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DARTS of the Month

Tycho Suzaku Image
Fig.1 : Suzaku Image of Tycho Supernova Remnant (Provided by T.Tamagawa, RIKEN )

Tycho Suzaku spectrum
Fig.2: X-ray spectrum from Tycho Supernova Remnant. X-ray lines from several ions were detected. (Provided by T.Tamagawa, RIKEN )

PASJ Suzaku Special Issue

On 2009-1-30, a special issue, titled "New Results from Suzaku" , was published from Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan.

In total, 37 papers were published in this issue. Four papers are related to Suzaku instruments and one deals with Suzaku imaging analysis. Other 32 papers feature X-ray analysis from various kinds of objects, including white dwarfs, black hole candidates, supernova remnants in the Milky Way, active galaxies and galaxy clusters.

For example in this issue, Tamagawa et al (2009) discovered new X-ray features from Tycho's Supernova Remnant as shown in figures. Details can be found on their web page here. (in Japanese)

This is the third special issue from Suzaku. In addition to this issue, recent results from DARTS data were summarized in the following special issues. Please enjoy various findings and discoveries from these observatories.

First Results from Suzaku PASJ 2007 January
AKARI Initial Results PASJ, 2007 October
Initial Results from Hinode PASJ 2007 November
Hinode: Special section Science 2007 December
Recent Results from Suzaku PASJ 2008 February
Science with Hinode Astronomy and Astrophysics 2008 April
Recent Result from AKARI PASJ 2008 December

T.Tamura (ISAS/C-SODA)

February 2009

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