Discovery of Perun (G329.9-0.5): a new, young, Galactic SNR
Abstract
We present the discovery of possibly the youngest Galactic supernova remnant (SNR) with associated pulsar-wind nebula (PWN), which we name Perun (G329.9-0.5). Perun was serendipitously discovered in the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder-Evolutionary Map of the Universe survey at 943 MHz, and subsequent follow-up observations were conducted with the Australia Telescope Compact Array observatory at 5500 and 9000 MHz. We combine these with additional radio observations from the MeerKAT, Molonglo Observatory Synthesis Telescope, and Murchison Widefield Array telescopes, infrared (IR) observations from the SpitzerSpace Telescope, and X-ray observations from the Chandra X-ray observatory to perform a multifrequency analysis. The radio morphology shows a small angular size shell (D = 70 arcsec) with a luminous, central PWN. We measure a total spectral index of
- Publication:
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Pub Date:
- November 2024
- DOI:
- 10.1093/mnras/stae2237
- Bibcode:
- 2024MNRAS.534.2918S