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The expanding remnant from SN 1987A is an excellent laboratory for investigating the physics of supernovae explosions. There are still a large number of outstanding questions, such the reason for the asymmetric radio morphology, the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-22 T. M. Potter , L. Staveley-Smith , B. Reville , C. -Y. Ng , G. V. Bicknell , R. S. Sutherland , A. Y. Wagner

We report on updated radio imaging observations of the radio remnant of Supernova 1987A (SN 1987A) at 9 GHz, taken with the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA), covering a 25-year period (1992-2017). We use Fourier modeling of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-11-07 Yvette Cendes , Bryan Gaensler , Chi-Yung Ng , Giovanna Zanardo , Lister Staveley-Smith , Anastasios Tzioumis

We present the decadal brightening of non-thermal emission flux in the northeastern filament of the young supernova remnant Cassiopeia A (Cas A), which highlights dynamic processes in the forward shock. This filament, characterized by the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-10-29 Nao Kominato , Toshiki Sato , Yusuke Sakai , Ryota Hayakawa , Shinya Yamada

We present high spatial resolution X-ray spectroscopy of supernova remnant Cassiopeia A with the {\sl Chandra} observations. The X-ray emitting region of this remnant was divided into 38 $\times$ 34 pixels with a scale of 10$\arcsec$…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Xue-juan Yang , Fang-jun Lu , Li Chen

We present deep ($>$2.4 Ms) observations of the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant with {\it NuSTAR}, which operates in the 3--79 keV bandpass and is the first instrument capable of spatially resolving the remnant above 15 keV. We find that the…

We report new Chandra observations of one of the few Galactic supernova remnants whose X-ray spectrum is dominated by nonthermal synchrotron radiation, G330.2+1.0. We find that between 2006 and 2017, some parts of the shell have expanded by…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-12-19 Kazimierz J. Borkowski , Stephen P. Reynolds , Brian J. Williams , Robert Petre

Ejecta knot flickering, ablation tails, and fragmentation are expected signatures associated with the gradual dissolution of high-velocity supernova (SN) ejecta caused by their passage through an inhomogeneous circumstellar or interstellar…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-28 Robert A. Fesen , Jordan A. Zastrow , Molly C. Hammell , J. Michael Shull , Devin W. Silvia

The recent survey of the core-collapse supernova remnant Cassiopeia A (CasA) with the MIRI instrument on board the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) revealed a large structure in the interior region, referred to as the "Green Monster".…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-03-21 Jacco Vink , Manan Agarwal , Patrick Slane , Ilse de Looze , Dan Milisavljevic , Dan Patnaude , Tea Temim

The processes responsible for the broad-band radiation of the young supernova remnant Cas A are explored using a new code which is designed for a detailed treatment of the diffusive shock acceleration of particles in nonlinear regime. The…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-16 V. N. Zirakashvili , F. A. Aharonian , R. Yang , E. Ona-Wilhelmi , R. J. Tuffs

We present the second multi-frequency radio detection of a reverse shock in a $\gamma$-ray burst. By combining our extensive radio observations of the Fermi-LAT GRB 160509A at $z = 1.17$ up to $20$ days after the burst with Swift X-ray…

The recent detection of a hard X-ray component in the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A is interpreted as synchrotron emission from electrons accelerated to energies up to 40 TeV (Allen et al., 1997). It is therefore tempting to consider TeV…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 P. Goret , C. Gouiffes , E. Nuss , D. C. Ellison

We present results from the first light observations of the Cassiopeia A (Cas A) supernova remnant (SNR) by the Chandra X-ray Observatory. The X-ray spectrum varies on all spatial scales down to the instrumental limit (0.02 pc at the SNR).…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-09-29 John P. Hughes , Cara E. Rakowski , David N. Burrows , Patrick O. Slane

Supernova 1987A in the Large Magellanic Cloud provides a spectacularly detailed view of the aftermath of a core-collapse explosion. The supernova ejecta initially coasted outward at more than 10% of the speed of light, but in 1990 were…

We use the Chandra X-ray Observatory to study the region in the Tycho supernova remnant between the blast wave and the shocked ejecta interface or contact discontinuity. This zone contains all the history of the shock-heated gas and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 Gamil Cassam-Chenai , John P. Hughes , Jean Ballet , Anne Decourchelle

We report on the results from the analysis of our 114 ks Chandra HETGS observation of the Galactic core-collapse supernova remnant G292.0+1.8. To probe the 3D structure of the clumpy X-ray emitting ejecta material in this remnant, we…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-22 Jayant Bhalerao , Sangwook Park , Daniel Dewey , John P. Hughes , Koji Mori , Jae-Joon Lee

We present a measurement of the proper motion of the presumed pulsar in the evolved composite supernova remnant (SNR) MSH 15-56 whose pulsar wind nebula (PWN) has been disrupted by the supernova (SN) reverse shock. Using Chandra X-ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-12-27 Tea Temim , Patrick Slane , Paul P. Plucinsky , Joseph Gelfand , Daniel Castro , Christopher Kolb

We present a new analytical approach to derive approximate solutions describing the shock evolution in non-radiative supernova remnants (SNRs). We focus on the study of the forward shock and contact discontinuity while application to the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-01-11 Xiaping Tang , Roger A. Chevalier

We present new, high dynamic range VLA images of the inner jet of the closest radio galaxy, Centaurus A. Over a ten-year baseline we detect apparent sub-luminal motions (v ~ 0.5c) in the jet on scales of hundreds of pc. The inferred speeds…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 M. J. Hardcastle , D. M. Worrall , R. P. Kraft , W. R. Forman , C. Jones , S. S. Murray

The structure of the jet in Cen A is likely better revealed in X-rays than in the radio band, which is usually used to investigate jet proper motions. In this paper, we analyze Chandra ACIS observations of Cen A from 2000 to 2022 and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-08-27 David Bogensberger , Jon M. Miller , Richard Mushotzky , W. N. Brandt , Elias Kammoun , Abderahmen Zoghbi , Ehud Behar

Thin non-thermal X-ray filaments are often seen in young supernova remnants. We used data from the 1 Ms Chandra observation of Cassiopeia A to study spectral properties of some of the filaments in this remnant. For all the cases that we…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-11-20 Miguel Araya , David Lomiashvili , Chulhoon Chang , Maxim Lyutikov , Wei Cui