F. Bocchino

Publication List Details

Period

1999 - 2009

Number

55

Co-Authors

Predicted gamma-ray image of SN 1006 due to inverse Compton emission (2009)

Petruk, O., Bocchino, F., Miceli, M., Dubner, G., Castelletti, G., Orlando, S., ...

We propose a method to synthesize the inverse Compton (IC) gamma-ray image of a supernova remnant starting from the radio (or hard X-ray) map and using results of the spatially resolved X-ray...

Thermal emission, shock modification, and X-ray emitting ejecta in SN 1006 (2009)

Miceli, M., Bocchino, F., Iakubovskyi, D., Orlando, S., Telezhinsky, I., Kirsch, M. G. F., ...

Efficient particle acceleration can modify the structure of supernova remnants. In this context we present the results of the combined analysis of the XMM-Newton EPIC archive observations of SN 1006....

Some properties of synchrotron radio and inverse-Compton gamma-ray images of supernova remnants (2009)

Petruk, O., Beshley, V., Bocchino, F., Orlando, S.

The synchrotron radio maps of supernova remnants (SNRs) in uniform interstellar medium and interstellar magnetic field (ISMF) are analyzed, allowing different `sensitivity' of injection efficiency to...

On the metal abundances inside mixed-morphology supernova remnants: the case of IC443 and G166.0+4.3 (2009)

Bocchino, F., Miceli, M., Troja, E.

Recent developments on the study of mixed morphology supernova remnants (MMSNRs) have revealed the presence of metal rich X-ray emitting plasma inside a fraction of these remnant, a feature not...

Aspect angle for interstellar magnetic field in SN 1006 (2008)

Petruk, O., Dubner, G., Castelletti, G., Bocchino, F., Iakubovskyi, D., Kirsch, M. G. F., ...

A number of important processes taking place around strong shocks in supernova remnants (SNRs) depend on the shock obliquity. The measured synchrotron flux is a function of the aspect angle between...

Shock-Cloud Interaction In The Vela Snr: (2008)

Preliminary Results Of, F. Bocchino, M. Miceli, A. Maggio

The study of the clumpy and irregular features in the X-ray emission of middle-aged supernova remnants shells allows us to shed light on the various characteristic of the interstellar medium, like...

On the Study of NEI Regime in SNR's: Emission Model and ROSAT PSPC Spectral Fitting Simulations (2008)

F. Bocchino, A. Maggio, S. Sciortino, Abstract. Wedevelopedandtestedanon-equilibrium

We developed and tested a Non-Equilibrium of Ionization (NEI) emission model to study the X-ray emission of supernova remnants (SNR's) with a parametric fitting approach. We present results of...

Astronomy Astrophysics manuscript no. 2896 30th August 2005 (2008)

Doi Will Be, S. Orl, G. Peres, F. Reale, F. Bocchino, R. Rosner, ...

We model the hydrodynamic interaction of a shock wave of an evolved supernova remnant with a small interstellar gas cloud like the ones observed in the Cygnus loop and in the Vela SNR. We investigate...

The importance of magnetic-field-oriented thermal conduction in the interaction of SNR shocks with interstellar clouds (2008)

Orlando, S., Bocchino, F., Reale, F., Peres, G., Pagano, P.

We explore the importance of magnetic-field-oriented thermal conduction in the interaction of supernova remnant (SNR) shocks with radiative gas clouds and in determining the mass and energy exchange...

Isolated X-ray -- infrared sources in the region of interaction of the supernova remnant IC 443 with a molecular cloud (2008)

Bykov, A. M., Krassilchtchikov, A. M., Uvarov, Yu. A., Bloemen, H., Bocchino, F., Dubner, G. M., ...

The nature of the extended hard X-ray source XMMU J061804.3+222732 and its surroundings is investigated using XMM-Newton, Chandra, and Spitzer observations. This source is located in an interaction...

Physical and chemical inhomogeneities inside the Vela SNR shell. Indications of ejecta shrapnels (2007)

Miceli, M., Bocchino, F., Reale, F.

We present the results of the combined analysis of three XMM-Newton EPIC observations of the northern rim of the Vela SNR. The three pointings cover an area of ~10 pc^2 (at 250 pc) behind the main...

Science with the new generation high energy gamma- ray experiments (2007)

Alvarez, M., D'Armiento, D., Agnetta, G., Alberdi, A., Antonelli, A., Argan, A., ...

This Conference is the fifth of a series of Workshops on High Energy Gamma- ray Experiments, following the Conferences held in Perugia 2003, Bari 2004, Cividale del Friuli 2005, Elba Island 2006....

ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS Non--Equilibrium Ionization and the Interpretation of (2007)

S. Orlando, F. Bocchino, G. Peres

A&A manuscript no. (will be inserted by hand later) Your thesaurus codes are:

An optimized time screening algorithm for ROSAT PSPC and HRI observations. (2007)

Bocchino Barbera, F. Bocchino, M. Barbera, S. Sciortino

. We have developed a model-independent time screening optimization algorithm to cope with significant contamination spikes in the ROSAT PSPC/HRI bacground light-curves. The rejection criteria are...

A Reduction and Analysis Pipeline for ROSAT PSPC Data (2007)

G. Mackie, Mackie Fabbiano, F. R. Harnden, M. Barbera, F. Bocchino, ...

. We describe a pipeline to reduce and analyze ROSAT Position -Sensitive Proportional Counter (PSPC) archive data. The pipeline is based on an IRAF Command Language (CL) script, that primarily...

BeppoSAX and ROSAT Observations of the Supernova Remnant RCW86 (2007)

Bocchino Favata, F. Bocchino, F. Favata, A. Maggio, S. Sciortino

Introduction The supernova remnant RCW86 (also known as G315.4-2.3, MSH14-63) is one of the brightest objects in its category of all the X-ray sky. Recently, it has received renewed attention...

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F. Bocchino, R. S. Warwick, P. Marty, D. Lumb, W. Becker, C. Pigot

Astronomy & Astrophysics manuscript no. (will be inserted by hand later) The X-ray nebula of the lled center supernova remnant 3C58 and its interaction with the environment

Astronomy Astrophysics manuscript no. (2007)

Will Be Inserted, F. Reale, F. Bocchino, G. Peres

Long-lasting, intense, stellar X{ray ares may approach conditions of breaking magnetic con nement and evolving in open space. In the perspective of searching for possible tracers of non-con nement,...

Astronomy Astrophysics manuscript no. (2007)

Will Be Inserted, F. Bocchino

XMM-Newton observations of the X-ray feature 1SAX J0617.1+2221 in the IC 443 supernova remnant are reported. We resolve the structure of the nebula into a compact core with a hard spectrum of photon...

Aa 376, 248--253 (2001) (2007)

Doi Eso Astronomy, F. Bocchino, A. M. Bykov

XMM-Newton observations of the X-ray feature 1SAX J0617.1+2221 in the IC 443 supernova remnant are reported. We resolve the structure of the nebula into a compact core with a hard spectrum of photon...

Astronomy Astrophysics manuscript no. (will be inserted by hand later) ROSAT PSPC/HRI observations of the open cluster NGC 2422 M. Barbera (2007)

Bocchino Damiani Micela, F. Bocchino, F. Damiani, G. Micela, S. Sciortino, F. Favata

We present the results of a ROSAT study of NGC 2422, a southern open cluster at a distance of about 470 pc, with an age close to the Pleiades. Source detection was performed on two observations, a...

GAW - An Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescope with Large Field of View (2007)

Cusumano, G., Agnetta, G., Alberdi, A., Alvarez, M., Assis, P., Biondo, B., ...

GAW, acronym for Gamma Air Watch, is a Research and Development experiment in the TeV range, whose main goal is to explore the feasibility of large field of view Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov...

On the Origin of Asymmetries in Bilateral Supernova Remnants (2007)

Orlando, S., Bocchino, F., Reale, F., Peres, G., Petruk, O.

AIMS: We investigate whether the morphology of bilateral supernova remnants (BSNRs) observed in the radio band is determined mainly either by a non-uniform interstellar medium (ISM) or by a...

A physical interpretation of the jet-like X-ray emission from supernova remnant W49B (2007)

Miceli, M., Decourchelle, A., Ballet, J., Bocchino, F., Hughes, J. P., Hwang, U., ...

In the framework of the study of supernova remnants and their complex interaction with the interstellar medium and the circumstellar material, we focus on the galactic supernova remnant W49B. Its...

Shock-cloud interaction in the Vela SNR II. Hydrodynamic model (2006)

Miceli, M., Reale, F., Orlando, S., Bocchino, F.

In the framework of the study of the X-ray and optical emission in supernova remnants we focus on an isolated X-ray knot in the northern rim of the Vela SNR (Vela FilD), whose X-ray emission has been...

Crushing of interstellar gas clouds in supernova remnants II. X-ray emission (2006)

Orlando, S., Bocchino, F., Peres, G., Reale, F., Plewa, T., Rosner, R.

AIMS. We study and discuss the time-dependent X-ray emission predicted by hydrodynamic modeling of the interaction of a SNR shock wave with an interstellar gas cloud. The scope includes: 1) to study...

