Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Jul 1997
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1997a%26a...323..585b&link_type=abstract
Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.323, p.585-592
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Galaxies: Ism, Magellanic Clouds, Ism: Structure, X-Rays: Ism, Diffuse Radiation
Scientific paper
We analyze mosaiked ROSAT PSPC pointings towards the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). Focussing on the area south-east of 30Doradus roughly at the position of RA(2000)=5h40m and DEC(2000)=-70°, we verify the existence of an X-ray absorption feature. The ROSAT data imply that X-ray attenuating material is located in front of a diffuse X-ray source that extends from the eastern boundary of the LMC to west of the giant molecular cloud south of 30 Dor. The difference of the absorbing hydrogen column densities, derived from the ROSAT data, between the X-ray bright ``wedge'' region and dark ``shadow'' region is about N_H_=(7.0+/-1.8).10^21^cm^-2^. This column density difference is consistent with the value derived from IRAS 100μm emission map of this region which leads to total hydrogen column densities of N_Wedge_=(5.2+/-0.9)x10^21^cm^-2^ towards the X-ray bright and N_Shadow_=(11.1+/-2.2)x10^21^cm^-2^ towards the X-ray dark regions. The agreement between these values derived from the ROSAT and IRAS data suggest that a part of the extended diffuse X-ray emission is located on the far side of the giant molecular cloud. This kind of 3-D structure is independently verified by radio continuum observations. The X-ray attenuating gas is positionally associated with the polarized radio continuum emission of a giant magnetic loop emerging out of the plane of the LMC. Faraday depolarization implies that this magnetized loop penetrates deep into - or beyond - the LMC, possibly commencing in the X-ray emitting plasma of the LMC.
Blondiau M. J.
Kerp Juergen
Klein Ulf
Mebold Ulrich
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