Evidence for a shock-compressed magnetic field in the northwestern rim of Vela Jr. from X-ray polarimetry

Dmitry A. Prokhorov; Yi Jung Yang; Riccardo Ferrazzoli; Jacco Vink; Patrick Slane; Enrico Costa; Stefano Silvestri; Ping Zhou; Niccolò Bucciantini; Alessandro Di Marco; Martin C. Weisskopf; Luca Baldini; Victor Doroshenko; Steven R. Ehlert; Jeremy Heyl; Philip Kaaret; Dawoon E. Kim; Frédéric Marin; Tsunefumi Mizuno; Chi Yung Ng; Melissa Pesce-Rollins; Carmelo Sgrò; Paolo Soffitta; Douglas A. Swartz; Toru Tamagawa; Fei Xie; Iván Agudo; Lucio A. Antonelli; Matteo Bachetti; Wayne H. Baumgartner; Ronaldo Bellazzini; Stefano Bianchi; Stephen D. Bongiorno; Raffaella Bonino; Alessandro Brez; Fiamma Capitanio; Simone Castellano; Elisabetta Cavazzuti; Chien Ting Chen; Stefano Ciprini; Alessandra De Rosa; Ettore Del Monte; Laura Di Gesu; Niccolò Di Lalla; Immacolata Donnarumma; Michal Dovčiak; Teruaki Enoto; Yuri Evangelista; Sergio Fabiani; Javier A. García; Shuichi Gunji; Wataru Iwakiri; Svetlana G. Jorstad; Vladimir Karas; Fabian Kislat; Takao Kitaguchi; Jeffery J. Kolodziejczak; Henric Krawczynski; Fabio La Monaca; Luca Latronico; Ioannis Liodakis; Simone Maldera; Alberto Manfreda; Andrea Marinucci; Alan P. Marscher; Herman L. Marshall; Francesco Massaro; Giorgio Matt; Ikuyuki Mitsuishi; Fabio Muleri; Michela Negro; Stephen L. O'Dell; Nicola Omodei; Chiara Oppedisano; Alessandro Papitto; George G. Pavlov; Abel L. Peirson; Matteo Perri; Pierre Olivier Petrucci; Maura Pilia; Andrea Possenti; Juri Poutanen; Simonetta Puccetti; Brian D. Ramsey; John Rankin; Ajay Ratheesh; Oliver J. Roberts; Roger W. Romani; Gloria Spandre; Fabrizio Tavecchio; Roberto Taverna; Yuzuru Tawara; Allyn F. Tennant; Nicholas E. Thomas; Francesco Tombesi; Alessio Trois; Sergey S. Tsygankov; Roberto Turolla; Kinwah Wu; Silvia Zane

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Evidence for a shock-compressed magnetic field in the northwestern rim of Vela Jr. from X-ray polarimetry

Dmitry A. Prokhorov, Yi Jung Yang, Riccardo Ferrazzoli, Jacco Vink, Patrick Slane, Enrico Costa, Stefano Silvestri, Ping Zhou, Niccolò Bucciantini, Alessandro Di Marco, Martin C. Weisskopf, Luca Baldini, Victor Doroshenko, Steven R. Ehlert, Jeremy Heyl, Philip Kaaret, Dawoon E. Kim, Frédéric Marin, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Chi Yung NgMelissa Pesce-Rollins, Carmelo Sgrò, Paolo Soffitta, Douglas A. Swartz, Toru Tamagawa, Fei Xie, Iván Agudo, Lucio A. Antonelli, Matteo Bachetti, Wayne H. Baumgartner, Ronaldo Bellazzini, Stefano Bianchi, Stephen D. Bongiorno, Raffaella Bonino, Alessandro Brez, Fiamma Capitanio, Simone Castellano, Elisabetta Cavazzuti, Chien Ting Chen, Stefano Ciprini, Alessandra De Rosa, Ettore Del Monte, Laura Di Gesu, Niccolò Di Lalla, Immacolata Donnarumma, Michal Dovčiak, Teruaki Enoto, Yuri Evangelista, Sergio Fabiani, Javier A. García, Shuichi Gunji, Wataru Iwakiri, Svetlana G. Jorstad, Vladimir Karas, Fabian Kislat, Takao Kitaguchi, Jeffery J. Kolodziejczak, Henric Krawczynski, Fabio La Monaca, Luca Latronico, Ioannis Liodakis, Simone Maldera, Alberto Manfreda, Andrea Marinucci, Alan P. Marscher, Herman L. Marshall, Francesco Massaro, Giorgio Matt, Ikuyuki Mitsuishi, Fabio Muleri, Michela Negro, Stephen L. O'Dell, Nicola Omodei, Chiara Oppedisano, Alessandro Papitto, George G. Pavlov, Abel L. Peirson, Matteo Perri, Pierre Olivier Petrucci, Maura Pilia, Andrea Possenti, Juri Poutanen, Simonetta Puccetti, Brian D. Ramsey, John Rankin, Ajay Ratheesh, Oliver J. Roberts, Roger W. Romani, Gloria Spandre, Fabrizio Tavecchio, Roberto Taverna, Yuzuru Tawara, Allyn F. Tennant, Nicholas E. Thomas, Francesco Tombesi, Alessio Trois, Sergey S. Tsygankov, Roberto Turolla, Kinwah Wu, Silvia Zane

