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Ground-based optical spectra and Hubble Space Telescope images of ten core-collapse supernovae (CCSNe) obtained several years to decades after outburst are analyzed with the aim of understanding the general properties of their late-time…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-04 D. Milisavljevic , R. Fesen , R. Chevalier , R. Kirshner , P. Challis , M. Turatto

We present a long-exposure (~10 hr) image of the supernova (SN) remnant Cassiopeia A (Cas A) obtained with the UKIRT 3.8-m telescope using a narrow band filter centered at 1.644 um emission. The passband contains [Fe II] 1.644 um and [Si I]…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-10-31 Bon-Chul Koo , Hyun-Jeong Kim , Yong-Hyun Lee , John C. Raymond , Jae-Joon Lee , Sung-Chul Yoon , Dae-Sik Moon

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

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

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

We present a review of X-ray observations of supernovae (SNe). By observing the (~0.1-100 keV) X-ray emission from young SNe, physical key parameters such as the circumstellar matter (CSM) density, mass-loss rate of the progenitor and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-13 Stefan Immler , Walter H. G. Lewin

We present spectroscopy of the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A (Cas A) observed at infrared wavelengths from 10 - 40 micron with the Spitzer Space Telescope and at millimeter wavelengths in 12CO and 13CO J = 2 - 1 (230 and 220 GHz) with the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-18 Charles D. Kilpatrick , John H. Bieging , George H. Rieke

The remnants of core-collapse supernovae (SNe) have complex morphologies that may reflect asymmetries and structures developed during the progenitor SN explosion. Here we investigate how the morphology of the SNR Cassiopeia A (Cas A)…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-05-04 S. Orlando , M. Miceli , M. L. Pumo , F. Bocchino

We explore the morphology of Type Ia supernova remnants (SNRs) using three-dimensional hydrodynamics modeling and an exponential density profile. Our model distinguishes ejecta from the interstellar medium (ISM), and tracks the ionization…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-11 D. C. Warren , J. M. Blondin

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…

An analysis of a 29 ksec Chandra ACIS-S observation of the young, Cassiopeia-A like supernova remnant in the irregular galaxy NGC 4449 is presented. The observed 0.5-2.1 keV spectrum reveals the likely presence of several emission lines…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 D. J. Patnaude , R. A. Fesen

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…

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

We report the likely detection of near-infrared 2.29 $\mu$m first overtone Carbon Monoxide (CO) emission from the young supernova remnant Cassiopeia A (Cas A). The continuum-subtracted CO filter map reveals CO knots within the ejecta-rich…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 J. Rho , T. H. Jarrett , W. T. Reach , H. Gomez , M. Andersen

A new ASCA observation of 1E 161348-5055, the central compact X-ray source in the supernova remnant RCW 103, reveals an order-of-magnitude decrease in its 3 - 10 keV flux since the previous ASCA measurement four years earlier. This result…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 E. V. Gotthelf , R. Petre , G. Vasisht

The nature of Type Ia supernovae remains controversial. The youngest remnants of Ia supernovae hold clues to the explosion and to the immediate surroundings. We present a third epoch of Chandra observations of the $\sim600$-year-old Type Ia…

Recently, the GeV--sub-PeV spectrum of supernova remnant (SNR) Cassiopeia A (Cas A), one of the youngest and most well-studied SNRs in our Galaxy, has been updated by observations of Fermi-LAT and LHAASO. We revisit Cas A with our previous…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-30 Bo-Tao Li , Wei Wang , Zhuo Li

450 years after the explosion of the Type Ia SN1572, the dynamics of the Tycho supernova remnant can give us keys to understand the explosion mechanism and the interaction of the remnant with the interstellar medium. To probe the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-03-01 Leila Godinaud , Fabio Acero , Anne Decourchelle , Jean Ballet

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…

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