Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2000-05-29
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
8 pages Latex incl color figs; PostScript version with full resolution figures at ftp://lheaftp.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/hwang; ApJL,
Scientific paper
10.1086/312776
We present X-ray emission line equivalent width images of the bright Galactic supernova remnant Cassiopeia A for the elements Si, S, Ar, Ca, and Fe using a 50,000 s observation with the Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer on the Chandra X-ray Observatory. The images essentially identify the bulk of detectable ejecta of these elements over a wide range of surface brightness, and show morphologies distinctly different from that of the broadband X-ray emission and of the 4-6 keV continuum emission. The Si, S, Ar, and Ca maps, while different in turn from those of Fe, show that these X-ray emitting ejecta are distributed similarly to the fast optical ejecta knots, and clearly delineate the X-ray counterpart of the northeast optical jet. Low surface brightness regions just outside the bright shell in the north and west are also shown to have strong line emission. The strong Fe emission is exterior to that of other elements in the east, as previously noted, but is generally coincident elsewhere. The projected interior has relatively little emission traced by high line equivalent widths.
Holt Stephen S.
Hwang Una
Petre Robert
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