Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2002-07-05
Astron.Astrophys. 397 (2003) 1011-1018
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Replaced with the version accepted for publication in Astron.& Astrophys. (main journal). The text has been revised in places,
Scientific paper
10.1051/0004-6361:20021576
We report on the combined X-ray and radio observations of the type Ic SN 2002ap, using XMM-Newton ToO observation of M74 and the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT). We account for the presence of a nearby source in the pre-supernova Chandra field of view in our measurements of the X-ray flux (0.3 - 10 KeV) 5.2 days after the explosion. The X-ray spectrum is well fitted by a power law spectrum with photon index $\alpha= 2.6$. Our results suggest that the prompt X-ray emission originates from inverse Compton scattering of photospheric thermal emission by energetic electrons. Radio observations with the GMRT at 610 MHz (8 days after the explosion) and 1420 MHz (70 days after the explosion) are combined with the high frequency VLA observations of SN 2002ap reported earlier, and the early radiospheric properties of SN 2002ap are compared with similar data from two other supernovae. Finally, the GMRT radio map reveals four other X-ray sources in the field of view of M74 with radio counterparts.
Bhatnagar Shashank
Chandra Poonam
Ray Asok
Sutaria Firoza K.
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