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We present the decadal brightening of non-thermal emission flux in the northeastern filament of the young supernova remnant Cassiopeia A (Cas A), which highlights dynamic processes in the forward shock. This filament, characterized by the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-10-29 Nao Kominato , Toshiki Sato , Yusuke Sakai , Ryota Hayakawa , Shinya Yamada

We report the first detection of asymmetry in a supernova (SN) photosphere based on SN light echo (LE) spectra of Cas A from the different perspectives of dust concentrations on its LE ellipsoid. New LEs are reported based on difference…

Infrared continuum observations provide a means of investigating the physical composition of the dust in the ejecta and swept up medium of the Cas A supernova remnant. Using low resolution Spitzer IRS spectra (5-35 $\mu$m), and broad-band…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-19 Richard G. Arendt , Eli Dwek , Gladys Kober , Jeonghee Rho , Una Hwang

Molecular emission was imaged with ALMA from numerous components near and within bright H2-emitting knots and absorbing dust globules in the Crab Nebula. These observations provide a critical test of how energetic photons and particles…

The shell type supernova remnant (SNR) Cas A exhibits structures at nearly all angular scales. Previous studies show the angular power spectrum $(C_{\ell})$ of the radio emission to be a broken power law, consistent with MHD turbulence. The…

We introduce a million-second observation of the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A with the Chandra X-ray Observatory. The bipolar structure of the Si-rich ejecta (NE jet and SW counterpart) is clearly evident in the new images, and their…

We present early-time Swift and Chandra X-ray data along with late-time optical and near-infrared observations of SN 2013by, a Type IIL supernova (SN) that occurred in the nearby spiral galaxy ESO 138$-$G10 (D $\sim 14.8$ Mpc). Optical and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-10-11 C. S. Black , D. Milisavljevic , R. Margutti , R. A. Fesen , D. Patnaude , S. Parker

We present new observations of [CII] fine structure line emission from an isolated molecular cloud using the upGREAT instrument onboard SOFIA. These data are analyzed together with archival CO=1-0 and HI 21 cm emission spectra to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-12-21 Mark Heyer , Paul F. Goldsmith , Robert Simon , Rebeca Aladro , Oliver Ricken

We use high-resolution (0.5 arcsec) CO(2-1) observations performed with ALMA to trace the kinematics of the molecular gas in the Seyfert 2 galaxy IC5063. A fast outflow of molecular gas extends along the entire radio jet, with the highest…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-07-22 Raffaella Morganti , Tom Oosterloo , J. B. R. Oonk , Wilfred Frieswijk , Clive Tadhunter

We present wide-field and high-sensitivity CO(1-0) molecular line observations toward the Cassiopeia region, using the 13.7m millimeter telescope of the Purple Mountain Observatory (PMO). The CO observations reveal a large-scale highly…

Deep optical CCD images of the supernova remnant G 32.8-0.1 were obtained where filamentary and diffuse emission was discovered. The images were acquired in the emission lines of Halpha+[N II] and [S II]. Filamentary and diffuse structures…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-13 P. Boumis , E. M. Xilouris , J. Alikakos , P. E. Christopoulou , F. Mavromatakis , A. C. Katsiyannis , C. D. Goudis

We measure the molecular gas environment near recent ($< 100$ yr old) supernovae (SNe) using $\sim1''$ or $\leq 150$pc resolution CO (2-1) maps from the PHANGS-ALMA survey of nearby star-forming galaxies. This is arguably the first such…

We employ MUSE/VLT data to study the ionised and highly ionised gas phases of the feedback in Circinus, the closest Seyfert 2 galaxy to us. The analysis of the nebular emission allowed us to detect a remarkable high-ionisation gas outflow…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-06-28 M. A. Fonseca-Faria , A. Rodríguez-Ardila , M. Contini , V. Reynaldi

Recent observations suggest that Tycho's supernova remnant (SNR; SN 1572) is expanding into a cavity wall of molecular clouds (MCs), which decelerate the SNR and influence its multi-wavelength morphology. To constrain the physical…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-12-12 Sendi Bo , Yu Huang , Ping Zhou , Tian-Yu Tu , Samar Safi-Harb , Zhi-Yu Zhang , Yang Chen , Hidetoshi Sano

Context. Cassiopeia A is one of the most extensively studied supernova remnants (SNRs) in our Galaxy. The analysis of its spectral features with the help of low frequency observations plays an important role for understanding the evolution…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-03-01 Lev A. Stanislavsky , Igor N. Bubnov , Aleksander A. Konovalenko , Aleksander A. Stanislavsky , Serge N. Yerin

We investigate the molecular environment of the Galactic supernova remnant (SNR) Kesteven 78 and perform an XMM-Newton X-ray spectroscopic study for the northeastern edge of the remnant. SNR Kes78 is found to interact with the molecular…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-27 Ping Zhou , Yang Chen

Supernovae and their remnants are believed to be prodigious sources of Galactic cosmic rays and interstellar dust. Understanding the mechanisms behind their surprisingly high production rate is helped by the study of nearby young supernova…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-17 L. Staveley-Smith , T. M. Potter , G. Zanardo , B. M. Gaensler , C. -Y. Ng

Quantitative understanding of the interstellar medium requires knowledge of its physical conditions. Low frequency carbon radio recombination lines (CRRLs) trace cold interstellar gas, and can be used to determine its physical conditions…

We present new Chandra ACIS-S3 observations of Cassiopeia A which, when combined with earlier ACIS-S3 observations, show evidence for a steady ~ 1.5-2%/yr decline in the 4.2-6.0 keV X-ray emission between the years 2000 and 2010. The…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-20 Daniel J. Patnaude , Jacco Vink , J. Martin Laming , Robert A. Fesen

With Hubble Space Telescope Wide-Field Planetary Camera 2 observations of the Cygnus Loop supernova remnant, we examine the interaction of an interstellar cloud with the blast wave on physical scales of 10^15 cm. The shock front is…

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