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Synchrotron X-ray emission has been detected from nearly a dozen young supernova remnants (SNRs). X-rays of synchrotron origin exhibit linear polarization in a regular, non-randomly oriented magnetic field. The significant polarized X-ray emission from four such SNRs has already been reported on the basis of observations with the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE). The magnetic-field structure as derived from IXPE observations is radial for Cassiopeia A, Tycho's SNR, and SN 1006, and tangential for RX J1713.7-3946. The latter together with the recent detection of a tangential magnetic field in SNR 1E 0102.2-7219 by the Australia Telescope Compact Array in the radio band shows that tangential magnetic fields can also be present in young SNRs. Thus, the dichotomy in polarization between young and middle-aged SNRs (radial magnetic fields in young SNRs, but tangential magnetic fields in middle-aged SNRs), previously noticed in the radio band, deserves additional attention. The present analysis of IXPE observations determines, for the first time, a magnetic-field structure in the northwestern rim of Vela Jr, also known as RX J0852.0-4622, and provides a new example of a young SNR with a tangential magnetic field.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	A59
Journal	Astronomy and Astrophysics
Volume	692
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202452062
State	Published - Dec 1 2024

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Prokhorov, D. A., Yang, Y. J., Ferrazzoli, R., Vink, J., Slane, P., Costa, E., Silvestri, S., Zhou, P., Bucciantini, N., Di Marco, A., Weisskopf, M. C., Baldini, L., Doroshenko, V., Ehlert, S. R., Heyl, J., Kaaret, P., Kim, D. E., Marin, F., Mizuno, T., ... Zane, S. (2024). Evidence for a shock-compressed magnetic field in the northwestern rim of Vela Jr. from X-ray polarimetry. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 692, Article A59. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202452062

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AU - Vink, Jacco

AU - Slane, Patrick

AU - Costa, Enrico

AU - Silvestri, Stefano

AU - Zhou, Ping

AU - Bucciantini, Niccolò

AU - Di Marco, Alessandro

AU - Weisskopf, Martin C.

AU - Baldini, Luca

AU - Doroshenko, Victor

AU - Ehlert, Steven R.

AU - Heyl, Jeremy

AU - Kaaret, Philip

AU - Kim, Dawoon E.

AU - Marin, Frédéric

AU - Mizuno, Tsunefumi

AU - Ng, Chi Yung

AU - Pesce-Rollins, Melissa

AU - Sgrò, Carmelo

AU - Soffitta, Paolo

AU - Swartz, Douglas A.

AU - Tamagawa, Toru

AU - Xie, Fei

AU - Agudo, Iván

AU - Antonelli, Lucio A.

AU - Bachetti, Matteo

AU - Baumgartner, Wayne H.

AU - Bellazzini, Ronaldo

AU - Bianchi, Stefano

AU - Bongiorno, Stephen D.

AU - Bonino, Raffaella

AU - Brez, Alessandro

AU - Capitanio, Fiamma

AU - Castellano, Simone

AU - Cavazzuti, Elisabetta

AU - Chen, Chien Ting

AU - Ciprini, Stefano

AU - De Rosa, Alessandra

AU - Del Monte, Ettore

AU - Di Gesu, Laura

AU - Di Lalla, Niccolò

AU - Donnarumma, Immacolata

AU - Dovčiak, Michal

AU - Enoto, Teruaki

AU - Evangelista, Yuri

AU - Fabiani, Sergio

AU - García, Javier A.

AU - Gunji, Shuichi

AU - Iwakiri, Wataru

AU - Jorstad, Svetlana G.

AU - Karas, Vladimir

AU - Kislat, Fabian

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AU - Marinucci, Andrea

AU - Marscher, Alan P.

AU - Marshall, Herman L.

AU - Massaro, Francesco

AU - Matt, Giorgio

AU - Mitsuishi, Ikuyuki

AU - Muleri, Fabio

AU - Negro, Michela

AU - O'Dell, Stephen L.

AU - Omodei, Nicola

AU - Oppedisano, Chiara

AU - Papitto, Alessandro

AU - Pavlov, George G.

AU - Peirson, Abel L.

AU - Perri, Matteo

AU - Petrucci, Pierre Olivier

AU - Pilia, Maura

AU - Possenti, Andrea

AU - Poutanen, Juri

AU - Puccetti, Simonetta

AU - Ramsey, Brian D.

AU - Rankin, John

AU - Ratheesh, Ajay

AU - Roberts, Oliver J.

AU - Romani, Roger W.

AU - Spandre, Gloria

AU - Tavecchio, Fabrizio

AU - Taverna, Roberto

AU - Tawara, Yuzuru

AU - Tennant, Allyn F.

AU - Thomas, Nicholas E.

AU - Tombesi, Francesco

AU - Trois, Alessio

AU - Tsygankov, Sergey S.

AU - Turolla, Roberto

AU - Wu, Kinwah

AU - Zane, Silvia

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Evidence for a shock-compressed magnetic field in the northwestern rim of Vela Jr. from X-ray polarimetry

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