The Ejecta Distributions of the Heavy Elements in the Cygnus Loop

Details The Ejecta Distributions of the Heavy Elements in the Cygnus Loop The Ejecta Distributions of the Heavy Elements in the Cygnus Loop

2009-01-22

arxiv.org/abs/0901.3433v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Galaxy Astrophysics

15 pages, 5 figures, PASJ, Vol.61, No.2

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We analyzed the metal distribution of the Cygnus Loop using 14 and 7 pointings observation data obtained by the \textit{Suzaku} and the \textit{XMM-Newton} observatories. The spectral analysis shows that all the spectra are well fitted by the two-$kT_e$ non-equilibrium ionization plasma model as shown by the earlier observations. From the best-fit parameters of the high-$kT_e$ component, we calculated the emission measures about various elements and showed the metal distribution of the ejecta component. We found that the distributions of Si and Fe are centered at the southwest of the geometric center toward the blow-out region. From the best-fit parameters, we also estimated the progenitor mass of the Cygnus Loop from our field of view and the metal rich region with a radius of 25 arcmin from the metal center. The result from the metal circle is similar to that from our entire FOV, which suggests the mixing of the metal. From the results, we estimated the mass of the progenitor star at 12-15\MO.

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