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We report a series of images of the Tycho supernova remnant at eight epochs extending over thirty years: 1986-2016. In addition to our H{\alpha} images, we have obtained matched continuum images which we subtract to reveal faint emission,…

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We present our velocity measurements of 59 clumpy, metal-rich ejecta knots in the supernova remnant (SNR) of SN 1572 (Tycho). We use our 450 ks Chandra High Energy Transmission Grating Spectrometer observation to measure the Doppler shift…

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We investigate the turbulent structures in the Tycho supernova remnant (SNR) by applying two-point autocorrelation and power spectral analyses to high-resolution X-ray and radio images. Using cleaned Chandra and VLA data, we derive…

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450 years after the explosion of the Type Ia SN1572, the dynamics of the Tycho supernova remnant can give us keys to understand the explosion mechanism and the interaction of the remnant with the interstellar medium. To probe the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-03-01 Leila Godinaud , Fabio Acero , Anne Decourchelle , Jean Ballet

We have been monitoring the supernova remnant (SNR) 1987A with {\it Chandra} observations since 1999. Here we report on the latest change in the soft X-ray light curve of SNR 1987A. For the last $\sim$1.5 yr (since day $\sim$8000), the soft…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-28 Sangwook Park , Svetozar A. Zhekov , David N. Burrows , Judith L. Racusin , Daniel Dewey , Richard McCray

By using surface brightness maps of Tycho's supernova remnant (SNR) in radio and X-rays, along with the properties of thermal and synchrotron emission, we have derived the post-shock density and magnetic field strength distributions over…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-07-16 Oleh Petruk , Taras Kuzyo , Mariana Patrii , Laura Chomiuk , Maria Arias , Marco Miceli , Salvatore Orlando , Fabrizio Bocchino

Tycho's supernova remnant (SNR) is well-established as a source of particle acceleration to very high energies. Constraints from numerous studies indicate that the observed gamma-ray emission results primarily from hadronic processes,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-18 P. Slane , S. -H. Lee , D. C. Ellison , D. J. Patnaude , J. P. Hughes , K. A. Eriksen , D. Castro , S. Nagataki

The spectral slope of the magnetic energy in supernova remnants (SNRs) can be obtained by analysis of spatial two-point correlation functions of synchrotron intensities. This method has been originally developed for the analysis of magnetic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-08-08 Jiro Shimoda , Takuya Akahori , A. Lazarian , Tsuyoshi Inoue , Yutaka Fujita

We report results from 13 years of Chandra monitoring of nonthermal X-ray emission from the youngest Galactic supernova remnant G1.9+0.3, the only remnant known to be increasing in brightness. We confirm the spatially-integrated flux…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-12-17 Kazimierz J. Borkowski , Stephen P. Reynolds , Robert Petre , David A. Green

The classical nova V4743 Sgr was observed with XMM-Newton for about 10 hours on April 4 2003, 6.5 months after optical maximum. At this time, this nova had become the brightest supersoft X-ray source ever observed. We present the results of…

Recent XMM-Newton observations reveal an extended (150") low-surface brightness X-ray halo in the supernova remnant G21.5-0.9. The near circular symmetry, the lack of any limb brightening and the non-thermal spectral form, all favour an…

We have analyzed five ROSAT HRI images of the Crab Nebula spanning the years 1991 to 1997 and have found significant changes in the emission structure of the X-ray torus surrounding the pulsar. Certain regions increase in brightness by…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 C. Greiveldinger , B. Aschenbach

The discovery of the youngest Galactic supernova remnant (SNR) G1.9+0.3 has allowed a look at a stage of SNR evolution never before observed. We analyze the 50 ks Chandra observation with particular regard to spectral variations. The very…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2009-11-13 S. P. Reynolds , K. J. Borkowski , D. A. Green , U. Hwang , I. Harrus , R. Petre

For the case of Tycho's supernova remnant (SNR) we present the relation between the blast wave and contact discontinuity radii calculated within the nonlinear kinetic theory of cosmic ray (CR) acceleration in SNRs. It is demonstrated that…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 H. J. Voelk , E. G. Berezhko , L. T. Ksenofontov

We report on the morphological and spectral evolution of SNR 1987A from the monitoring observations with the Chandra/ACIS. As of 2005, the X-ray-bright lobes are continuously brightening and expanding all around the ring. The softening of…

Tycho's supernova remnant (SNR) was observed during 1997 and 1998 with the HEGRA Cherenkov Telescope System in a search for gamma-ray emission at energies above ~1 TeV. An analysis of these data, ~65 hours in total, resulted in no evidence…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 F. A. Aharonian , A. G. Akhperjanian , J. A. Barrio , HEGRA Collaboration

We present an update on the results of our monitoring observations of the X-ray remnant of supernova (SN) 1987A with the {\it Chandra X-Ray Observatory}. As of 2002 December, we have performed a total of seven observations of SN 1987A. The…

The well-established Type Ia remnant of Tycho's supernova (SN 1572) reveals discrepant ambient medium density estimates based on either the measured dynamics or on the X-ray emission properties. This discrepancy can potentially be solved by…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-16 A. Chiotellis , D. Kosenko , K. M. Schure , J. Vink , J. S. Kaastra

Young supernova remnants such as Tycho generally exhibit a bright circular clumpy shell in both radio and X-ray emission. For several young remnants, various arguments suggest that the magnetic field is larger than can be explained by…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 Byung-Il Jun , Michael L. Norman

We present a deep Chandra observation of the shell supernova remnant G32.4+0.1, whose featureless X-ray spectrum has led to its classification as an X-ray synchrotron-dominated supernova remnant (SNR). We find a partial shell morphology…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-02-19 Stephen P. Reynolds , Kazimierz J. Borkowski