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We present near-infrared spectroscopy of fluorescent molecular hydrogen (H_2) emission from molecular filaments in the reflection nebula NGC 7023. We derive the relative column densities of H_2 rotational-vibrational states from the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Paul Martini , K. Sellgren , Joseph L. Hora

We present International LOw Frequency ARray (LOFAR) Telescope (ILT) observations of the Crab Nebula, the remnant of a core-collapse supernova explosion observed by astronomers in 1054. The field of the Crab Nebula was observed between 120…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-07-16 M. Arias , R. Timmerman , F. Sweijen , R. J. van Weeren , C. G. Bassa

Context. There are significant amounts of H2 in the Milky Way. Due to its symmetry H2 does not radiate at radio frequencies. CO is thought to be a tracer for H2, however CO is formed at significantly higher opacities than H2. Thus, toward…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-07-08 P. M. W. Kalberla , J. Kerp , U. Haud

We present observations of the four hyperfine structure components of the OH 18 cm transition (1612, 1665, 1667 and 1720 MHz) toward a filamentary dark cloud, the Pipe nebula, with the Green Bank Telescope. A statistical equilibrium…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-12-09 Yuji Ebisawa , Nami Sakai , Karl M. Menten , Yoko Oya , Satoshi Yamamoto

We report JWST MIRI/MRS observations of the H2 S(1) 17.04 micron transition in two regions in the boundary of the Taurus Molecular Cloud. The two regions, denoted Edge (near the relatively sharp boundary of the 13CO J=1-0 emission) and Peak…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-04-30 Paul F. Goldsmith , Shengzhe Wang , Xin Wang , Raphael Skalidis , Gary A. Fuller , Di Li , Chao-Weo Tsai , Lile Wang , Donghui Quan

We obtain scatter broadened images of the Crab Nebula at 80 MHz as it transits through the inner solar wind in June 2016 and 2017. These images are anisotropic, with the major axis oriented perpendicular to the radially outward coronal…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-12-13 K. Sasikumar Raja , Prasad Subramanian , R. Ramesh , Angelos Vourlidas , Madhusudan Ingale

[Abridged] We use new HST and archived images to clarify the nature of the knots in the Helix Nebula. We employ published far infrared spectrophotometry and existing 2.12 micron images to establish that the population distribution of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 C. R. O'Dell , W. J. Henney , G. J. Ferland

Integral-field spectroscopy of molecular hydrogen in the optical wavelength region and complementary long-slit near-infrared spectroscopy are presented towards HH91A.The detection of some 200 H_2 lines arising from ro-vibrational levels up…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Roland Gredel

The Crab nebula is a supernova remnant exhibiting a highly polarized synchrotron radiation at radio and millimeter wavelengths. It is the brightest source in the microwave sky with an extension of 7 by 5 arcminutes and commonly used as a…

Using high-resolution (~85000) and high signal-to-noise ratio (~200) optical spectra acquired with the European Southern Observatory Ultraviolet and Visual Echelle Spectrograph, we have determined the interstellar column densities of C2 for…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2010-09-28 M. Kazmierczak , M. R. Schmidt , A. Bondar , J. Krelowski

We measure H$_2$ temperatures and column densities across the Orion BN/KL explosive outflow from a set of thirteen near-IR H$_2$ rovibrational emission lines observed with the TripleSpec spectrograph on Apache Point Observatory's 3.5-meter…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-04-25 Allison Youngblood , Kevin France , Adam Ginsburg , Keri Hoadley , John Bally

The complete near infrared (0.9-2.5 micron) spectra in three different star forming regions (HH24-26, HH72 and BHR71) are presented and analyzed in the framework of shock excitation models. The spectra are dominated by H_2 rovibrational…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 T. Giannini , C. McCoey , A. Caratti o Garatti , B. Nisini , D. Lorenzetti , D. R. Flower

