Supernova remnants in the Large Magellanic Cloud

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Nov 1979

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Astrophysical Journal, Part 2 - Letters to the Editor, vol. 234, Nov. 15, 1979, p. L77-L81.

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Heao 2, Magellanic Clouds, Supernova Remnants, X Ray Sources, Astronomical Observatories, Luminosity, Nebulae

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X-ray emission from 10 previously identified supernova remnants (SNR) in the Large Magellanic Cloud has been discovered in a partially completed survey of this nearby galaxy with the imaging proportional counter on the Einstein Observatory. The X-ray luminosities (0.5-3.0 keV) of these remnants range from 3 x 10 to the 35th to 4 x 10 to the 37th ergs/s. N157B and N158A, whose identifications as SNR were previously based solely on their radio spectra, have been detected as strong X-ray emitters. Two other objects from an optically selected list of candidate SNR were found to coincide with X-ray sources and therefore probably are SNR. The value of obtaining such a uniform sample of SNR at a known distance is illustrated by comparing the properties of the remnants and by fitting standard evolutionary models to the results.

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