Strong Evolution of X-Ray Absorption in the Type IIn Supernova SN 2010jl

Details Strong Evolution of X-Ray Absorption in the Type IIn Supernova SN 2010jl Strong Evolution of X-Ray Absorption in the Type IIn Supernova SN 2010jl

2012-03-07

arxiv.org/abs/1203.1614v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena

14 pages, 4 figures, resubmitted to ApJL after responding to referee's comments

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We report two epochs of Chandra-ACIS X-ray imaging spectroscopy of the nearby bright Type IIn supernova SN 2010jl, taken around 2 months and then a year after the explosion. The majority of the X-ray emission in both the spectra is characterized by a high temperature ($\ga 10$ keV) and is likely to be from the forward shocked region resulting from circumstellar interaction. The absorption column density in the first spectrum is high, ~ 10^{24} cm^{-2}, more than 3 orders of magnitude higher than the Galactic absorption column, and we attribute it to absorption by circumstellar matter. In the second epoch observation, the column density has decreased by a factor of 3, as expected for shock propagation in the circumstellar medium. The unabsorbed 0.2-10 keV luminosity at both epochs is ~7 x 10^{41} erg/s. The 6.4 keV Fe line clearly present in the first spectrum is not detected in the second spectrum. The strength of the fluorescent line is roughly that expected for the column density of circumstellar gas, provided the Fe is not highly ionized. There is also evidence for an absorbed power law component in both the spectra, which we attribute to a background ultraluminous X-ray source.

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