The Crab nebula originated from a core-collapse supernova (SN) explosion observed in 1054 A.D. When viewed as a supernova remnant (SNR), it has an anomalously low observed ejecta mass and kinetic energy for an Fe-core collapse SN. Intensive…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-04-25 Hitomi Collaboration , Felix Aharonian , Hiroki Akamatsu , Fumie Akimoto , Steven W. Allen , Lorella Angelini , Marc Audard , Hisamitsu Awaki , Magnus Axelsson , Aya Bamba , Marshall W. Bautz , Roger Blandford , Laura W. Brenneman , Greg V. Brown , Esra Bulbul , Edward M. Cackett , Maria Chernyakova , Meng P. Chiao , Paolo S. Coppi , Elisa Costantini , Jelle de Plaa , Cor P. de Vries , Jan-Willem den Herder , Chris Done , Tadayasu Dotani , Ken Ebisawa , Megan E. Eckart , Teruaki Enoto , Yuichiro Ezoe , Andrew C. Fabian , Carlo Ferrigno , Adam R. Foster , Ryuichi Fujimoto , Yasushi Fukazawa , Akihiro Furuzawa , Massimiliano Galeazzi , Luigi C. Gallo , Poshak Gandhi , Margherita Giustini , Andrea Goldwurm , Liyi Gu , Matteo Guainazzi , Yoshito Haba , Kouichi Hagino , Kenji Hamaguchi , Ilana M. Harrus , Isamu Hatsukade , Katsuhiro Hayashi , Takayuki Hayashi , Kiyoshi Hayashida , Junko S. Hiraga , Ann Hornschemeier , Akio Hoshino , John P. Hughes , Yuto Ichinohe , Ryo Iizuka , Hajime Inoue , Yoshiyuki Inoue , Manabu Ishida , Kumi Ishikawa , Yoshitaka Ishisaki , Jelle Kaastra , Tim Kallman , Tsuneyoshi Kamae , Jun Kataoka , Satoru Katsuda , Nobuyuki Kawai , Richard L. Kelley , Caroline A. Kilbourne , Takao Kitaguchi , Shunji Kitamoto , Tetsu Kitayama , Takayoshi Kohmura , Motohide Kokubun , Katsuji Koyama , Shu Koyama , Peter Kretschmar , Hans A. Krimm , Aya Kubota , Hideyo Kunieda , Philippe Laurent , Shiu-Hang Lee , Maurice A. Leutenegger , Olivier O. Limousin , Michael Loewenstein , Knox S. Long , David Lumb , Greg Madejski , Yoshitomo Maeda , Daniel Maier , Kazuo Makishima , Maxim Markevitch , Hironori Matsumoto , Kyoko Matsushita , Dan McCammon , Brian R. McNamara , Missagh Mehdipour , Eric D. Miller , Jon M. Miller , Shin Mineshige , Kazuhisa Mitsuda , Ikuyuki Mitsuishi , Takuya Miyazawa , Tsunefumi Mizuno , Hideyuki Mori , Koji Mori , Koji Mukai , Hiroshi Murakami , Richard F. Mushotzky , Takao Nakagawa , Hiroshi Nakajima , Takeshi Nakamori , Shinya Nakashima , Kazuhiro Nakazawa , Kumiko K. Nobukawa , Masayoshi Nobukawa , Hirofumi Noda , Hirokazu Odaka , Takaya Ohashi , Masanori Ohno , Takashi Okajima , Naomi Ota , Masanobu Ozaki , Frits Paerels , Stephane Paltani , Robert Petre , Ciro Pinto , Frederick S. Porter , Katja Pottschmidt , Christopher S. Reynolds , Samar Safi-Harb , Shinya Saito , Kazuhiro Sakai , Toru Sasaki , Goro Sato , Kosuke Sato , Rie Sato , Toshiki Sato , Makoto Sawada , Norbert Schartel , Peter J. Serlemtsos , Hiromi Seta , Megumi Shidatsu , Aurora Simionescu , Randall K. Smith , Yang Soong , Lukasz Stawarz , Yasuharu Sugawara , Satoshi Sugita , Andrew Szymkowiak , Hiroyasu Tajima , Hiromitsu Takahashi , Tadayuki Takahashi , Shinichiro Takeda , Yoh Takei , Toru Tamagawa , Takayuki Tamura , Takaaki Tanaka , Yasuo Tanaka , Yasuyuki T. Tanaka , Makoto S. Tashiro , Yuzuru Tawara , Yukikatsu Terada , Yuichi Terashima , Francesco Tombesi , Hiroshi Tomida , Yohko Tsuboi , Masahiro Tsujimoto , Hiroshi Tsunemi , Takeshi Go Tsuru , Hiroyuki Uchida , Hideki Uchiyama , Yasunobu Uchiyama , Shutaro Ueda , Yoshihiro Ueda , Shinichiro Uno , C. Megan Urry , Eugenio Ursino , Shin Watanabe , Norbert Werner , Dan R. Wilkins , Brian J. Williams , Shinya Yamada , Hiroya Yamaguchi , Kazutaka Yamaoka , Noriko Y. Yamasaki , Makoto Yamauchi , Shigeo Yamauchi , Tahir Yaqoob , Yoichi Yatsu , Daisuke Yonetoku , Irina Zhuravleva , Abderahmen Zoghbi , Nozomu Tominaga , Takashi J. Moriya

