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Typically, integrated radio frequency continuum spectra of supernova remnants (SNRs) exhibit a power-law form due to their synchrotron emission. In numerous cases, these spectra show an exponential turnover, long assumed due to thermal…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-12-19 M. G. Abadi , G. Castelletti , L. Supan , N. E. Kassim , J. W. Lazio

The outer shells of young supernova remnants (SNRs) are the most plausible acceleration sites of high-energy electrons with the diffusive shock acceleration (DSA) mechanism. We studied spatial and spectral properties close to the shock…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Aya Bamba , Ryo Yamazaki , Tatsuo Yoshida , Toshio Terasawa , Katsuji Koyama

A joint spectral analysis of some Chandra ACIS X-ray data and Molonglo Observatory Synthesis Telescope radio data was performed for 13 small regions along the bright northeastern rim of the supernova remnant SN 1006. These data were fitted…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 G. E. Allen , J. C. Houck , S. J. Sturner

The supernova remnant (SNR) G150.3+4.5 was first identified in radio, exhibiting a hard GeV spectrum and a $\sim 1.5^\circ$ radius. Radio observations revealed a bright arc with an index of $\sim -0.40$, which stands in contrast to the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-08-20 Yuan Li , Siming Liu , Gwenael Giacinti

Nonlinear kinetic theory of cosmic ray (CR) acceleration in supernova remnants (SNRs) is used to investigate the properties of Kepler's SNR and, in particular, to predict the gamma-ray spectrum expected from this SNR. Observations of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 E. G. Berezhko , L. T. Ksenofontov , H. J. Voelk

We present a high-resolution radio study of the supernova remnant (SNR) G11.2-0.3 using archival VLA data. Spectral tomography is performed to determine the properties of this composite-type SNR's individual components, which have only…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Cindy Tam , Mallory S. E. Roberts , Victoria M. Kaspi

The Kepler supernova remnant (SNR) is the only historic supernova remnant lacking a detection at GeV and TeV energies which probe particle acceleration. A recent analysis of Fermi-LAT data reported a likely GeV gamma-ray candidate in the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-05-04 Fabio Acero , Marianne Lemoine-Goumard , Jean Ballet

The explosion of a supernova releases almost instantaneously about 10^51 ergs of mechanic energy, changing irreversibly the physical and chemical properties of large regions in the galaxies. The stellar ejecta, the nebula resulting from the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-09-29 Gloria Dubner , Elsa Giacani

A new faint and large shell-type radio Supernova Remnant (SNR) G108.2-0.6 has been discovered in the Canadian Galactic Plane Survey (CGPS). The SNR shows an elliptical shell-type structure at 1420 MHz, and has a 408-1420 MHz TT-plot…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 W. W. Tian , D. A. Leahy , T. J. Foster

We have imaged a 1 deg^2 field centered on the known Galactic supernova remnant (SNR) G11.2-0.3 at 74, 330, and 1465 MHz with the Very Large Array radio telescope (VLA) and 235 MHz with the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT). The 235,…

We have carried out 12CO, 13CO, and C18O observations toward the mixed morphology supernova remnant (SNR) IC 443. The observations cover a 1.5*1.5 deg^2 area and allow us to investigate the overall molecular environment of the remnant. Some…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-05-29 Yang Su , Min Fang , Ji Yang , Ping Zhou , Yang Chen

The proof of cosmic ray (CR) origin in supernova remnants (SNR) must hinge on full consistency of the CR acceleration theory with the observations; direct proof is impossible because of the orbit stochasticity of CR particles. Recent…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-10-11 M. A. Malkov , P. H. Diamond , R. Z. Sagdeev

G326.3$-$1.8 (also known as MSH 15$-$56) has been detected in radio as a middle-aged composite supernova remnant (SNR) consisting of an SNR shell and a pulsar wind nebula (PWN), which has been crushed by the SNR's reverse shock. Previous…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-09-19 J. Devin , F. Acero , J. Ballet , J. Schmid

Supernova remnants (SNRs) represent a powerful laboratory to study the Cosmic-Ray acceleration processes at the shocks, and their relation to the properties of the circumstellar medium. With the aim of studying the high-frequency radio…

We present very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) observations of the milliarcsecond-scale radio structure of the supernova remnant SNR 4449$-$1 in the galaxy NGC 4449. This young and superluminous remnant was observed at 1.6 GHz…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-10-09 M. Mezcua , A. P. Lobanov , I. Martí-Vidal

The evolution of the radio emission of shell-type Supernova remnants (SNRs) is modeled within the framework of the simple and commonly used assumptions that the mechanism of diffusive shock acceleration (DSA) is responsible for generating…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Abdul Asvarov

We report the detection of Galactic supernova remnants (SNRs) in the mid-infrared (at 24 and 70 {\mu}m), in the coordinate ranges 10 < l < 65 deg and 285 < l < 350 deg, |b| < 1 deg, using the Multiband Imaging Photometer (MIPS) aboard the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-27 D. Pinheiro Goncalves , A. Noriega-Crespo , R. Paladini , P. G. Martin , S. J. Carey

The supernova remnant (SNR) G150.3+4.5 was recently discovered in the radio band; it exhibits a shell-like morphology with an angular size of $\sim 3^{\circ}$, suggesting either an old or a nearby SNR. Extended $\gamma$-ray emission…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-10-28 Justine Devin , Marianne Lemoine-Goumard , Marie-Hélène Grondin , Daniel Castro , Jean Ballet , Jamie Cohen , John W. Hewitt

We calculate the angular power spectrum of the galactic synchrotron radiation induced by the small scale fluctuations of the magnetic field and the cosmic ray electron density. Using the observed interstellar magnetic field spectrum, which…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Xuelei Chen

The main characteristics in the radio continuum spectra of Supernova Remnants (SNRs) result from simple synchrotron emission. In addition, electron acceleration mechanisms can shape the spectra in specific ways, especially at high radio…