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We performed deep optical observations of the area of the new supernova remnant G 69.4+1.2 in the emission lines of [O III], Halpha+[N II] and [S II]. The low ionization images reveal diffuse and filamentary emission in the central and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Fotis Mavromatakis , Panayotis Boumis , Euthimios V. Paleologou

Balmer-dominated shells in supernova remnants (SNRs) are produced by collisionless shocks advancing into a partially neutral medium, and are most frequently associated with Type Ia supernovae. We have analyzed Hubble Space Telescope (HST)…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-12-22 Chuan-Jui Li , You-Hua Chu , John C. Raymond , Bruno Leibundgut , Ivo R. Seitenzahl , Giovanni Morlino

We have used the Wide Field Spectrograph (WiFeS) on the 2.3m telescope at Siding Spring Observatory to map the [O III] 5007{\AA} dynamics of the young oxygen-rich supernova remnant N132D in the Large Magellanic Cloud. From the resultant…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-19 Frédéric Vogt , Michael A. Dopita

We present results from a study of optically emitting Supernova Remnants (SNRs) in six nearby galaxies (NGC 2403, NGC 3077, NGC 4214, NGC 4395, NGC 4449 and NGC 5204) based on deep narrow band H{\alpha} and [SII] images as well as…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 I. Leonidaki , P. Boumis , A. Zezas

We present an X-ray imaging and spectroscopic study of the molecular cloud interacting mixed-morphology (MM) supernova remnant (SNR) G346.6-0.2 using XMM-Newton. The X-ray spectrum of the remnant is well described by a recombining plasma…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-10-11 Katie Auchettl , C-Y. Ng , B. T. T. Wong , Laura Lopez , Patrick Slane

The supernova remnant (SNR) G357.7+0.3 appears to have caused considerable shredding of the local interstellar medium (ISM), leading to the formation of multiple cloud fragments having bright rims and cometary structures. We investigate…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2010-08-26 J. P. Phillips , R. A. Marquez-Lugo

Galactic supernova remnants (SNRs) play an important role in our understanding of supernovae and their feedback on the interstellar environment. SNR G352.7$-$0.1 is special for its thermal composite morphology and double-ring structure. We…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-07-24 Qian-Qian Zhang , Ping Zhou , Yang Chen , Xiao Zhang , Wen-Juan Zhong , Xin Zhou , Zhi-Yu Zhang , Jacco Vink

We present the first calibrated CCD images of the faint supernova remnant G 114.3+0.3 in the emission lines of [OII], [OIII], Halpha+[NII] and [SII]. The deep low ionization CCD images reveal diffuse emission in the south and central areas…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 F. Mavromatakis , P. Boumis , E. V. Paleologou

We present the discovery of a supernova remnant (SNR) in M31 which is unlike any other remnant known in that galaxy. An optical MMT spectrum of WB92-26 sampling most of this marginally resolved object reveals strong lines of [O II], [Ne…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-08-03 Nelson Caldwell , John Raymond

We aim to study the spatial distribution of the physical and chemical properties of the X-ray emitting plasma of the supernova remnant G272.2-3.2, in order to get important constraints on its ionization stage, on the progenitor supernova…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-12 E. Sánchez-Ayaso , J. A. Combi , F. Bocchino , J. F. Albacete-Colombo , J. López-Santiago , J. Martí , E. Castro

We report on CO and HI studies of the mixed-morphology supernova remnant (SNR) G346.6$-$0.2. We find a wind-blown bubble along the radio continuum shell with an expansion velocity of $\sim10$ km s$^{-1}$, which was likely formed by strong…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-12-15 H. Sano , H. Suzuki , K. K. Nobukawa , M. D. Filipović , Y. Fukui , T. J. Moriya

Deep optical emission-line images are presented for nine known plus three new Galactic supernova remnants (SNRs), all but one having at least one angular dimension greater than one degree. Wide-field images taken in H$\alpha$ and [O III]…

The extended supernova remnant G 116.5+1.1 was observed in the optical emission lines of Halpha+[N II], [S II] and [O III]; deep long-slit spectra were also obtained. The morphology of the remnant's observed emission is mainly diffuse and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 F. Mavromatakis , P. Boumis , E. M. Xilouris , J. Papamastorakis , J. Alikakos

Wide-field H-alpha images of the Galactic plane have revealed a new supernova remnant (SNR) nearly three degrees in diameter centred at l = 107.0, b = +9.0. Deep and higher resolution H-alpha and [O III] 5007 Ang images show dozens of…

We have performed an XMM-Newton imaging and spectroscopic study of supernova remnant (SNR) W28, a prototype mixed-morphology or thermal composite SNR, believed to be interacting with a molecular cloud. The observed hot X-ray emitting plasma…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-22 Ping Zhou , Samar Safi-Harb , Yang Chen , Xiao Zhang , Bing Jiang , Gilles Ferrand

We report the results from a spectrophotometric study sampling the roughly 300 candidate supernova remnants (SNRs) in M83 identified through optical imaging with Magellan/IMACS and HST/WFC3. Of the 118 candidates identified based on a high…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-04-26 P. Frank Winkler , William P. Blair , Knox S. Long

How Supernova Remnant (SNR) shocks impact nearby molecular clouds is still poorly observationally constrained. It is unclear if SNRs can positively or negatively affect clouds star formation potential. We have studied the dense gas…

We report here on the first detection at X-ray wavelengths of the Supernova Remnant (SNR) G337.8-0.1, carried out with the XMM-Newton Observatory. Using the X-ray observations, we studied the X-ray morphology of the remnant at different…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 J. A. Combi , J. F. Albacete-Colombo , J. Marti

We investigate the nature of the accelerated particles responsible for the production of the gamma-ray emission observed from the middle-aged supernova remnant (SNR) HB 21. The analysis of more than nine years of Fermi LAT data leads to the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-02-19 L. Ambrogi , R. Zanin , S. Casanova , E. De Ona Wilhelmi , G. Peron , F. Aharonian

We report the discovery of extended gamma-ray emission measured by the Large Area Telescope (LAT) onboard the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope in the region of the supernova remnant (SNR) HB3 (G132.7+1.3) and the W3 HII complex adjacent to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-02-17 H. Katagiri , K. Yoshida , J. Ballet , M. H. Grondin , Y. Hanabata , J. W. Hewitt , H. Kubo , M. Lemoine-Goumard