Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2000-10-23
Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 322 (2001) 100
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
9 pages, 7 figures. Accepted for publication in MNRAS
Scientific paper
10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.04109.x
Observations of the starburst galaxy, M82, have been made with a 20-station global VLBI array at $\lambda$18cm. Maps are presented of the brightest young supernova remnants (SNR) in M82 and the wide-field mapping techniques used in making images over a field of view of $\sim$1 arcminute with 3 milliarcsecond resolution are discussed. A limit has been placed on the power law deceleration of the young SNR, 43.31+592 with an index greater than 0.73 $\pm$ 0.11 from observations with the European VLBI Network. Using the global array we have resolved compact knots of radio emission in the source which, with future global observations, will enable better constraints to be placed on the expansion parameters of this SNR. The latest global observations have also provided high resolution images of the most compact radio source in M82, 41.95+575. We determine an upper limit to the radial expansion rate along the major axis of 2000 km s$^{-1}$. However, the new images also show structure resembling that of collimated ejection which brings into question the previous explanation of the source as being due to the confinement of a supernova by a high density circumstellar medium. It is apparent that we are now able to image the brightest supernova remnants in M82 with a linear scale which allows direct comparison with galactic SNR such as Cassiopeia A.
Diamond Phil J.
Garrett Mike A.
Garrington Simon T.
McDonald A. R.
Muxlow Tom W. B.
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