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Energy Crisis in the Superbubble DEM L 192 (N 51D) | R. L. Cooper
; M. A. Guerrero
; Y.-H. Chu
; C.-H. R. Chen
; B. C. Dunne
; | Date: |
21 Dec 2003 | Journal: | Astrophys.J. 605 (2004) 751-758 | Subject: | astro-ph | Affiliation: | 1,2), M. A. Guerrero (1,3), Y.-H. Chu , C.-H. R. Chen , B. C. Dunne ( University of Illinois, now at Harvard University, now at Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia | Abstract: | Superbubbles surrounding OB associations provide ideal laboratories to study the stellar energy feedback problem because the stellar energy input can be estimated from the observed stellar content of the OB associations and the interstellar thermal and kinetic energies of superbubbles are well-defined and easy to observe. We have used DEM L 192, also known as N 51D, to carry out a detailed case study of the energy budget in a superbubble, and we find that the expected amount of stellar mechanical energy injected into the ISM, (18+-5)x10^51 ergs, exceeds the amount of thermal and kinetic energies stored in the superbubble, (6+-2)x10^51 ergs. Clearly, a significant fraction of the stellar mechanical energy must have been converted to other forms of energy. The X-ray spectrum of the diffuse emission from DEM L 192 requires a power-law component to explain the featureless emission at 1.0-3.0 keV. The origin of this power-law component is unclear, but it may be responsible for the discrepancy between the stellar energy input and the observed interstellar energy in DEM L 192. | Source: | arXiv, astro-ph/0401431 | Services: | Forum | Review | PDF | Favorites |
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