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We present the first three-dimensional measurements of the velocity of various ejecta knots in Tycho's supernova remnant, known to result from a Type Ia explosion. Chandra X-ray observations over a 12-year baseline from 2003 to 2015 allow…

We present a detailed analysis of Chandra X-ray spectra from individual ejecta knots in the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A. The spectra are fitted to give the electron temperature and (single) ionization age. These quantities are compared…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 J. Martin Laming , Una Hwang

We present three-dimensional kinematic reconstructions of optically emitting material in the young Galactic supernova remnant Cassiopeia A (Cas A). These Doppler maps have the highest spectral and spatial resolutions of any previous survey…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-16 Dan Milisavljevic , Robert A. Fesen

We present evidence for cosmic ray acceleration at the forward shock in Tycho's supernova remnant (SNR) from three X-ray observables: (1) the proximity of the contact discontinuity to the forward shock, or blast wave, (2) the morphology of…

We report on a $\sim 5\sigma$ detection of polarized 3-6 keV X-ray emission from the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A with the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE). The overall polarization degree of $1.8 \pm 0.3$% is detected by summing…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-10-26 Jacco Vink , Dmitry Prokhorov , Riccardo Ferrazzoli , Patrick Slane , Ping Zhou , Kazunori Asakura , Luca Baldini , Niccolo Bucciantini , Enrico Costa , Alessandro Di Marco , Jeremy Heyl , Frederic Marin , Tsunefumi Mizuno , C. Y. Ng , Melissa Pesce-Rollins , Brian D. Ramsey , John Rankin , Ajay Ratheesh , Carmelo Sgro , Paolo Soffitta , Douglas A. Swartz , Toru Tamagawa , Martin C. Weisskopf , Yi-Jung Yang , Ronaldo Bellazzini , Raffaella Bonino , Elisabetta Cavazzuti , Luigi Costamante , Niccolo Di Lalla , Luca Latronico , Simone Maldera , Alberto Manfreda , Francesco Massaro , Ikuyuki Mitsuishi , Nicola Omodei , Chiara Oppedisano , Silvia Zane , Ivan Agudo , Lucio A. Antonelli , Matteo Bachetti , Wayne H. Baumgartner , Stefano Bianchi , Stephen D. Bongiorno , Alessandro Brez , Fiamma Capitanio , Simone Castellano , Stefano Ciprini , Alessandra De Rosa , Ettore Del Monte , Laura Di Gesu , Immacolata Donnarumma , Victor Doroshenko , Michal Dovciak , Steven R. Ehlert , Teruaki Enoto , Yuri Evangelista , Sergio Fabiani , Javier A. Garcia , Shuichi Gunji , Kiyoshi Hayashida , Wataru Iwakiri , Svetlana G. Jorstad , Vladimir Karas , Takao Kitaguchi , Jeffery J. Kolodziejczak , Henric Krawczynski , Fabio La Monaca , Ioannis Liodakis , Andrea Marinucci , Alan P. Marscher , Herman L. Marshall , Giorgio Matt , Fabio Muleri , Stephen L. O'Dell , Alessandro Papitto , George G. Pavlov , Abel L. Peirson , Matteo Perri , Maura Pilia , Andrea Possenti , Juri Poutanen , Simonetta Puccetti , Roger W. Romani , Gloria Spandre , Fabrizio Tavecchio , Roberto Taverna , Yuzuru Tawara , Allyn F. Tennant , Nicolas E. Thomas , Francesco Tombesi , Alessio Trois , Sergey Tsygankov , Roberto Turolla , Kinwah Wu , Fei Xie

Cas A is a Galactic supernova remnant whose supernova explosion is observed to be of Type IIb from spectroscopy of its light echo. Having its SN type known, observational constraints on the mass-loss history of Cas A's progenitor can…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-06-18 Jae-Joon Lee , Sangwook Park , John P. Hughes , Patrick O. Slane

We present a proper motion study of the eastern shock-region of the supernova remnant RCW 86 (MSH 14-63, G315.4-2.3), based on optical observations carried out with VLT/FORS2 in 2007 and 2010. For both the northeastern and southeastern…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-16 E. A. Helder , J. Vink , A. Bamba , J. A. M. Bleeker , D. N. Burrows , P. Ghavamian , R. Yamazaki

The expansion structure of supernova remnants (SNRs) is important for understanding not only how heavy elements are distributed into space, but also how supernovae explode. The ejecta expansion structure of the young core-collapse SNR Cas A…

We report on the first proper motion measurement in the supernova remnant RX J1713.7-3946 using the XMM-Newton X-ray telescope on a 13 year time interval. This expansion measurement is carried out in the south-east region of the remnant…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-07-11 Fabio Acero , Satoru Katsuda , Jean Ballet , Robert Petre

Probably not, but it is interesting nevertheless to investigate just how close Cas A might have come to generating such an event. Focusing on the northeast jet filaments, we analyze the polar regions of the recently acquired very deep 1 Ms…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 J. Martin Laming , Una Hwang , Balint Radics , Gergely Lekli , Endre Takacs

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…

We present the first results on the hard X-ray continuum image (up to 15 keV) of the supernova remnant Cas A measured with the EPIC cameras onboard XMM-Newton. The data indicate that the hard X-ray tail, observed previously, that extends to…

Two images of Cassiopeia A obtained at 24 micrometer with the Spitzer Space Telescope over a one year time interval show moving structures outside the shell of the supernova remnant to a distance of more than 20 arcmin. Individual features…

I determine the expansion of the supernova remnant of SN1604 (Kepler's supernova) based on archival Chandra ACIS-S observations made in 2000 and 2006. The measurements were done in several distinct energy bands, and were made for the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 J. Vink

Suzaku X-ray observations of a young supernova remnant, Cassiopeia A, were carried out. K-shell transition lines from highly ionized ions of various elements were detected, including Chromium (Cr-Kalpha at 5.61 keV). The X-ray continuum…

We report 1405 MHz measurements of the flux density of the approximately 320 year old supernova remnant Cassiopeia A, relative to the flux density of Cygnus A, made between 1995 and 1999. When compared to measurements made between 1957 and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Daniel E. Reichart , Andrew W. Stephens

We present a comparative analysis of supernova remnant Cassiopeia A based on two deep, narrow-band images covering the [Fe II] 1.644um + [Si I] 1.645um lines obtained in 2013 and 2020 with the same instruments on the UKIRT 3.8m telescope.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-02-11 Seung-Hoon Jung , Bon-Chul Koo , Yong-Hyun Lee , Hyun-Jeong Kim , Jae-Joon Lee

A detailed X-ray spectral analysis of Cas A using a deep exposure from the EPIC-MOS cameras on-board XMM-Newton is presented. Spectral fitting was performed on a 15x15 grid of 20"x20" pixels using a two component non-equilibrium ionisation…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 R. Willingale , J. A. M. Bleeker , K. J. van der Heyden , J. S. Kaastra , J. Vink

Some young supernova remnants exhibit thin filaments of X-ray synchrotron radiation coinciding with the forward shock due to accelerated electrons interacting with the local magnetic field. The two main models accounting for the radial…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-04-05 Adrien Picquenot , Brian J. Williams , Fabio Acero , Benson T. Guest

The distribution of elements produced in the inner-most layers of a supernova explosion is a key diagnostic for studying the collapse of massive stars. Here we present the results of a 2.4 Ms \textit{NuSTAR} observing campaign aimed at…