A Chandra Observation of the SNR G11.2-0.3 and its Young Pulsar

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Dec 2000

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American Astronomical Society, HEAD Meeting #5, #44.11; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 32, p.1652

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G11.2-0.3 is an apparently young supernova remnant which is the proposed counterpart of the historical supernova of A.D. 386, one of only eight historical supernovae recorded in the past 2000 years. It is unusual in that it contains a fast (65-ms), spin-powered, radio-quiet, X-ray pulsar powering a plerion near its center. However, the characteristic age of the pulsar, inferred from its spin-down, is 24,000 years, suggesting the two sources could be unrelated. We report on a Chandra ACIS imaging observation which, for the first time, spatially separates the X-ray emission from the pulsar, plerion, and shell. We present preliminary spatial and spectral studies of all three components, and discuss their implications for the association of the pulsar with the SNR and SN A.D. 386.

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