English
Related papers

Related papers: The 30-Year Search for the Compact Object in SN 19…

200 papers

The central pointlike X-ray source of the Cas A supernova remnant was discovered in the Chandra First Light Observation and found later in the archival ROSAT and Einstein images. The analysis of these data does not show statistically…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 G. G. Pavlov , V. E. Zavlin , B. Aschenbach , J. Truemper , D. Sanwal

We have used the Spitzer satellite to monitor the mid-IR evolution of SN 1987A over a 5 year period spanning the epochs between days 6000 and 8000 since the explosion. The supernova (SN) has evolved into a supernova remnant (SNR) and its…

Recently there has been a lot of interest in models in which gravity becomes strong at the TeV scale. The observed weakness of gravitational interactions is then explained by the existence of extra compact dimensions of space, which are…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-31 Schuyler Cullen , Maxim Perelstein

As the remnant of Supernova (SN) 1987A has been getting brighter over time, new observations at high frequencies have allowed imaging of the radio emission at unprecedented detail. We present a new radio image at 44 GHz of the supernova…

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

We report on Chandra X-ray observations of ASASSN-18tb/SN 2018fhw, a low luminosity Type Ia supernova that showed a H line in its optical spectrum. No X-ray emission was detected at the location of the SN. Upper limits to the luminosity of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-11-30 Vikram V. Dwarkadas

We present new imaging observations of the remnant of Supernova (SN) 1987A at 44 GHz, performed in 2011 with the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA). The $0\farcs35\times0\farcs23$ resolution of the diffraction-limited image is the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-04-08 Giovanna Zanardo , L. Staveley-Smith , C. -Y. Ng , B. M. Gaensler , T. M. Potter , R. N. Manchester , A. K. Tzioumis

We present X-ray and radio observations of what may be the closest type Iax supernova (SN) to date, SN 2014dt (d=12.3-19.3 Mpc) and provide tight constraints on the radio and X-ray emission. We infer a specific radio luminosity of <…

The properties of the population of compact objects created in core-collapse supernovae (SNe) are uncertain. X-ray observations years to decades after the explosions offer a way to gain insight into this, as hard X-ray emission from the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-11-06 Julia Ahlvind , Josefin Larsson , Dennis Alp

We measure spin-down of the 59 ms X-ray pulsar Calvera by comparing the XMM-Newton discovery data from 2009 with new Chandra timing observations taken in 2013. Its period derivative is P-dot = (3.19+/-0.08)e-15, which corresponds to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-17 J. P. Halpern , S. Bogdanov , E. V. Gotthelf

We present a comprehensive spectral and morphological analysis of the remnant of Supernova (SN) 1987A with the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) and the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). The non-thermal and thermal…

We report the first results from deep X-ray observations of the SNR 1987A with the Chandra LETG. Temperatures inferred from line ratios range from 0.1 - 2 keV and increase with ionization potential. Expansion velocities inferred from X-ray…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-03-19 S. A. Zhekov , R. McCray , K. J. Borkowski , D. N. Burrows , S. Park

A lower bound on the light neutrino mass $m_\nu$ is derived in the framework of a geometrical interpretation of quantum mechanics. Using this model and the time of flight delay data for neutrinos coming from SN1987A, we find that the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-11 G. Lambiase , G. Papini , R. Punzi , G. Scarpetta

We report spectroscopic and imaging observations of rotational transitions of cold CO and SiO in the ejecta of SN1987A, the first such emission detected in a supernova remnant. In addition to line luminosities for the CO J=1-0, 2-1, 6-5,…

SN1993J in M81 is the best studied young radio-luminous supernova in the Northern Hemisphere. We recently reported results from the analysis of a complete set of VLBI observations of this supernova at 1.7, 2.3, 5.0, and 8.4 GHz, covering a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-16 I. Marti-Vidal , J. M. Marcaide

The equatorial ring of Supernova (SN) 1987A has been exposed to forward shocks from the SN blast wave, and it has been suggested that these forward shocks have been causing on-going destruction of dust in the ring. We obtained SOFIA FORCAST…

The aftermath of supernova (SN) 1987A continues to provide spectacular insights into the interaction between a SN blastwave and its circumstellar en- vironment. We here present 36 GHz observations from the Australia Telescope Compact Array…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-11-20 T. M. Potter , L. Staveley-Smith , C. -Y. Ng , Lewis Ball , B. M. Gaensler , M. J. Kesteven , R. N. Manchester , A. K. Tzioumis , G. Zanardo

We report on submillimetre bolometer observations of the isolated neutron star RX J1856.5--3754 using the LABOCA bolometer array on the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) Telescope. No cold dust continuum emission peak at the position of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 B. Posselt , K. Schreyer , R. Perna , M. W. Sommer , B. Klein , P. Slane

We discuss the X-ray emission observed from Supernova Remnant 1987A with the Chandra X-ray Observatory. We analyze a high resolution spectrum obtained in 1999 October with the high energy transmission grating (HETG). From this spectrum we…

As the nearest supernova (SN) observed since Kepler's SN of 1604, SN 1987A provides an unprecedented opportunity to study in detail the early evolution of supernova remnants (SNRs). Despite extensive studies through both observations and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-01-31 Lei Sun , Salvatore Orlando , Emanuele Greco , Marco Miceli , Yang Chen , Jacco Vink , Ping Zhou

We present a model of thermal X-ray emission from hot spots on the surface of a rotating compact star with an unmagnetized light-element atmosphere. An application to ROSAT, Chandra, and XMM-Newton X-ray observations of the nearest known…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Slavko Bogdanov , George B. Rybicki , Jonathan E. Grindlay