Revealing the obscured supernova remnant Kes 32 with Chandra

Details Revealing the obscured supernova remnant Kes 32 with Chandra Revealing the obscured supernova remnant Kes 32 with Chandra

2003-12-12

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0312328v1

Astrophys.J. 604 (2004) 693-699

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal. 7 pages, 7 figures

Scientific paper

10.1086/381930

I report here on the analysis and interpretation of a Chandra observation of the supernova remnant Kes 32. Kes 32 is rather weak in X-rays due to a large interstellar absorption, which is found to be ~4E22 cm^-2, larger than previously reported. Spectral analysis indicates that the ionization age of this object is very young, with n_e t ~ 4E9 cm^-3s, and a temperature of kT_e ~ 1 keV. The X-ray emission peaks at a smaller radius than in the radio. The low ionization age suggests that Kes 32 is a young remnant. However, a young age is in contradiction with the relatively large apparent size, which indicates an age of several thousand years, instead of a few hundred years. This problem is discussed in connection with Kes 32's unknown distance and its possible association with the Norma galactic arm.

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