Supernova Remnant (SNR) Masers and their Relationship to Mixed Morphology SNRs

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May 2002

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002aas...200.7804y&link_type=abstract

American Astronomical Society, 200th AAS Meeting, #78.04; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 34, p.778

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Recent radio surveys of SNRs in the Galaxy have uncovered about 20 SNR OH (1720 MHz) masers. These unusual masers are thought to be formed behind a shock front produced by the expansion of supernova remnants into molecular clouds. An important ingredient of this model is that X-ray emission from the remnant enhances the production of the OH molecule in the shocked gas. We present two sets of observations that support this model: i) A strong correlation between SNR masers and mixed-morphology SNRs (ie center-filled thermal X-ray emission surrounded by shell-like radio emission). ii) The presence of main line OH (1665 MHz) line absorption behind the shock front is detected toward SNR W28.

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