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We report a discovery of shocked gas from the supernova remnant (SNR) G357.7+0.3. Our millimeter and submillimeter observations reveal broad molecular lines of CO(2-1), CO(3-2), CO(4-3), 13CO (2-1) and 13CO (3-2), HCO^+ and HCN using HHSMT,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-12-28 J. Rho , J. Bieging , J. Hewitt , M. Andersen , W. T. Reach , R. Guesten

Supernova remnant (SNR) Kes 69 is morphologically characterized by brightened radio, infrared, and X-ray emission on the southeastern rim, with the 1720 MHz OH masers detected in the northeastern and southeastern regions at various local…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 Xin Zhou , Yang Chen , Yang Su , Ji Yang

Broadband optical and narrowband Si XIII X-ray images of the young Galactic supernova remnant Cas A obtained over several decades are used to investigate spatial and temporal correlations on both large and small scales. The data consist of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-19 Daniel J. Patnaude , Robert A. Fesen

We report the discovery of polarized flux at 2.2 micron from the bright shell of the approximately 320 year old supernova remnant Cas A. The fractional polarizations are comparable at 6 cm and 2.2 micron, and the polarization angles are…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 T. J. Jones , L. Rudnick , T. DeLaney , J. Bowden

The study on the dynamic evolution of young supernova remnants (SNRs) is an important way to understand the density structure of the progenitor's circumstellar medium. We have reported the acceleration or deceleration, proper motion and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-12-14 Xianhuan Lei , Hui Zhu , Haiyan Zhang , Wenwu Tian

Using optical and near-infrared images of the Cassiopeia A (Cas A) supernova remnant covering the time period 1951 to 2022, together with optical spectra of selected filaments, we present an investigation of Cas A's reverse shock velocity…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-01-15 Robert A. Fesen , Dan Milisavljevic , Daniel Patnaude , Roger A. Chevalier , John C. Raymond , McKinley Brumback , Kathryn E. Weil

High energy observations of Cas A suggested the presence of synchrotron radiation, implying acceleration of cosmic rays by young supernova remnants. We detect synchrotron emission from Cas A in the near-infrared using Two Micron All Sky…

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…

High resolution millimeter-wave and near-infrared observations of the supernova remnants W28 and W44 reveal extensive shocked molecular gas where supernova blast waves are propagating into giant molecular clouds. New CO observations were…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-13 William T. reach , Jeonghee Rho , T. H. Jarrett

A field of ~38'x38' around the supernova remnant (SNR) G349.7+0.2 has been surveyed in the CO J=1-0 transition with the 12 Meter Telescope of the NRAO, using the On-The-Fly technique. The resolution of the observations is 54". We have found…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Estela M. Reynoso , Jeffrey G. Mangum

Using the PMO 13.7m telescope, we present large-field and high-sensitivity CO(1-0) line observations toward the Crab Nebula, in order to better understand the interstellar gas environment of this well-known historical supernova remnant. The…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-09-17 Xuepeng Chen , Dong Wang , Qianru He , Jiancheng Feng , Shiyu Zhang , Li Sun , Yang Su

We report new CO observations and a detailed molecular-line study of the mixed morphology (MM) supernova remnant (SNR) G359.1-0.5, which contains six OH (1720 MHz) masers along the radio shell, indicative of shock-cloud interaction.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-02-26 L. K. Eppens , E. M. Reynoso , J. Lazendic-Galloway , J. A. Combi , J. F. Albacete Colombo , -

The supernova remnant Cassiopeia A (Cas A) is one of the few remnants in which it is possible to observe unshocked ejecta. A deep 1.64 micron image of Cas A shows a patch of diffuse emission from unshocked ejecta, as well as brighter…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-10-31 J. C. Raymond , B. -C. Koo , Y. -H. Lee , D. Milisavljevic , R. A. Fesen , I. Chilingarian

We present the analysis of an IRS 5-38 {\mu}m spectrum and MIPS photometric measurements of an infrared echo near the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant observed with the Spitzer Space Telescope. We have modeled the recorded echo accounting for…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2012-04-27 Frédéric P. A. Vogt , Marc-André Besel , Oliver Krause , Cornelis P. Dullemond

We report on proper motion measurements of the forward- and reverse-shock regions of the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A (Cas A), including deceleration/acceleration measurements of the forward shock. The measurements combine 19 years of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-04-20 Jacco Vink , Daniel J. Patnaude , Daniel Castro

We present new evidence that the bright non-thermal X-ray emission features in the interior of the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant (SNR) are caused by inward moving shocks based on Chandra and NuSTAR observations. Several bright…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-02-07 Toshiki Sato , Satoru Katsuda , Mikio Morii , Aya Bamba , John P. Hughes , Yoshitomo Maeda , Manabu Ishida , Federico Fraschetti

Using data from the Chandra X-Ray Observatory, we revisited the reverse shock in the supernova remnant (SNR) Cassiopeia A.Based on the spectroscopic of a series of annuli in the northwest (NW) and southeast (SE), we get the radial profiles…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-05-29 Yin Wu , Xuejuan Yang

In recent works, through observations of molecular lines, we found that the supernova remnant (SNR) G18.8+0.3 is interacting with a molecular cloud towards its southern edge. Also it has been proven the presence of several neighboring HII…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-06-02 M. Celis Peña , Sergio Paron

We present high spatial resolution X-ray spectroscopy of supernova remnant Cassiopeia A with the {\sl Chandra} observations. The X-ray emitting region of this remnant was divided into 38 $\times$ 34 pixels with a scale of 10$\arcsec$…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Xue-juan Yang , Fang-jun Lu , Li Chen