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Accurate distances to supernova remnants (SNRs) are crucial in determining their size, age, luminosity and evolutionary state. To determine distances, we chose three SNRs from the VLA Galactic Plane Survey (VGPS) for extraction of HI…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-05-28 S. Ranasinghe , D. A. Leahy

Accurate distance measurements to supernova remnants (SNRs) are crucial for understanding their physical properties and evolution. We present a novel method that combines CO line observations with three-dimensional (3D) extinction maps to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-03-24 Zhe Zhang , Jun Li , Biwei Jiang , He Zhao , Fupeng Liu

We carry out a comprehensive study of HI 21 cm line observations and $^{13}$CO line observations of 21 supernova remnants (SNRs). The aim of the study is to search for HI absorption features to obtain kinematic distances in a consistent…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-08-29 S. Ranasinghe , D. A. Leahy

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

Supernova remnants (SNRs) are significant contributors of matter and energy to the interstellar medium. Understanding the impact and the mechanism of this contribution requires knowledge of the physical size, energy, and expansion rate of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-12-04 Rebecca A. Booth , Roland Kothes , Tom Landecker , Jo-Anne Brown , Andrew Gray , Tyler Foster , Eric Greisen

We build HI absorption spectra towards Supernova Remnant (SNRs) G16.7+0.1 and G15.9+0.2 using the THOR survey data. With the absorption spectra, we give a new distance range of 7 to 16 kpc for G15.9+0.2. We also resolve the near/far-side…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-09-25 W. W. Tian , H. Zhu , M. F. Zhang , H. K. Chang , S. S. Shan , D. A. Leahy

We take advantage of the red clump stars to build the relation of the optical extinction (AV) and distance in each direction of supernova remnants (SNRs) with known extinction in the fourth Galactic quadrant. The distances of 9 SNRs are…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-07-24 Su-Su Shan , Hui Zhu , Wen-Wu Tian , Hai-Yan Zhang , Ai-Yuan Yang , Meng-Fei Zhang

We present a table of 215 SNRs with distances. New distances are found to SNR G$51.26+0.11$ of $6.6 \pm 1.7$ kpc using HI absorption spectra, and to 5 other SNRs using maser/molecular cloud associations. We recalculate the distances and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-11-30 S. Ranasinghe , D. Leahy

In the absence of a parallax distance to a pulsar or a surviving binary in a supernova remnant (SNR), distances to Galactic SNRs are generally very uncertain. However, by combining Gaia data with wide field, multi-fiber echelle…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-03-22 C. S. Kochanek , J. C. Raymond , N. Caldwell

We measure the distance to the supernova remnant G15.4+0.1 which is likely associated with TeV source HESS J1818-154. We build the neutral hydrogen (HI) absorption and 13CO spectra to supernova remnant G15.4+0.1 by employing the data from…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-10-11 H. Su , M. F. Zhang , H. Zhu , D. Wu

New HI images from the VLA Galactic Plane Survey show prominent absorption features associated with the supernovae remnant G23.3-0.3 (SNR W41). We highlight the HI absorption spectra and the $^{13}$CO emission spectra of eight small regions…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Denis A. Leahy , Wenwu Tian

Many supernova remnants (SNRs) are considered to evolve in molecular environments, but the associations between SNRs and molecular clouds (MCs) are often unclear. Being aware of such ambiguous case, we report our study on the molecular…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-07-15 Xin Zhou , Yang Su , Ji Yang , Yang Chen , Ye Xu , Xuepeng Chen , Shaobo Zhang

We obtain new HI and $^{13}$CO images around Supernova Remnants (SNR) Kes 69 and G21.5-0.9. By comparing HI spectra with $^{13}$CO emission spectra, we significantly revise the kinematic distance for Kes 69 to $\sim$ 5.5 kpc, which was 11.2…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Wenwu Tian , Denis A. Leahy

The set of supernova remnants (SNR) from Green's SNR catalog which are found in the VLA Galactic Plane Survey (VGPS) are the objects considered in this study. For these SNR, we extract and analyse HI absorption spectra in a uniform way and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-07-19 Denis Leahy , Sujith Ranasinghe

We have obtained high resolution Ca II and Na I absorption line spectra toward 68 OB stars in the direction of the Vela Supernova Remnant. The stars lie at distances of 190 -- 2800 pc as determined by Hipparcos and spectroscopic parallax…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Alexandra N. Cha , Kenneth R. Sembach , Anthony C. Danks

We present an approach to finding distances to young supernova remnants. Our method is based on hydrodynamical simulations of Tycho's SNR using the SUPREMNA code. For the explosion models, we use the classical W7 deflagration model and the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-08-01 A. V. Kozlova , S. I. Blinnikov

We briefly summarize the survey of HI 21 cm emission lines to search for shocked atomic gas associated with Galactic supernova remnants (SNRs) in the southern sky. For G347.3-0.5, we discuss the distance to the SNR and the implications of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Bon-Chul Koo , Ji-hyun Kang , Naomi McClure-Griffiths

New HI images from the VLA Galactic Plane Survey (VGPS) show clear absorption features associated with the supernova remnant (SNR) G18.8+0.3. High-resolution $^{13}$CO images reveal that molecular clouds overlap the radio filaments of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 W. W. Tian , D. A. Leahy , Q. D. Wang

Distance measurements of supernova remnants (SNRs) are essential and important. Accurate estimates of physical size, dust masses, and some other properties of SNRs depend critically on accurate distance measurements. However, the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-07-15 Shu Wang , Chengyu Zhang , Biwei Jiang , He Zhao , Bingqiu Chen , Xiaodian Chen , Jian Gao , Jifeng Liu

We have searched for HI 21 cm line emission from shocked atomic gas associated with southern supernova remnants (SNRs) using data from the Southern Galactic Plane Survey. Among the 97 sources studied, we have detected 10 SNRs with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-18 Bon-Chul Koo , Ji-hyun Kang , N. M. McClure-Griffiths
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