A survey of X-ray line emission from the supernova remnant Puppis A

Details A survey of X-ray line emission from the supernova remnant Puppis A A survey of X-ray line emission from the supernova remnant Puppis A

May 1981

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Astrophysical Journal, Part 2 - Letters to the Editor, vol. 246, May 15, 1981, p. L27-L31. Research supported by the Alfred P. S

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Emission Spectra, Line Spectra, Supernova Remnants, X Ray Spectra, Focal Plane Devices, Plasma Diagnostics, Plasma Equilibrium, Plasma Temperature, Solar Corona

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Initial results from the first high-resolution study of the X-ray spectrum of a supernova remnant are reported. The spectrum of Puppis A between 500 and 1100 eV has been surveyed with the Focal Plane Crystal Spectrometer on the Einstein Observatory and the flux in eight lines and three line blends from various transitions of highly ionized nitrogen, oxygen, neon, and iron has been measured. The spectrum resembles that of active regions in the solar corona, but the neon lines seem enhanced relative to the oxygen lines, and both are enhanced relative to iron. The observed line strengths serve as diagnostics of the physical conditions in the emitting material. Without a priori assumptions, the ionization temperatures of O (2.2 million K) and Ne (4 million K) and the dominant ionization stage of Fe (Fe XVII) are deduced. Isothermal equilibrium plasmas or homogeneous nonequilibrium plasmas as descriptions of the source are ruled out. It is concluded that Puppis A must contain plasma over a temperature range 2-million to 5-million K with an intervening absorption column of 4 x 10 to the 21st/sq cm.

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