Thermal and Nonthermal X-Ray Emission in SNR RCW 86

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Sep 2000

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Chandra Proposal ID #02500919

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Chandra Proposal Id #02500919

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We have shown that ASCA observations of the middle-aged SNR RCW86 are best understood as a combination of thermal and nonthermal emission, but a unique decomposition will not be possible without simultaneous spatial and spectral analysis. Only Chandra has the spatial resolution required to allow separation of these components. We propose an observation with ACIS-S to image the bright southwestern part of the remnant. On the basis of our ASCA modeling, we should be able to construct images in bands dominated by thermal or nonthermal emission. Our observation should be long enough to perform spatially-resolved spectroscopy of filamentary X-ray emission. This study should help greatly in future efforts to separate thermal and nonthermal emission in SNR X-ray spectra.

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