Simultaneous XMM-Newton and ESO VLT observations of SN 1995N: probing the wind/ejecta interaction

Details Simultaneous XMM-Newton and ESO VLT observations of SN 1995N: probing the wind/ejecta interaction Simultaneous XMM-Newton and ESO VLT observations of SN 1995N: probing the wind/ejecta interaction

2005-10-03

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0510046v1

Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.364:1419-1428,2005

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

11 pages, 7 figures, MNRAS, in press

Scientific paper

10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.09671.x

We present the results of the first {\it XMM-Newton} observation of the interacting type IIn supernova 1995N, performed in July 2003. We find that the 0.2--10.0 keV unabsorbed flux dropped at a value of $\simeq 1.8 \times 10^{-13}$ erg cm$^{-2}$ s$^{-1}$, almost one order of magnitude lower than that of a previous {\it ASCA} observation of January 1998. From all the available X-ray measurements, an interesting scenario emerges where the X-ray light emission may be produced by a two-phase (clumpy/smooth) circumstellar medium. The X-ray spectral analysis shows statistically significant evidence for the presence of two distinct components, that can be modeled with emission from optically thin, thermal plasmas at different temperatures. The exponent of the ejecta density distribution inferred from these temperatures is $n\simeq 6.4$. From the fluxes of the two spectral components we derive an estimate of the mass loss rate of the supernova progenitor, ${\dot M} \sim 2 \times 10^{-4} M_\odot {\rm yr}^{-1}$, at the upper end of the interval exhibited by red super-giants. Coordinated optical and infrared observations allow us to reconstruct the simultaneous infrared to X-ray flux distribution of SN 1995N. We find that, at $\sim$ 9 years after explosion, the direct X-ray thermal emission due to the wind/ejecta interaction is $\sim 5$ times larger than the total reprocessed IR/optical flux.

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