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(Abridged) We present a Chandra observation of the supernova remnant (SNR) 3C 397 (G41.1-0.3) obtained with ACIS-S. Previous studies of this SNR have shown that it harbors a central X-ray `hot spot' suggestive of a compact object associated…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-13 S. Safi-Harb , G. Dubner , R. Petre , S. S. Holt , P. Durouchoux

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…

Further analysis of X-ray spectroscopy results recently obtained from the MOS CCD cameras on-board XMM-Newton provides a detailed description of the hot and cool X-ray emitting plasma in Cas A. Measurement of the Doppler broadening of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 R. Willingale , J. A. M. Bleeker , K. J. van der Heyden , J. S. Kaastra

We present evidence for shock acceleration of cosmic rays to high energies (about 10 TeV) in the supernova remnant IC 443. X-ray imaging spectroscopy with ASCA reveals two regions of particularly hard emission: an unresolved source embedded…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Jonathan W. Keohane , R. Petre , E. V. Gotthelf , M. Ozaki , K. Koyama

It is shown that the nonlinear kinetic theory of cosmic ray (CR) acceleration in supernova remnants (SNRs) describes the shell-type nonthermal X-ray morphology of Cas A, obtained in Chandra observations, in a satisfactory way. The set of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 E. G. Berezhko , H. J. Voelk

We will present the multi-wavelength modeling of the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A's shell based on radio, X-rays, and GeV-TeV gamma rays. Our aim is to estimate the location of TeV gamma rays with the help of spectral analysis of X-rays…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-08-22 T. Ergin , L. Saha , P. Majumdar , M. Bozkurt , E. N. Ercan

We analyse new Chandra observations of the nearest (D=4 Mpc) Seyfert 2 active galaxy, Circinus, and match them to pre-existing radio, infrared and optical data to study the kpc-scale emission. The proximity of Circinus allows us to observe…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-10-09 Beatriz Mingo , Martin J. Hardcastle , Judith H. Croston , Daniel A. Evans , Preeti Kharb , Ralph P. Kraft , Emil Lenc

We present new reddening measurements towards the young supernova remnant Cassiopeia A, using two techniques not previously applied to this object. Our observations of the near-infrared [Fe II] 1.257 micron and 1.644 micron lines show the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-01-15 Kristoffer A. Eriksen , David Arnett , Donald W. McCarthy , Patrick Young

We present results of a recent Chandra X-ray Observatory observation of the central compact object (CCO) in the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A. This observation was obtained in an instrumental configuration that combines a high spatial…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-09-28 G. G. Pavlov , G. J. M. Luna

Dense, fast-moving ejecta knots in supernova remnants are prime sites for molecule and dust formation. We present SOFIA far-IR spectrometer FIFI-LS observations of CO-rich knots in Cas A which cover a ~1 square arc minute area of the…

We use data from the Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer (ACIS) on the Chandra X-ray Observatory to image the shell surrounding the pulsar B0540-69, and to measure its spectral properties. Weak emission line features, notably of Fe, Mg and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Una Hwang , Robert Petre , Stephen S. Holt , Andrew E. Szymkowiak

Hubble Space Telescope images of the young Galactic supernova remnant Cassiopeia A reveal a far larger population of outlying, high-velocity knots of ejecta with a broader range of chemical properties than previously suspected. We identify…

Deep optical CCD images of the supernova remnant G 15.1-1.6 were obtained and filamentary and diffuse emission has been discovered. The images, taken in the emission lines of Halpha+[N II], [S II] and [O III], reveal filamentary and diffuse…

We used combined data from XMM-Newton and Chandra observatories to study the X-ray morphology of SNR G306.3-0.9. A spatially-resolved spectral analysis was used to obtain physical and geometrical parameters of different regions of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-08-17 J. A. Combi , F. García , A. E. Suárez , P. L. Luque-Escamilla , S. Paron , M. Miceli

We discuss the results from deep Chandra LETG observations of the supernova remnant 1987A (SNR 1987A). We find that a distribution of shocks, spanning the same range of velocities (from 300 to 1700 km/s) as deduced in the first part of our…

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 report the results of extracting the hard X-ray continuum spectrum of Cas A SNR from RXTE/PCA Target of Opportunity (TOO) observations and CGRO/OSSE observations. The data can rule out the single thermal bremsstrahlung model for Cas A…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 L. -S. The , M. D. Leising , D. H. Hartmann , J. D. Kurfess , P. Blanco , D. Bhattacharya

Observations of the radio remnant of Supernova 1987A using the Australia Telescope Compact Array in the 12-mm band on 2003 July 31 (day 6002.7 after the explosion) give the first fully resolved radio image of the supernova remnant. The…

Hotspots observed at the edges of extended radio lobes in high-power radio galaxies and quasars mark the position of mildly-relativistic termination shock, where the jet bulk kinetic energy is converted to the internal energy of the jet…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-01-04 R. Thimmappa , L. Stawarz , J. Neilsen , M. Ostrowski , B. Reville

Chandra High Energy Transmission Grating Spectrometer observations of the supernova remnant 1E0102.2-7219 in the Small Magellanic Cloud reveal a spectrum dominated by X-ray emission lines from hydrogen-like and helium-like ions of oxygen,…