The first identification of the argonium ion (ArH+) towards the Crab Nebula supernova remnant was proclaimed by the Herschel in the sub-millimeter and far-infrared domain. Very recently the discovery of the hydro-helium cation (HeH+) in the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-10-28 Ankan Das , Milan Sil , Bratati Bhat , Prasanta Gorai , Sandip K. Chakrabarti , Paola Caselli

We investigate the temperature distribution of CO-dark molecular hydrogen (H2) in a series of disk galaxies simulated using the AREPO moving-mesh code. In conditions similar to those in the Milky Way, we find that H2 has a flat temperature…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-08-31 Simon C. O. Glover , Rowan J. Smith

We present APEX 218 GHz observations of molecular emission in a complete sample of embedded protostars in the Ophiuchus star-forming region. To study the physical properties of the cores, we calculate H$_2$CO and c-C$_3$H$_2$ rotational…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-25 Johan E. Lindberg , Steven B. Charnley , Jes K. Jørgensen , Martin A. Cordiner , Per Bjerkeli

Context. On March 4, 2013, the Fermi-LAT and AGILE reported a flare from the direction of the Crab Nebula in which the high-energy (HE; E > 100 MeV) flux was six times above its quiescent level. Simultaneous observations in other energy…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-02-20 H. E. S. S. Collaboration , A. Abramowski , F. Aharonian , F. Ait Benkhali , A. G. Akhperjanian , E. Angüner , G. Anton , S. Balenderan , A. Balzer , A. Barnacka , Y. Becherini , J. Becker Tjus , K. Bernlöhr , E. Birsin , E. Bissaldi , J. Biteau , M. Böttcher , C. Boisson , J. Bolmont , P. Bordas , J. Brucker , F. Brun , P. Brun , T. Bulik , S. Carrigan , S. Casanova , M. Cerruti , P. M. Chadwick , R. Chalme-Calvet , R. C. G. Chaves , A. Cheesebrough , M. Chrétien , S. Colafrancesco , G. Cologna , J. Conrad , C. Couturier , Y. Cui , M. Dalton , M. K. Daniel , I. D. Davids , B. Degrange , C. Deil , P. deWilt , H. J. Dickinson , A. Djannati-Ataï , W. Domainko , L. O'C. Drury , G. Dubus , K. Dutson , J. Dyks , M. Dyrda , T. Edwards , K. Egberts , P. Eger , P. Espigat , C. Farnier , S. Fegan , F. Feinstein , M. V. Fernandes , D. Fernandez , A. Fiasson , G. Fontaine , A. Förster , M. Füßling , M. Gajdus , Y. A. Gallant , T. Garrigoux , G. Giavitto , B. Giebels , J. F. Glicenstein , M. -H. Grondin , M. Grudzińska , S. Häffner , J. Hahn , J. Harris , G. Heinzelmann , G. Henri , G. Hermann , O. Hervet , A. Hillert , J. A. Hinton , W. Hofmann , P. Hofverberg , M. Holler , D. Horns , A. Jacholkowska , C. Jahn , M. Jamrozy , M. Janiak , F. Jankowsky , I. Jung , M. A. Kastendieck , K. Katarzyński , U. Katz , S. Kaufmann , B. Khélifi , M. Kieffer , S. Klepser , D. Klochkov , W. Kluźniak , T. Kneiske , D. Kolitzus , Nu. Komin , K. Kosack , S. Krakau , F. Krayzel , P. P. Krüger , H. Laffon , G. Lamanna , J. Lefaucheur , A. Lemière , M. Lemoine-Goumard , J. -P. Lenain , D. Lennarz , T. Lohse , A. Lopatin , C. -C. Lu , V. Marandon , A. Marcowith , R. Marx , G. Maurin , N. Maxted , M. Mayer , T. J. L. McComb , J. Méhault , P. J. Meintjes , U. Menzler , M. Meyer , R. Moderski , M. Mohamed , E. Moulin , T. Murach , C. L. Naumann , M. de Naurois , J. Niemiec , S. J. Nolan , L. Oakes , S. Ohm , E. de Oña Wilhelmi , B. Opitz , M. Ostrowski , I. Oya , M. Panter , R. D. Parsons , M. Paz Arribas , N. W. Pekeur , G. Pelletier , J. Perez , P. -O. Petrucci , B. Peyaud , S. Pita , H. Poon , G. Pühlhofer , M. Punch , A. Quirrenbach , S. Raab , M. Raue , A. Reimer , O. Reimer , M. Renaud , R. de los Reyes , F. Rieger , L. Rob , C. Romoli , S. Rosier-Lees , G. Rowell , B. Rudak , C. B. Rulten , V. Sahakian , D. A. Sanchez , A. Santangelo , R. Schlickeiser , F. Schüssler , A. Schulz , U. Schwanke , S. Schwarzburg , S. Schwemmer , H. Sol , G. Spengler , F. Spies , Ł. Stawarz , R. Steenkamp , C. Stegmann , F. Stinzing , K. Stycz , I. Sushch , A. Szostek , J. -P. Tavernet , T. Tavernier , A. M. Taylor , R. Terrier , M. Tluczykont , C. Trichard , K. Valerius , C. van Eldik , B. van Soelen , G. Vasileiadis , C. Venter , A. Viana , P. Vincent , H. J. Völk , F. Volpe , M. Vorster , T. Vuillaume , S. J. Wagner , P. Wagner , M. Ward , M. Weidinger , Q. Weitzel , R. White , A. Wierzcholska , P. Willmann , A. Wörnlein , D. Wouters , V. Zabalza , M. Zacharias , A. Zajczyk , A. A. Zdziarski , A. Zech , H. -S. Zechlin

The results of a submillimetre wavelength spectral line survey between 455.1 -- 507.4 GHz of the Orion-KL hot cloud core are reported. A total of 254 lines were detected to a main beam brightness temperature sensitivity ~ 1 - 3 K. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Glenn J. White , M. Araki , J. S. Greaves , M. Ohishi , N. S. Higginbottom

Whether supernovae are major sources of dust in galaxies is a long-standing debate. We present infrared and submillimeter photometry and spectroscopy from the Herschel Space Observatory of the Crab Nebula between 51 and 670 micron as part…

One of the most intriguing results from the gamma-ray instruments in orbit has been the detection of powerful flares from the Crab Nebula. These flares challenge our understanding of pulsar wind nebulae and models for particle acceleration.…