XMM-Newton observations of the supernova remnant IC443: I. soft X-ray emission from shocked interstellar medium (2006)

Troja, E., Bocchino, F., Reale, F.

The shocked interstellar medium around IC443 produces strong X-ray emission in the soft energy band (E

The X-ray emission of the supernova remnant W49B observed with XMM-Newton (2006)

Miceli, M., Decourchelle, A., Ballet, J., Bocchino, F., Hughes, J. P., Hwang, U., ...

In the framework of the study of supernova remnants and their complex interaction with the interstellar medium, we report on an XMM-Newton EPIC observation of the Galactic supernova remnant W49B. We...

Astronomy Astrophysics manuscript no. 5738 c (2006)

Eso Nd August, M. Miceli, F. Reale, S. Orl, F. Bocchino

Context. In the framework of the study of the X-ray and optical emission in supernova remnants we focus on an isolated X-ray knot in the northern rim of the Vela SNR (Vela FilD), whose X-ray emission...

Preprint typeset using L A T E X style emulateapj v. 04/21/05 (2006)

E. Troja, F. Bocchino, F. Reale

The shocked interstellar medium around IC443 produces strong X-ray emission in the soft energy band (E # 1.5 keV). We present an analysis of such emission as observed with the EPIC MOS cameras on...

Astronomy Astrophysics manuscript no. paper c ESO 2006 (2006)

Th June Crushing, S. Orl, F. Bocchino, G. Peres, F. Reale, T. Plewa, ...

Context. X-ray observations of evolved supernova remnants (e.g. the Cygnus loop and the Vela SNRs) reveal emission originating from the interaction of shock waves with small interstellar gas clouds.

Shock-cloud interaction in the Vela SNR observed with XMM-Newton (2005)

Miceli, M., Bocchino, F., Maggio, A., Reale, F.

We analyzed an XMM-Newton EPIC observation of a bright knot, named FilD, in the northern rim of the Vela SNR, where the shock has encountered a cloud. The good combination of sensitivity, spectral,...

Crushing of interstellar gas clouds in supernova remnants. I. The role of thermal conduction and radiative losses (2005)

Orlando, S., Peres, G., Reale, F., Bocchino, F., Rosner, R., Plewa, T., ...

We model the hydrodynamic interaction of a shock wave of an evolved supernova remnant with a small interstellar gas cloud like the ones observed in the Cygnus loop and in the Vela SNR. We investigate...

The nature of the X-ray halo of the plerion G21.5-0.9 unveiled by XMM-Newton and Chandra (2005)

Bocchino, F., Chevalier, R., Bandiera, R.

The nature of the radio-quiet X-ray halo around the plerionic SNR G21.5-0.9 is under debate. On the basis of spatial and spectral analysis of a large Chandra and XMM-Newton dataset of this source, we...

Hard Extended X-ray Source in the IC 443 SNR Resolved by Chandra: A Fast Ejecta Fragment or a New Pulsar Wind Nebula? (2005)

Bykov, A. M., Bocchino, F., Pavlov, G. G.

A Chandra observation of the isolated hard X-ray source XMMU J061804.3+222732, located in the region of apparent interaction of the supernova remnant IC 443 with a molecular cloud, resolved the...

The extended hard X-ray emission from the Vela Plerion (2005)

Mangano, V., Massaro, E., Bocchino, F., Mineo, T., Cusumano, G.

We present the results of a broad band (3-200 keV) spectral analysis of BeppoSAX and XMM-Newton observations of the Vela plerion. The hard X-ray (> 15 keV) emission is found to be extended over a...

Detection of thermal X-ray emission in the halo of the plerionic supernova remnant G21.5-0.9 (2005)

Bocchino, F.

The detection of a soft thermal X-ray component in the spectrum of a bright knot in the halo of the plerion G21.5-0.9 is reported. Using a collisional ionization equilibrium model for an hot...

The X-ray Halo of G21.5-0.9 (2003)

Bandiera, R., Bocchino, F.

The emission of the plerion G21.5-0.9 appears more extended in X rays than in radio. This is an unexpected result because it would imply that short-lived X-ray electrons may reach distances even...

XMM-Newton study of hard X-ray sources in IC443 (2003)

Bocchino, F., Bykov, A. M.

We present \xmm observations of hard X-ray emission from the field of IC443, a supernova remnant interacting with a molecular cloud. The hard emission from the field is dominated by 12 isolated...

BeppoSAX observation of the composite remnant G327.1-1.1 (2002)

Bocchino, F., Bandiera, R.

