A Central Source in the Supernova Remnant Kes 79

Details A Central Source in the Supernova Remnant Kes 79 A Central Source in the Supernova Remnant Kes 79

Apr 2002

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Kes 79 (G33.6+0.1) was observed 31 July 2001 for 30 ks with the Chandra ACIS-I instrument. This remnant, in the constellation Aquila, lies in the galactic plane at a distance of ~10 kpc. The 11^' angular diameter implies an age of a few thousand years. The morphology shows faint outer and bright inner shells. The Chandra image reveals, for the first time, a point-like source at the center of the remnant. This source has a black body spectrum with kT = 0.5 keV. No regular pulsations were found at periods greater than 6.4 s (the ACIS integration time is 3.2 s). No surrounding synchrotron emission wass detected. The X-ray luminosity is 7 × 10^33 erg/s, about 1% the luminosity of the entire remnant. The source may be similar to the one at the center of Cas A.

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