New candidate radio supernova remnants detected in the GLEAM survey over 345 < l < 60, 180 < l < 240

  • Natasha Hurley-Walker
  • , M. D. Filipović
  • , B. M. Gaensler
  • , D. A. Leahy
  • , P. J. Hancock
  • , T. M.O. Franzen
  • , A. R. Offringa
  • , J. R. Callingham
  • , L. Hindson
  • , C. Wu
  • , M. E. Bell
  • , B. Q. For
  • , M. Johnston-Hollitt
  • , A. D. Kapińska
  • , J. Morgan
  • , T. Murphy
  • , B. McKinley
  • , P. Procopio
  • , L. Staveley-Smith
  • , R. B. Wayth
  • Q. Zheng

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Abstract

We have detected 27 new supernova remnants (SNRs) using a new data release of the GLEAM survey from the Murchison Widefield Array telescope, including the lowest surface brightness SNR ever detected, G 0.1 − 9.7. Our method uses spectral fitting to the radio continuum to derive spectral indices for 26/27 candidates, and our low-frequency observations probe a steeper spectrum population than previously discovered. None of the candidates have coincident WISE mid-IR emission, further showing that the emission is non-thermal. Using pulsar associations we derive physical properties for six candidate SNRs, finding G 0.1 − 9.7 may be younger than 10 kyr. Sixty per cent of the candidates subtend areas larger than 0.2 deg2 on the sky, compared to < 25% of previously detected SNRs. We also make the first detection of two SNRs in the Galactic longitude range 220-240.

Original languageEnglish
Article numbere045
JournalPublications of the Astronomical Society of Australia
Volume36
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019

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© Astronomical Society of Australia 2019; published by Cambridge University Press.

Keywords

  • ISM: individual objects
  • ISM: supernova remnants
  • radio continuum: ISM
  • supernovae: general

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