A Hyperspectral View of the Crab Nebula

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May 2010

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010aj....139.2083c&link_type=abstract

The Astronomical Journal, Volume 139, Issue 5, pp. 2083-2096 (2010).

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Instrumentation: Spectrographs, Ism: Supernova Remnants, Radiation Mechanisms: General, Supernovae: Individual: Sn 1054, Techniques: Radial Velocities

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We have obtained spatially resolved spectra of the Crab nebula in the spectral ranges 450-520 nm and 650-680 nm, encompassing the Hβ, [O III] λ4959, λ5007, Hα, [N II] λ6548, λ6584, and [S II] λ6717, λ6731 emission lines, with the imaging Fourier transform spectrometer SpIOMM at the Observatoire du Mont-Mégantic's 1.6 m telescope. We first compare our data with published observations obtained either from a Fabry-Perot interferometer or from a long-slit spectrograph. Using a spectral deconvolution technique similar to the one developed by Čadež et al., we identify and resolve multiple emission lines separated by large Doppler shifts and contained within the rapidly expanding filamentary structure of the Crab. This allows us to measure important line ratios, such as [N II]/Hα, [S II]/Hα, and [S II] λ6717 /[S II] λ6731 of individual filaments, providing a new insight on the SE-NW asymmetry in the Crab. From our analysis of the spatial distribution of the electronic density and of the respective shocked versus photoionized gas components, we deduce that the skin-less NW region must have evolved faster than the rest of the nebula. Assuming a very simple expansion model for the ejecta material, our data provide us with a complete tridimensional view of the Crab.

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