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Spectroscopic observations at 2.4 - 45 microns of the young supernova remnant Cas A with the Infrared Space Observatory (ISO) Short Wavelength Spectrometer (SWS) reveal strong emission lines of O, Ne, Si, S, and Ar. These lines are observed…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 R. G. Arendt , E. Dwek , S. H. Moseley

We present the most sensitive ultraviolet observations of Supernova 1987A to date. Imaging spectroscopy from the Hubble Space Telescope-Cosmic Origins Spectrograph shows many narrow (dv \sim 300 km/s) emission lines from the circumstellar…

An examination of late-time, optical spectra of type Ia supernovae revealed surprisingly narrow absorption features which only become visible a few months after maximum light. These features, most clearly seen in the late-time spectra of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-12-05 Christine S. Black , Robert A. Fesen , Jerod T. Parrent

This paper describes the aims, objectives and first results of the observational program for the study of distant core-collapse supernovae (SNe) with redshifts z < 0.3. This work is done within the framework of an international cooperation…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 A. S. Moskvitin , T. A. Fatkhullin , V. V. Sokolov , V. N. Komarova , A. J. Drake , R. Roy , D. Yu. Tsvetkov

We present the late-time optical light curve of the ejecta of SN 1987A measured from HST imaging observations spanning the past 17 years. We find that the flux from the ejecta declined up to around year 2001, powered by the radioactive…

Photometry is the most easily acquired information about supernovae. The light curves constructed from regular imaging provide signatures not only for the energy input, the radiation escape, the local environment and the progenitor stars,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-13 Bruno Leibundgut , Nicholas B. Suntzeff

Dense, fast-moving ejecta knots in supernova remnants are prime sites for molecule and dust formation. We present SOFIA far-IR spectrometer FIFI-LS observations of CO-rich knots in Cas A which cover a ~1 square arc minute area of the…

There is both observational and theoretical evidence that the ejecta of core-collapse supernovae (SNe) are structured. Rather than being smooth and homogeneous, the material is made of over-dense and under-dense regions of distinct…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-11-07 Luc Dessart , D. John Hillier , Kevin D. Wilk

The structure and morphology of supernova remnants (SNRs) reflect the properties of the parent supernovae (SNe) and the characteristics of the inhomogeneous environments through which the remnants expand. Linking the morphology of SNRs to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-12-29 S. Orlando , A. Wongwathanarat , H. -T. Janka , M. Miceli , M. Ono , S. Nagataki , F. Bocchino , G. Peres

We present a review of X-ray observations of supernovae (SNe). By observing the (~0.1-100 keV) X-ray emission from young SNe, physical key parameters such as the circumstellar matter (CSM) density, mass-loss rate of the progenitor and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-13 Stefan Immler , Walter H. G. Lewin

I outline the dynamical evolution of the shell remnants of supernovae (SNRs), from initial interaction of supernova ejecta with circumstellar material (CSM) through to the final dissolution of the remnant into the interstellar medium (ISM).…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-04-25 Stephen P. Reynolds

In a supernova explosion, the ejecta interacting with the surrounding circumstellar medium (CSM) give rise to variety of radiation. Since CSM is created from the mass lost from the progenitor star, it carries footprints of the late time…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-01-24 Poonam Chandra

We present our results on the {\gamma}-ray emission from interaction-powered supernovae (SNe), a recently discovered SN type that is suggested to be surrounded by a circumstellar medium (CSM) with densities 10^7-10^12~ cm^-3. Such high…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-07-21 Dimitrios Kantzas , Maria Petropoulou , Apostolos Mastichiadis

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

We review the major advances in understanding the morphologies and kinematics of supernova remnants (SNRs). Simulations of SN explosions have improved dramatically over the last few years, and SNRs can be used to test models through…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-04-11 Laura A. Lopez , Robert A. Fesen

The distribution of ejecta in young supernova remnants offers a powerful observational probe of their explosions and progenitors. Here we present a 3D reconstruction of the ejecta in SNR 0540-69.3, which is an O-rich remnant with a pulsar…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-12-15 J. Larsson , J. Sollerman , J. D. Lyman , J. Spyromilio , L. Tenhu , C. Fransson , P. Lundqvist

The young SNR Cassiopeia A was imaged with WFPC-2 through four filters selected to capture the complete velocity range of the remnant's main shell in several important emission lines. Primary lines detected were [O III] 4959,5007, [N II]…

A mass paucity of compact objects in the range of $\sim 2-5 ~M_\odot$ has been suggested by X-ray binary observations, namely, the "lower mass gap". Gravitational wave detections have unlocked another mass measurement method, and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-06-11 Tong Liu , Yun-Feng Wei , Li Xue , Mou-Yuan Sun

Superluminous supernovae are among the most energetic stellar explosions in the Universe, but their energy sources remain an open question. Here we present long-term observations of one of the closest examples of the hydrogen-poor subclass…

JWST/NIRCam obtained high angular-resolution (0.05-0.1''), deep near-infrared 1--5 micron imaging of Supernova (SN) 1987A taken 35 years after the explosion. In the NIRCam images, we identify: 1) faint H2 crescents, which are emissions…