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A Chandra View of The Morphological And Spectral Evolution of Supernova Remnant 1987A | | Sangwook Park
; Svetozar A. Zhekov
; David N. Burrows
; Gordon P. Garmire
; Richard McCray
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6 Apr 2004 | | Journal: | Astrophys.J. 610 (2004) 275-284 | | Subject: | astro-ph | | Affiliation: | Penn State), Svetozar A. Zhekov (SRI), David N. Burrows, Gordon P. Garmire (Penn State), and Richard McCray (Colorado | | Abstract: | We present an update on the results of our monitoring observations of the X-ray remnant of supernova (SN) 1987A with the {it Chandra X-Ray Observatory}. As of 2002 December, we have performed a total of seven observations of SN 1987A. The high angular resolution images from the latest data reveal developments of new X-ray bright spots in the northwestern and the southwestern portions of the remnant as well as changes on the eastern side. The latest 0.5-2 keV band flux ($f_X$ $sim$ 6 $ imes$ 10$^{-13}$ ergs cm$^{-2}$ s$^{-1}$) is four times brighter than three years earlier. The overall X-ray emission is primarily from the blast wave shock with $kT$ $sim$ 2.4 keV. As the blast wave approaches the dense circumstellar material, the contribution from the decelerated slow shock ($kT$ $sim$ 0.22 keV) to the observed X-ray emission is becoming significant. The increase of this slow shock contribution over the last two years is particularly noticeable in the western half of the remnant. These results indicate that the shock front is now reaching the main body of the inner circumstellar ring. Based on the best-fit two-shock spectral model, we derive approximate densities of the X-ray-emitting regions ($n_e$ $sim$ 235 cm$^{-3}$ for the fast shock and $n_e$ $sim$ 7500 cm$^{-3}$ for the slow shock). We obtain an upper limit on the observed X-ray luminosity of any embedded point source ($L_X$ $le$ 1.5 $ imes$ 10$^{34}$ ergs s$^{-1}$) in the 2$-$10 keV band. The X-ray remnant continues to expand linearly at a rate of 4167 km s$^{-1}$. | | Source: | arXiv, astro-ph/0404145 | | Services: | Forum | Review | PDF | Favorites | |
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