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We have obtained a second epoch observation of the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant (SNR) with the Chandra X-ray Observatory to measure detailed X-ray proper motions for the first time. Both epoch observations are 50 ks exposures of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 T. DeLaney , L. Rudnick

Using data from the Chandra X-Ray Observatory, we revisited the reverse shock in the supernova remnant (SNR) Cassiopeia A.Based on the spectroscopic of a series of annuli in the northwest (NW) and southeast (SE), we get the radial profiles…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-05-29 Yin Wu , Xuejuan Yang

Using optical and near-infrared images of the Cassiopeia A (Cas A) supernova remnant covering the time period 1951 to 2022, together with optical spectra of selected filaments, we present an investigation of Cas A's reverse shock velocity…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-01-15 Robert A. Fesen , Dan Milisavljevic , Daniel Patnaude , Roger A. Chevalier , John C. Raymond , McKinley Brumback , Kathryn E. Weil

We present Chandra ACIS X-ray observations of the Galactic supernova remnant Cassiopeia A taken in December 2007. Combining these data with previous archival Chandra observations taken in 2000, 2002, and 2004, we estimate the remnant's…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 Daniel J. Patnaude , Robert A. Fesen

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

We present new Chandra ACIS-S3 observations of Cassiopeia A which, when combined with earlier ACIS-S3 observations, show evidence for a steady ~ 1.5-2%/yr decline in the 4.2-6.0 keV X-ray emission between the years 2000 and 2010. The…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-20 Daniel J. Patnaude , Jacco Vink , J. Martin Laming , Robert A. Fesen

We report the localization of the forward and reversed shock fronts in the young supernova remnant Cas-A using X-ray data obtained with the Chandra Observatory. High resolution X-ray maps resolve a previously unseen X-ray feature…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 E. V. Gotthelf , B. Koralesky , L. Rudnick , T. W. Jones , U. Hwang , R. Petre

The X-ray structure of Kepler's supernova remnant shows a rounded shape delineated by forward shocks. We measure proper motions of the forward shocks on overall rims of the remnant, by using archival Chandra data taken in two epochs with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-12-18 Satoru Katsuda , Hiroshi Tsunemi , Hiroyuki Uchida , Masashi Kimura

We present high-resolution X-ray proper motion measurements of Cassiopeia A using Chandra observations from 2000 and 2002. We separate the emission into four spectrally distinct classes: Si-dominated, Fe-dominated, low-energy-enhanced, and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 T. DeLaney , L. Rudnick , R. Fesen , T. W. Jones , R. Petre , J. A. Morse

HST ACS images of the young SN remnant Cas A are used to explore the expansion and spatial distribution of its highest velocity debris. Proper motions of over 1800 outlying ejecta knots are reported. The distribution of transverse expansion…

We present a 3-dimensional analysis of the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A using high resolution spectra from the Spitzer Space Telescope. We observe supernova ejecta both immediately before and during the shock-ejecta interaction. We…

A comparison of X-ray observations of the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant taken in 2000, 2002, and 2004 with the Chandra ACIS-S3 reveals the presence of several small scale features (<= 10 arcsec) which exhibit significant intensity changes…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 D. J. Patnaude , R. A. Fesen

The central strong activities in core-collapse supernovae expect to produce the overturning of the Fe- and Si/O-rich ejecta during the supernova explosion based on multi-dimensional simulations. X-ray observations of the supernova remnant…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-06-29 Tomoya Tsuchioka , Toshiki Sato , Shinya Yamada , Yasunobu Uchiyama

We present proper motions for 21 bright main shell and 17 faint, higher-velocity, outer ejecta knots in the Cas A supernova remnant and use them to derive new estimates for the remnant's expansion center and age. Our study included 1951 -…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 John R. Thorstensen , Robert A. Fesen , Sidney van den Bergh

We present X-ray proper-motion measurements of the forward shock and reverse-shocked ejecta in Tycho's supernova remnant, based on three sets of archival Chandra data taken in 2000, 2003, and 2007. We find that the proper motion of the edge…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-18 Satoru Katsuda , Robert Petre , John P. Hughes , Una Hwang , Hiroya Yamaguchi , Asami Hayato , Koji Mori , Hiroshi Tsunemi

In this paper, we present updated estimates of the velocity of the neutron star (NS) in the supernova remnant (SNR) Cassiopeia A using over two decades of Chandra observations. We use two methods: 1.) recording NS positions from dozens of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-01-23 Tyler Holland-Ashford , Patrick Slane , Xi Long

We report on the first X-ray proper-motion measurements of the nonthermally-dominated forward shock in the northeastern limb of SN 1006, based on two Chandra observations taken in 2000 and 2008. We find that the proper motion of the forward…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-11-13 Satoru Katsuda , Robert Petre , Knox S. Long , Stephen P. Reynolds , P. Frank Winkler , Koji Mori , Hiroshi Tsunemi

We present Hubble Space Telescope WFC3/IR images of the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant that survey its high-velocity, S-rich debris in the NE jet and SW counterjet regions through [S III] 9069, 9531 and [S II] 10,287 - 10,370 line…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-02-17 Robert A. Fesen , Dan Milisavljevic

Recent discovery of the year-scale variability in the synchrotron X-ray emission of the supernova remnant (SNR) RX J1713.7-3946 has initiated our study of multi-epoch X-ray images and spectra of the young SNR Cassiopeia A based on the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Yasunobu Uchiyama , Felix Aharonian

We found simultaneous decrease of Fe-K line and 4.2-6 keV continuum of Cassiopeia A with the monitoring data taken by Chandra in 2000-2013. The flux change rates in the whole remnant are $-$0.65$\pm$0.02 \% yr$^{-1}$ in the 4.2--6.0 keV…

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