Imaging of the Radio Remnant of SN 1987A at 12 mm Wavelength

Details Imaging of the Radio Remnant of SN 1987A at 12 mm Wavelength Imaging of the Radio Remnant of SN 1987A at 12 mm Wavelength

2005-06-20

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0506475v1

Astrophys.J.628:L131-L134,2005

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

4 pages, 4 figs, in press, ApJ Lett

Scientific paper

10.1086/432836

Observations of the radio remnant of Supernova 1987A using the Australia Telescope Compact Array in the 12-mm band on 2003 July 31 (day 6002.7 after the explosion) give the first fully resolved radio image of the supernova remnant. The diffraction-limited image has a resolution of about 0.45 arcsec, a factor of two better than that of the 3-cm images previously obtained. There is excellent agreement between the 12-mm image and a contemporaneous super-resolved 3-cm image. Super-resolution of the 12-mm image gives a further factor of two improvement in resolution, to 0.25 arcsec, albeit with limited dynamic range. While the spatial distributions of the radio and X-ray emission are broadly similar, there are significant differences in detail with no correspondence in the regions of brightest emission. The 12-mm image is well modelled by a thick equatorial ring inclined at 43 deg to the line of sight. This, together with the common east-west asymmetry and the relatively steady increase in the radio flux density, suggests that the reverse shock is the main site for generation of the radio emission.

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