An Intriguing X-ray Arc Surrounding the X-ray Source RX J053335-6854.9 toward the Large Magellanic Cloud

Details An Intriguing X-ray Arc Surrounding the X-ray Source RX J053335-6854.9 toward the Large Magellanic Cloud An Intriguing X-ray Arc Surrounding the X-ray Source RX J053335-6854.9 toward the Large Magellanic Cloud

2003-10-10

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0310313v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

13 pages, 5 figures, accepted for publication in the Astronomical Journal, 2004 Jan issue

Scientific paper

10.1086/379963

ROSAT observations of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) have revealed a large diffuse X-ray arc around the point source RX J053335-6854.9. The relative locations of the diffuse and point sources suggest that they might originate from a common supernova explosion. We have analyzed the physical properties of the diffuse X-ray emission and determined that it is most likely a supernova remnant in a low-density medium in the LMC. We have also analyzed the X-ray and optical observations of RX J053335-6854.9 and concluded that it is a foreground dMe star in the solar neighborhood. Therefore, despite their positional coincidence, these two X-ray sources are physically unrelated.

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