OH (1720 MHz) Masers and Mixed-Morphology Supernova Remnants

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2002-11-10

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0211191v1

Astrophys.J. 585 (2003) 319-323

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

13 pages, 2 tables, 1 figure, ApJ (in press)

Scientific paper

10.1086/345932

Radio surveys of supernova remnants (SNRs) in the Galaxy have uncovered 19 SNRs accompanied by OH maser emission at 1720 MHz. This unusual class of maser sources is suggested to be produced behind a shock front from the expansion of a supernova remnant running into a molecular cloud. An important ingredient of this model is that X-ray emission from the remnant enhances the production of OH molecule. The role of X-ray emission from maser emitting (ME) SNRs is investigated by comparing the X-ray induced ionization rate with theory. One aspect of this model is verified: there is a strong association between maser emitting and mixed-morphology (MM) or thermal composite SNRs --center-filled thermal X-ray emission surrounded by shell-like radio morphology. We also present ROSAT and ASCA observations of two maser emitting SNRs: G21.8--0.6 (Kes 69) and G357.7--0.1 (Tornado).

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