Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1997-06-05
ApJ 486, L133 (1997)
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
14 pages with 9 eps figures, LATEX, aastex, psfig. To appear in the Astrophysical Journal Letters
Scientific paper
10.1086/310846
We clarify the nature of the small-diameter supernova remnant (SNR) Kes 73 and its central compact source, 1E 1841-045, using X-ray data acquired with the ASCA Observatory. We introduce a spatio-spectral decomposition technique necessary to disentangle the ASCA spectrum of the compact source from the barely resolved shell-type remnant. The source spectrum (1 - 8 keV) is characterized by an absorbed power-law with a photon index ~ 3.4 and N_H ~ 3.0E22 cm^-2, possibly non-thermal in nature. This bright X-ray source is likely a slowly spinning pulsar, whose detection is reported in our companion paper (Vasisht & Gotthelf 1997). The SNR spectrum is characteristic of a thermal plasma, with kT ~ 0.7 keV, and emission lines typical of a young remnants. The element Mg and possibly O and Ne are found to be over-abundant, qualitatively suggesting an origin from a massive progenitor. We find that Kes 73 is a young (~ 2000 yr) type II/Ib SNR containing a neutron star pulsar spinning anomalously slow for its age. Kes 73 is yet another member of a growing class of SNRs containing radio-quiet compact sources with a hard spectral signature.
Gotthelf Eric Van
Vasisht Gautam
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