We report an X-ray study of the composite supernova remnant G327.1-1.1, with particular emphasis on its thermal emission. By virtue of a combined spatial and spectral analysis, we have been able to...

BeppoSAX observations of the young pulsar in the Kes 75 Supernova Remnant (2002)

Mereghetti, S., Bandiera, R., Bocchino, F., Israel, G. L.

We present the results of BeppoSAX observations of the young X-ray pulsar PSR J1846-0258, recently discovered at the center of the composite supernova remnant Kes 75. The pulsar (plus nebula)...

Astronomy Astrophysics manuscript no. October 25, 2002 (2002)

Doi Will Be, F. Bocchino, R. Bandiera

We report an X-ray study of the composite supernova remnant G327.1--1.1, with particular emphasis on its thermal emission. By virtue of a combined spatial and spectral analysis, we have been able to...

Modeling Non-Confined Coronal Flares: Dynamics and X-Ray Diagnostics (2001)

Reale, F., Bocchino, F., Peres, G.

Long-lasting, intense, stellar X-ray flares may approach conditions of breaking magnetic confinement and evolving in open space. We explore this hypothesis with hydrodynamic simulations of flares...

The plerion nebula in IC 443: the XMM-Newton view (2001)

Bocchino, F., Bykov, A. M.

\xmm ~observations of the X-ray feature 1SAX J0617.1+2221 in the IC443 supernova remnant are reported.We resolve the structure of the nebula into a compact core with a hard spectrum of photon index...

The Ultra-luminous M81 X-9 source: 20 years variability and spectral states (2001)

La Parola, V., Peres, G., Fabbiano, G., Kim, D. W., Bocchino, F.

The source X-9 was discovered with the {\it Einstein Observatory} in the field of M81, and is located in the dwarf galaxy Holmberg IX. X-9 has a 0.2-4.0 keV luminosity of $\sim 5.5\times 10^{39}$...

The X-ray nebula of the filled center supernova remnant 3C58 and its interaction with the environment (2001)

Bocchino, F., Warwick, R. S., Marty, P., Lumb, D., Becker, W., Pigot, C.

An \xmm observation of the plerionic supernova remnant 3C58 has allowed us to study the X-ray nebula with unprecedented detail. A spatially resolved spectral analysis with a resolution of 8\arcsec...

X-ray emission in the direction of the SNR G318.2+0.1 (2000)

Bocchino, F., Parmar, A. N., Mereghetti, S., Orlandini, M., Santangelo, A., Angelini, L.

We report the discovery of three X-ray sources within the radio shell G318.2+0.1, one of which may be extended. Two of the sources were detected during the \sax Galactic Plane Survey and one was...

The Extended X-ray Halo of the Crab-like SNR G21.5-0.9 (2000)

Warwick, R. S., Bernard, J-P., Bocchino, F., Decourchelle, A., Ferrando, P., Griffiths, R. G., ...

Recent XMM-Newton observations reveal an extended (150") low-surface brightness X-ray halo in the supernova remnant G21.5-0.9. The near circular symmetry, the lack of any limb brightening and the...

Hard X-ray emission from IC443: evidence for a shocked molecular clump? (2000)

Bocchino, F., Bykov, A. M.

We report BeppoSAX observations of spatially resolved hard X-ray emission from IC 443, a supernova remnant interacting with a molecular cloud. The emission is shown to come from two localized...

X-ray emission from the galactic center region Supernova Remnant G0.9+0.1 (2000)

Sidoli, L., Mereghetti, S., Israel, G. L., Bocchino, F.

We report the results of a BeppoSAX observation of the composite supernova remnant G0.9+0.1, located in the Galactic Center region. This new observation, in which the core of G0.9+0.1 is observed...

A BeppoSAX and ROSAT view of the RCW86 supernova remnant (2000)

Bocchino, F., Vink, J., Favata, F., Maggio, A., Sciortino, S.

We present a spectral analysis of the Northern and Southwestern rim of the RCW86 X-ray shell, pointing out the remarkable differences between these two parts of the same object. In the North, a...

AA manuscript no. (2000)

Will Be Inserted, F. Bocchino, A. M. Bykov

We report BeppoSAX observations of spatially resolved hard X-ray emission from IC 443, a supernova remnant interacting with a molecular cloud. The emission is shown to come from two localized...

ROSAT PSPC Observation of the NE Region of the Vela Supernova Remnant (1999)

Iii The, F. Bocchino, A. Maggio, S. Sciortino

. We reconsider two ROSAT observations of the Vela SNR shock region, with the aim to overcome the problems encountered in interpreting the X-ray spectra in terms of single-temperature NEI emission...