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Jul 2008
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HST Proposal ID #11659. Cycle 17
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The remnant of SN 1006 is unique among all supernova remnants in having 3 identified background UV sources that can be used to probe cold, otherwise unseen ejecta within the remnant shell. We propose high-resolution spectra from COS to obtain spectra of all three of these. The brightest of these, the Schweizer-Middleditch star {the only one with extensive previous high-quality UV spectra} shows Si II absorption with an extremely unusual asymmetric profile with a sharp edge on the red end, indicating the velocity of material just entering the reverse shock. Our new spectrum can be compared with STIS observations from 1999 to measure definitively the velocity change as the reverse shock eats its way into ever-more-slowly-expanding ejecta. One may well ask, however, if this profile is truly representative, and we seek to answer that with a spectrum of a background quasar at a similar distance of the SM star from the projected center, but in a different direction. And by investigating the detailed structure of these two sources and a second quasar, we can probe small-scale structure in the ejecta. No object other than SN1006 offers a similar opportunity to probe the distribution of ejecta within the remnant of a Type Ia supernova.;
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