A study of X-ray and infrared emissions from dusty nonradiative shock waves

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Aug 1994

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1994apj...431..188v&link_type=abstract

The Astrophysical Journal, Part 1, vol. 431, no. 1, p. 188-200

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Abundance, Cosmic Dust, Emission Spectra, Infrared Radiation, Interstellar Extinction, Shock Waves, Supernova Remnants, X Ray Spectra, Astronomical Models, Collisional Plasmas, Plasma Heating, Spectrum Analysis, Stellar Composition, Stellar Evolution

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We have constructed models that predict the dynamic evolution and infrared (IR) emission of grains behind nonradiative shock waves. We present a self-consistent treatment of the effect of grain destruction and heating on the ionization structure and X-ray emission of the postshock gas. Incorporating thermal sputtering, collisional heating, and deceleration of grains in the postshock flow, we predict the IR and X-ray fluxes from the dusty plasma as a function of swept-up column density. Heavy elements such as C, O, Mg, S, Si and Fe are initially depleted from the gas phase but are gradually returned as the grains are destroyed. The injected neutral atoms require some time to 'catch up' with the ionization state of the ambient gas. The nonequilibrium ionization state and gradient in elemental abundances in the postshock flow produces characteristic X-ray signatures that can be related to the age of the shock and amount of grain destruction. We study the effects of preshock density and shock velocity on the X-ray and IR emission from the shock. We show that the effects of grain destruction on the X-ray spectra of shock waves are substantial. In particular, temperatures derived from X-ray spectra of middle-aged remnants are likely to be overestimated by approximately 15% if cosmic abundances are assumed. Due to the long timescales for grain destruction in X-ray gases over a wide range of temperatures, we suggest that future X-ray spectra studies of supernova remnants be based on depleted abundances instead of cosmic abundances. Our model predictions agree reasonably well with IRAS and Einstein IPC observations of the Cygnus Loop.

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