Physics of SN Remnants in the Chandra, XMM-Newton and INTEGRAL Era

Welcome to the team website.

This research project focuses on the observation and interpretation of high-energy photon emission from supernova remnants (SNRs). We have brought together an international team of observers and theorists working with the XMM-Newton, Chandra, and INTEGRAL spacecraft, as well as previous X-ray and gamma-ray space telescopes. The successful operation of these superb observatories, combined with ground-based radio and GeV-TeV gamma-ray observations, has made it possible to dramatically extend our knowledge of SNRs and their interaction with the interstellar medium (ISM). The major topics of the research project are: (1) High resolution X- and gamma-ray observations of SNRs used to constrain the nucleosynthetic yields, the structure of the SN ejecta, the conditions in the remnant and ISM, and the supernova explosion energy. (2) Combining high resolution observations with hard continuum emission to constrain models of efficient cosmic-ray (CR) production in SNRs leading to a deeper understanding of particle injection in shocks and CR yield. (3) Study of the physical processes of energy release in compact sources like pulsar wind nebulae.

Team participants:

• Aharonian, Felix, Max-Planck Institut fur Kernphysik. 69117 Heidelberg, Germany, felix.aharonian@mpi-hd.mpg.de
• Arons, Jonathan, Department of Astronomy, 601 Campbell Hall, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, arons@astron.berkeley.edu
• Bleeker, Johan, SRON-National Institute for Space Research, Sorbonnelaan 2, 3584 CA Utrecht, The Netherlands, j.bleeker@sron.nl
• Bloemen, Hans, SRON-National Institute for Space Research, Sorbonnelaan 2, 3584 CA Utrecht, the Netherlands, J.B.G.M.Bloemen@sron.nl
• Bocchino, Fabrizio, Institute: INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo Giussepe S. Vaiana, Piazza del Parlamento 1, 90134 Palermo, ITALY, bocchino@oapa.astropa.unipa.it
• Bykov, Andrei, A.F.Ioffe Institute of Physics and Technology, Politechnicheskaya 26, St. Petersburg, Russia, 194021, byk@astro.ioffe.ru
• Chevalier, Roger, Department of Astronomy, University of Virginia, P. O. Box 3818, Charlottesville, VA 22903, rac5x@virginia.edu
• Courvoisier, Thierry, INTEGRAL Science Data Centre, 16, Chemin d'Ecogia, CH-1290 VERSOIX, Switzerland, Thierry.Courvoisier@obs.unige.ch
• Decourchelle, Anne, Service d'Astrophysique, CEA Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France, adecourchelle@cea.fr
• Diehl, Roland, MPE Garching, Germany, rod@mpe.mpg.de
• Ellison, Don, Department of Physics, Box 8202, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-8202, don_ellison@ncsu.edu
• Hirschi, Raphael
• Hughes, John, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University, 136 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8019 USA, jph@physics.rutgers.edu
• Jones, Tom, University of Minnesota, Department of Astronomy, 116 Church Street, S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55455, twj@msi.umn.edu
• Kaastra, Jelle, SRON-National Institute for Space Research, Sorbonnelaan 2, 3584 CA Utrecht, the Netherlands, J.S.Kaastra@sron.nl
• Kanbach, Gottfried, MPE Garching, Germany, gok@mpe.mpg.de
• Koyama, Katusji, Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kita-Shirakawa Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan, koyama@cr.scphys.kyoto-u.ac.jp
• Leburn, François, CEA/DSM/DAPNIA/Sap Saclay, F-91191 Gif-Sur-Yvette, France, flebrun@discovery.saclay.cea.fr
• Marcowith, Alexandre, C.E.S.R., 9 Av du Colonel Roche, BP 4346, 31028 Toulouse, France, Alexandre.Marcowith@cesr.fr
• Meynet, Georges, Observatoire de Geneve, CH-1290 Sauverny, Switzerland, Georges.Meynet@obs.unige.ch
• Parizot, Etienne, Orsay University, France, parizot@ipno.in2p3.fr
• Raymond, John, -Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden St., Cambridge, MA 02138, raymond@cfa.harvard.edu
• Reynolds, Steve, Department of Physics, Box 8202, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-8202, steve_reynolds@ncsu.edu
• Slane, Patrick, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden St., Cambridge, MA 02138, slane@cfa.harvard.edu
• Tsunemi, Hiroshi, Graduate School of Science, Earth and Space Science, Osaka University, Machikaneyama, 1-1, Toyonaka, Osaka, 560-0043, Japan, tsunemi@ess.sci.osaka-u.ac.jp
• Vink, Jacco, SRON-National Institute for Space Research, Sorbonnelaan 2, 3584 CA Utrecht, the Netherlands, j.vink@sron.nl
• Willingale, Richard, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK, rw@star.le.ac.uk

Below is the link to our team report as of 14 February 2005
Team Report: Februrary 2005

Below is the link to the password protected home page. PowerPoint presentations from our December 2003 and September 2004 meetings are included, along with some other links.

Team home page (restricted access)

Group Photo, December 2003

Photos from September 2004: