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I identify a point-symmetric morphology in the core-collapse supernova (CCSN) remnant SNR G11.2-0.3 composed of three pairs of opposite morphological features, and attribute their shaping to three energetic pairs of jets during the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-31 Noam Soker

I identify a point-symmetrical morphology in the core-collapse supernova remnant (CCSNR) W44 compatible with shaping by three or more pairs of jets in the jittering jet explosion mechanism (JJEM). Motivated by recent identifications of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-11-08 Noam Soker

Analyzing images of the Cygnus Loop, a core-collapse supernova (CCSN) remnant, in different emission bands, we identify a point-symmetrical morphology composed of three symmetry axes that we attribute to shaping by three pairs of jets. The…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-11-11 Dmitry Shishkin , Roy Kaye , Noam Soker

I point out similarities between point-symmetric X-ray morphologies in cooling flow groups and clusters of galaxies, which are observed to be shaped by jets, and point-symmetric morphologies of eight core-collapse supernova (CCSN) remnants.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-06-21 Noam Soker

We conduct three-dimensional hydrodynamical simulations of core-collapse supernovae by launching several pairs of jets into a collapsing core model and show that the jittering jets explosion mechanism (JJEM) can form a point-symmetric…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-05-29 Jessica Braudo , Amir Michaelis , Muhammad Akashi , Noam Soker

I identified a point-symmetric morphology in the core-collapse supernova (CCSN) remnant (CCSNR) N132D, composed of two symmetry axes: the short symmetry axis extending from the northwest ear and through the center of the iron-rich emission…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-11-13 Noam Soker

Recent simulations have shown that asymmetries in the ejecta distribution of supernova remnants (SNR) can still reflect asymmetries from the initial supernova explosion. Thus, their study provides a great means to test and constrain model…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-05-26 Adrien Picquenot , Fabio Acero , Tyler Holland-Ashford , Laura A. Lopez , Jérôme Bobin

We identify an S-shaped main-jet axis in the Vela core-collapse supernova (CCSN) remnant (CCSNR) that we attribute to a pair of precessing jets, one of the tens of pairs of jets that exploded the progenitor of Vela according to the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-02-11 Noam Soker , Dmitry Shishkin

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

I examine the morphology of the core-collapse supernova (CCSN) remnant (SNR) G0.9+0.1 and reveal a point-symmetrical morphology that implies shaping by three or more pairs of jets, as expected in the jittering jets explosion mechanism…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-08-18 Noam Soker

I examine recent radio observations of the supernova remnant (SNR) RCW 89 and identify a point-symmetric morphology composed of two main symmetry axes. I attribute this morphology to a jet-driven explosion in the framework of the jittering…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-10-17 Noam Soker

I find that the dust morphologies in some core-collapse supernova (CCSN) remnants (CCSNRs) possess jet-shaped morphologies, and propose that the properties of the jets that explode the CCSNe and their interaction with the core and envelope…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-12 Noam Soker

Under the assumption that jets explode all core collapse supernovae (CCSNe) I classify 14 CCSN remnants (CCSNRs) into five groups according to their morphology as shaped by jets, and attribute the classes to the specific angular momentum of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-08-25 Noam Soker

By examining recently published images in different wavelengths, I identify a point-symmetric morphology in the Large Magellanic Cloud core-collapse supernova (CCSN) remnant (CCSNR) J0450.4-7050 (SNR 0450-70.9; nicknamed Veliki), which I…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-02-11 Noam Soker

I identify a point-symmetric structure in recently published VLT/MUSE velocity maps of different elements in a plane along the line of sight at the center of the supernova remnant SNR 0540-69.3, and argue that jittering jets that exploded…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-03-14 Noam Soker

I identify a point-symmetric morphology composed of three pairs of ears (small lobes) in the X-ray images of the core-collapse supernova remnant (CCSNR) N63A and argue that this morphology supports the jittering jets explosion mechanism…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-02-19 Noam Soker

We identify jet-shaped morphology in the core-collapse supernova remnant (SNR) CTB 1 that includes two opposite structural features. We identify these as the imprints of a pair of jets that were among the last jets to explode the massive…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-12-12 Ealeal Bear , Noam Soker

Supernova remnants (SNRs) offer the means to study supernovae (SNe) long after the original explosion and can provide a unique insight into the mechanism that governs these energetic events. In this work, we examine the morphologies of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-05-12 Tyler Holland-Ashford , Laura A. Lopez , Katie Auchettl

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…

I identify a point-symmetric structure composed of three pairs of clumps in the recently released JWST image of the ejecta of SN 1987A and argue that these pairs of clumps support the jittering jets explosion mechanism (JJEM) for SN 1987A.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-09-15 Noam Soker
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