumis , Raúl González-Díaz