Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Jan 1986
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986apj...300..675h&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 300, Jan. 15, 1986, p. 675-697.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
79
Nebulae, Supernova Remnants, Visible Spectrum, X Ray Sources, Brightness, Interstellar Matter, Pressure Distribution, Shock Waves, X Ray Imagery
Scientific paper
A comparison at a resolution of 17 arcsec is presented between optical emission from forbidden O III and forbidden S II and the thermal X-ray emission for a field on the southeast edge of the Cygnus Loop SNR. The relationship between optical and X-ray emission in the field is described, generalizing to the Loop as a whole when possible. Several possible explanations for the presence of bright X-ray emission in the vicinity of optical emission are presented and evaluated based on the data. These mechanisms involve evaporation, gradual variations and gradients in the density of the preshock intercloud medium, and additional compression of material which has already been heated to X-ray temperatures by the adiabatic blast wave. The additional compression could result from rapid deceleration of the blast wave itself or from reshocking by reflected or bow shocks around dense clouds. Implications of the observations for models of SNR evolution and the interstellar medium are discussed.
Cox Donald P.
Hester Jeff J.
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