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Remnant-wide mapping of heterogeneous presupernova burning histories in the O-rich ejecta of Cassiopeia A
Yui Kuboike, Toshiki Sato, Kai Matsunaga
Late-stage shell interactions, including shell mergers, can mix material across adjacent burning shells and imprint chemically inhomogeneous structures in the hydrostatic O-rich la…
Testing a Pre-Supernova Contribution to Ti in Cassiopeia A
Toshiki Sato, Joshua Issa, Falk Herwig +4
The radioactive isotope Ti in Cassiopeia A has been used as a tracer of the innermost ejecta and explosion asymmetries in core-collapse supernova explosions. However, recent…
Distinct Velocity Components in the Absorption Lines of the Neutron Star X-ray Binary AX J1745.6-2901
Kai Matsunaga, Maxime Parra, Yutaro Nagai +10
Accretion disks in X-ray binaries regulate mass transfer onto compact objects and drive radiative and kinetic feedback to their surroundings. Here we report X-ray spectroscopy of t…
Chandra X-Ray Imaging and Spatially Resolved Spectroscopy of SN 1987A: Energy-Dependent Morphology of the Equatorial Ring
Yusuke Sakai, Shinya Yamada, Koji Mori +8
We present a systematic imaging and spatially resolved spectral study of SN 1987A using Chandra observations obtained between 1999 and 2025. By combining multiepoch ACIS and HETG d…
XRISM spectroscopy of a crowded Galactic center region -- I. Disentangling the sources in the field of view
Maxime Parra, Kai Matsunaga, Shifra Mandel +16
The Galactic center is a complex and crowded region hosting the supermassive black hole Sgr A*, numerous accreting compact objects, and diffuse X-ray emission. This paper presents…
XRISM spectroscopy of a crowded Galactic center region -- II. Narrow emission lines in the Black Hole candidate MAXI J1744-294/Swift J174540.2-290037
Maxime Parra, Shifra Mandel, Kai Matsunaga +13
Narrow, highly ionized X-ray emission lines in black hole low-mass X-ray binaries (BH-LMXBs) are rare and have been observed in only a few sources, during unusual, heavily obscured…
XRISM spectroscopy of a crowded Galactic center region -- III. S, Ar and Ca ISM Absorption Features in the spectrum of MAXI J1744-294
Efrain Gatuzz, Maxime Parra, Muhammet F. Hasoglu +7
We present a comprehensive study of X-ray absorption by sulfur (S), argon (Ar), and calcium (Ca) in the interstellar medium (ISM) along the line of sight to the low-mass X-ray bina…
The Supernova Remnant G284.31.8 and Its Relation to the Gamma-ray Binary 1FGL J1018.65856
Natsuki Terano, Takaaki Tanaka, Hiromasa Suzuki +6
G284.31.8 is a supernova remnant with a radio shell and thermal X-ray emission. Located near its center is the gamma-ray binary 1FGL J1018.65856, although the physical associ…
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…
Chlorine and Potassium Enrichment in the Cassiopeia A Supernova Remnant
XRISM collaboration
The elements in the universe are synthesized primarily in stars and supernovae, where nuclear fusion favors the production of even-Z elements. In contrast, odd-Z elements are less…
The Origin of the Mg-rich Supernova Remnant J0550-6823 and the Frequency of Similar Events in the Large Magellanic Cloud
Yui Kuboike, Toshiki Sato, Hiromasa Suzuki +4
Shell burning and internal mixing in massive stars play an important role in setting the initial conditions for core-collapse supernova explosions. In the late stages of stellar ev…
A multiwavelength study of the Galactic center black hole candidate MAXI J1744-294
Shifra Mandel, Kaya Mori, Paul A. Draghis +37
For the first time in nearly a decade, a bright transient was detected in the central parsec (pc) of the Galaxy. MAXI J1744-294, or -- as it was known in its previous life -- Swift…
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…
Inhomogeneous stellar mixing in the final hours before the Cassiopeia A supernova
Toshiki Sato, Kai Matsunaga, Hiroyuki Uchida +10
Understanding stars and their evolution is a key goal of astronomical research and has long been a focus of human interest. In recent years, theorists have paid much attention to t…
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…
Measuring the asymmetric expansion of the Fe ejecta of Cassiopeia A with XRISM/Resolve
Aya Bamba, Manan Agarwal, Jacco Vink +24
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 eje…
Evidence for Type Ib/c origin of the supernova remnant G292.0+1.8
Takuto Narita, Hiroyuki Uchida, Jacco Vink +6
Circumstellar material (CSM) produced by mass loss from massive stars () through strong stellar winds or binary stripping provides rich information for underst…
Progenitor Constraint Incorporating Shell Merger: The Case of Supernova Remnant G359.0-0.9
Kai Matsunaga, Hiroyuki Uchida, Rei Enokiya +5
It is generally hard to put robust constraints on progenitor masses of supernovae (SNe) and remnants (SNRs) observationally, while they offer tantalizing clues to understanding exp…
Destratification in the Progenitor Interior of the Mg-rich Supernova Remnant N49B
Toshiki Sato, Kai Matsunaga, Ryo Sawada +6
Simulations of pre-supernova evolution suggest that some intense shell burning can be so active that, in extreme cases, it can merge with the outer shell, changing the initial cond…