Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2006-10-13
Prog.Theor.Phys.Suppl.169:84-87,2007
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
6 pages with 6 figures. Accepted for PASJ Suzaku Special Issue (vo. 58, sp.1)
Scientific paper
10.1143/PTPS.169.84
The newly operational X-ray satellite Suzaku observed the southwestern quadrant of the supernova remnant (SNR) RCW 86 in February 2006 to study the nature of the 6.4 keV emission line first detected with the Advanced Satellite for Cosmology and Astronomy (ASCA). The new data confirm the existence of the line, localizing it for the first time; most of the line emission is adjacent and interior to the forward shock and not at the locus of the continuum hard emission. We also report the first detection of a 7.1 keV line that we interpret as the K-beta emission from low-ionization iron. The Fe-K line features are consistent with a non-equilibrium plasma of Fe-rich ejecta with n_{e}t <~ 10^9 cm^-3 s and kT_{e} ~ 5 keV. This combination of low n_{e}t and high kT_{e} suggests collisionless electron heating in an SNR shock. The Fe K-alpha line shows evidence for intrinsic broadening, with a width of 47 (34--59) eV (99% error region). The difference of the spatial distributions of the hard continuum above 3 keV and the Fe-K line emission support a synchrotron origin for the hard continuum.
Bamba Aya
Harrus Ilana
Hiraga Junko
Hughes John Patrick
Kataoka Jun
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