scholarly journals A catalogue of Galactic supernova remnants in the far-infrared: revealing ejecta dust in pulsar wind nebulae

2018 ◽  
Vol 483 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
H Chawner ◽  
K Marsh ◽  
M Matsuura ◽  
H L Gomez ◽  
P Cigan ◽  
...  
2009 ◽  
Vol 5 (H15) ◽  
pp. 808-808
Author(s):  
Emma de Oña-Wilhelmi

AbstractThe H.E.S.S. Galactic Plane Survey (GPS) has revealed a large number of Galactic Sources, including Pulsar Wind Nebulae (PWN), Supernova Remnants (SNRs), giant molecular clouds, star formation regions and compact binary systems, as well as a number of unidentified objects, or dark sources, for which no obvious counterparts at other wavelengths have yet been found. We will review the latest results from the GPS observations and discuss the most interesting cases.


2020 ◽  
Vol 493 (2) ◽  
pp. 2706-2744 ◽  
Author(s):  
H Chawner ◽  
H L Gomez ◽  
M Matsuura ◽  
M W L Smith ◽  
A Papageorgiou ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT We search for far-infrared (FIR) counterparts of known supernova remnants (SNRs) in the Galactic plane (360° in longitude and $b = \pm \, 1^{\circ }$) at 70–500 μm with Herschel. We detect dust signatures in 39 SNRs out of 190, made up of 13 core-collapse supernovae (CCSNe), including 4 Pulsar Wind Nebulae (PWNe), and 2 Type Ia SNe. A further 24 FIR detected SNRs have unknown types. We confirm the FIR detection of ejecta dust within G350.1−0.3, adding to the known sample of ∼ 10 SNRs containing ejecta dust. We discover dust features at the location of a radio core at the centre of G351.2+0.1, indicating FIR emission coincident with a possible Crab-like compact object, with dust temperature and mass of Td  = 45.8 K and Md  = 0.18 M⊙, similar to the PWN G54.1+0.3. We show that the detection rate is higher among young SNRs. We produce dust temperature maps of 11 SNRs and mass maps of those with distance estimates, finding dust at temperatures $15\, \lesssim \, T_d\, \lesssim \, 40$ K. If the dust is heated by shock interactions the shocked gas must be relatively cool and/or have a low density to explain the observed low grain temperatures.


2004 ◽  
Vol 218 ◽  
pp. 221-224
Author(s):  
John R. Dickel ◽  
Shiya Wang

Several Crab-type supernova remnants appear to have very bright non-thermal X-ray cores just around the pulsar or expected pulsar. This X-ray brightness is often not matched by a corresponding increase in radio emission. The best example of this phenomenon is in N157B in the LMC. G21.5−0.9 and possibly 3C 58 also show it while the Crab Nebula and 0540−69.3 do not. Some method to enhance the higher energy particles must be present in these objects.


2019 ◽  
Vol 623 ◽  
pp. A90 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. M. Straal ◽  
J. van Leeuwen

Pinpointing a pulsar in its parent supernova remnant (SNR) or resulting pulsar wind nebula (PWN) is key to understanding its formation history and the pulsar wind mechanism, yet only about half the SNRs and PWNe appear associated with a pulsar. Our aim was to find the pulsars in a sample of eight known and new SNRs and PWNe. Using the LOFAR radio telescope at 150 MHz, each source was observed for 3 h. We covered the entire remnants where needed, by employing many tied-array beams to tile out even the largest objects. For objects with a confirmed point source or PWN we constrained our search to those lines of sight. We identified a promising radio pulsar candidate towards PWN G141.2+5.0. The candidate, PSR J0337+61, has a period of 94 ms and a DM of 226 pc cm−3. We re-observed the source twice with increased sensitivities of 30% and 50%, but did not re-detect it. It thus remains unconfirmed. For our other sources we obtain very stringent upper limits of 0.8 − 3.1 mJy at 150 MHz. Generally, we can rule out that the pulsars travelled out of the remnant. From these strict limits we conclude our non-detections towards point sources and PWNe are the result of beaming and propagation effects. Some of the remaining SNRs should host a black hole rather than a neutron star.


2004 ◽  
Vol 423 (1) ◽  
pp. 253-265 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Bucciantini ◽  
E. Amato ◽  
R. Bandiera ◽  
J. M. Blondin ◽  
L. Del Zanna

2018 ◽  
Vol 478 (1) ◽  
pp. 926-931 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yutaka Ohira ◽  
Shota Kisaka ◽  
Ryo Yamazaki

2003 ◽  
Vol 405 (2) ◽  
pp. 617-626 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Bucciantini ◽  
J. M. Blondin ◽  
L. Del Zanna ◽  
E. Amato

Author(s):  
RESHMI MUKHERJEE

VERITAS is an array of four imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes located in southern Arizona, and is now starting its fifth year of observations of the northern Sky at energies > 100 GeV. Observations of astrophysical objects in the TeV band are sensitive probes of highly energetic processes occurring in these sources. The majority of the active galaxies detected at TeV energies are blazars, sources where we view the jet nearly along its axis. TeV and multiwavelength observations of blazars help us to better understand the mechanisms of ultrarelativistic jet production by supermassive black holes, and constrain models of particle acceleration in blazar jets. Galactic sources at TeV energies include supernova remnants, pulsar wind nebulae, and binary systems, and TeV emission is a key diagnostic of highly energetic particles in these objects. This report presents recent results from VERITAS on Galactic and extragalactic sources.


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