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In this {\it Letter}, we present the result of an axisymmetric CCSN simulation conducted with appropriate treatments of neutrino transport and proper motions of proto-neutron star (PNS), in which a remarkable PNS acceleration is observed in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-07 Hiroki Nagakura , Kohsuke Sumiyoshi , Shoichi Yamada

We calculate particle spectra and continuum photon emission from the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant (SNR). The particle spectra, ion and electron, result from diffusive shock acceleration at the forward SNR shock and are determined with a…

Young supernova remnants (SNRs) provide crucial insights into explosive nucleosynthesis products and their velocity distribution soon after the explosion. However, these velocities are influenced by the dynamics of the circumstellar medium…

We calculate the effects of an asymmetric $^{56}\mathrm{Ni}$ distribution in Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) ejecta on the gamma-ray escape timescale ($t_0$) that characterizes the late light curve ($>40$ days after peak) and find the effect is…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-05-15 Naveh Levanon , Noam Soker

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 new evidence that the bright non-thermal X-ray emission features in the interior of the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant (SNR) are caused by inward moving shocks based on Chandra and NuSTAR observations. Several bright…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-02-07 Toshiki Sato , Satoru Katsuda , Mikio Morii , Aya Bamba , John P. Hughes , Yoshitomo Maeda , Manabu Ishida , Federico Fraschetti

Determination of the explosion type of supernova remnants (SNRs) can be challenging, as SNRs are hundreds to thousands of years old and supernovae (SNe) are classified based on spectral properties days after explosion. Previous studies of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-16 Charee L. Peters , Laura A. Lopez , Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz , Keivan G. Stassun , Enectali Figueroa-Feliciano

Twenty years after the explosion of SN 1987A, we are now able to observe the three-dimensional spatially resolved inner ejecta. Detailed mapping of newly synthesised material and its radioactive decay daughter products sheds light on the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 K. Kjaer , B. Leibundgut , C. Fransson , A. Jerkstrand , J. Spyromilio

The ejecta velocity is a very important parameter in studying the structure and properties of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia). It is also a candidate key parameter in improving the utility of SNe Ia for cosmological distance determinations.…

We investigate the effect of the circumstellar medium density profile on the X-ray emission from outer ejecta knots in the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant using the 1 Ms Chandra observation. The spectra of a number of radial series of ejecta…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-13 Una Hwang , J. Martin Laming

The emission of supernova remnants reflects the properties of both the progenitor supernovae and the surrounding environment. The complex morphology of the remnants, however, hampers the disentanglement of the two contributions. Here we aim…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-09-23 S. Orlando , M. Miceli , M. L. Pumo , F. Bocchino

We report the results of broadband (0.95--2.46 $\mu$m) near-infrared spectroscopic observations of the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant. Using a clump-finding algorithm in two-dimensional dispersed images, we identify 63 "knots" from eight…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-03-13 Yong-Hyun Lee , Bon-Chul Koo , Dae-Sik Moon , Michael G. Burton , Jae-Joon Lee

Many supernova remnants (SNRs) are characterized by a knotty ejecta structure. The Vela SNR is an excellent example of remnant in which detached clumps of ejecta are visible as X-ray emitting bullets that have been observed and studied in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-12 M. Miceli , S. Orlando , F. Reale , F. Bocchino , G. Peres

(Abridged) Recent JWST observations of Cassiopeia A (Cas A) reveal unprecedented ejecta substructure, including a web of filaments and the enigmatic "Green Monster" (GM), characterized by nearly circular holes and rings. These features…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-01-27 Salvatore Orlando

Despite their importance, a detailed understanding of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) remains elusive. X-ray measurements of the element distributions in supernova remnants (SNRs) offer important clues for understanding the explosion and…

We study the properties of low-velocity material in the line of sight towards nearby Type Ia Supernovae (SNe Ia) that have measured late phase nebular velocity shifts (v_neb), thought to be an environment-independent observable. We have…

Cassiopeia A (Cas A) is the youngest known core-collapse supernova remnant (SNR) in the Galaxy and is perhaps the best-studied SNR in X-rays. Cas A has a line-rich spectrum dominated by thermal emission and given its high flux, it is an…

We find that the remnant of supernova (SN) 1987A share some morphological features with four supernova remnants (SNRs) that have signatures of shaping by jets, and from that we strengthen the claim that jets played a crucial role in the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-05-02 Ealeal Bear , Noam Soker

We present the analysis of 21 bright X-ray knots in the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant from observations spanning 10 yr. We performed a comprehensive set of measurements to reveal the kinematic and thermal state of the plasma in each knot,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-05-08 John Rutherford , Daniel Dewey , Enectali Figueroa-Feliciano , Sarah N. T. Heine , Fabienne A. Bastien , Kosuke Sato , C. R. Canizares

We investigate the role played by initial clumping of ejecta and by efficient acceleration of cosmic rays (CRs) in determining the density structure of the post-shock region of a Type Ia supernova remnant (SNR) through detailed 3D MHD…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-04 S. Orlando , F. Bocchino , M. Miceli , O. Petruk , M. L. Pumo