9 papers
Three-Dimensional Expansion of Iron Ejecta in Cassiopeia A with Chandra and XRISM
Aya Bamba, Tomoki Kadoya, Kouichi Hagino +4
Measurement of the expansion structure of ejecta in supernova remnants (SNRs) provides important information about their explosion mechanism. We combine Chandra proper-motion measu…
Asymmetric distribution of Fe-peak elements in Cassiopeia A revealed by XRISM
Toshiki Sato, Shin-ichiro Fujimoto, Koji Mori +20
The elemental abundances of the Fe-peak elements (such as Cr, Mn, Fe and Ni) and Ti are important for understanding the environment of explosive nuclear burning for the core-collap…
The electron temperature distribution and the high ionization just behind the shock in the Cygnus Loop
Masahiro Ichihashi, Aya Bamba, Dai Tateishi +6
The physical processes behind astrophysical collisionless shocks, such as thermal relaxation and ionization after shock passage, remain poorly understood. To investigate these proc…
Development of Solar Flare X-ray Polarimeter with Micro-Pixel CMOS Sensors
Kouichi Hagino, Tatsuaki Kato, Toshiya Iwata +10
We are developing an X-ray polarimeter using micro-pixel CMOS sensors for solar flare X-ray polarimetry. The system consists of a 2.5-m pixel CMOS image sensor with a 12.8$\tim…
XRISM Observations of Cassiopeia A: Overview, Atomic Data, and Spectral Models
Paul Plucinsky, Manan Agarwal, Liyi Gu +15
Cassiopeia A (Cas A) is the youngest known core-collapse supernova remnant (SNR) in the Galaxy and is perhaps the best-studied SNR in X-rays. Cas A has a line-rich spectrum dominat…
Mapping Cassiopeia A's silicon/sulfur Doppler velocities with XRISM-Resolve
Jacco Vink, Manan Agarwal, Aya Bamba +22
Young supernova remnants (SNRs) provide crucial insights into explosive nucleosynthesis products and their velocity distribution soon after the explosion. However, these velocities…