An Unbiased Far Ultraviolet Survey of Magellanic Cloud Supernova Remnants

Details An Unbiased Far Ultraviolet Survey of Magellanic Cloud Supernova Remnants An Unbiased Far Ultraviolet Survey of Magellanic Cloud Supernova Remnants

2004-10-11

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0410271v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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3 pages, 4 figures, to appear in Astrophysics in the Far Ultraviolet: Five Years of Discovery with FUSE, ASP Conf. series, eds

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We have undertaken a FUSE survey of Magellanic Cloud supernova remnants, looking primarily for O VI and C III emission lines. Work in earlier cycles with FUSE indicates that optical and/or X-ray characteristics of supernova remnants are not always good predictors of the objects that will be bright and detectable in the UV. The goal of our survey is to test this concept by obtaining spectra of a random sample of Magellanic Cloud remnants with a broad range of radio, optical, and X-ray properties. Previously observed objects and remnants with known high extinction (or known high column densities) are the only objects eliminated from consideration. To date, we have clearly detected O VI emission from 12 of the 33 objects observed, with weak or marginal detections possible in a handful more.

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