Elemental Distributions in a Supernova Remnant

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Oct 2009

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009aps..tsf.b4004s&link_type=abstract

American Physical Society, Joint Fall 2009 Meeting of the Texas Sections of the APS, AAPT, and SPS Postdeadline, October 22-24,

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Numerical photoionization models, created to match numerous observed spectra, are allowing us to study consistent elemental abundances and associated nuclear processing stages for gas in the Crab Nebula supernova remnant. In order to provide a better understanding of nucleosynthesis in the star that exploded, and also to provide insights into the explosive event, we are mapping spatial distributions for the important elements helium, nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur over the observed nebular structure. We obtained and calibrated new emission-line images from the McDonald Observatory, and we developed accurate procedures involving grids of photoionization models to map the element mass fractions. These maps illustrate widely distributed and localized evidence of nuclear processing stages, such as the CNO cycle, helium burning, and oxygen burning. Each element map is uniquely different and contains important information about stellar nucleosynthesis and the explosive distribution of elements.

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