The Thermal X-ray Emitting Shell of LMC Supernova Remnant 0540-693

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2001-06-22

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0106415v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

ApJ, in press; 12 LaTeX pages with 3 postscript figures

Scientific paper

10.1086/322962

We use data from the Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer (ACIS) on the Chandra X-ray Observatory to image the shell surrounding the pulsar B0540-69, and to measure its spectral properties. Weak emission line features, notably of Fe, Mg and Si, indicate that the shell is composed primarily of ambient material heated by the blast wave. The shell emission in the east is faint and circular in appearance, with a temperature and ionization age of approximately 5 keV and 10^10 cm^-3 s, respectively. The emission in the west is brighter and has a more complex, distorted morphology, and is fitted with significantly lower average temperatures and higher ionization ages. An image with photon energies above 2 keV shows two hard arcs of emission located diametrically opposite each other at the outer boundary of the remnant shell; the spectra from these regions could include a substantial nonthermal component.

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