Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2004-01-09
Astrophys.J. 605 (2004) 742-750
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
12 pages, 6 figures (3 in color), ApJ, in press, April 20, 2004
Scientific paper
10.1086/382666
A 30 ks \chandra ACIS-I observation of Kes 79 reveals rich spatial structures, including many filaments, three partial shells, a loop and a ``protrusion''. Most of them have corresponding radio features. Regardless of the different results from two non-equilibrium ionization (NEI) codes, temperatures of different parts of the remnant are all around 0.7 keV, which is surprisingly constant for a remnant with such rich structure. If thermal conduction is responsible for smoothing the temperature gradient, a lower limit on the thermal conductivity of $\sim$ 1/10 of the Spitzer value can be derived. Thus, thermal conduction may play an important role in the evolution of at least some SNRs. No spectral signature of the ejecta is found, which suggests the ejecta material has been well mixed with the ambient medium. From the morphology and the spectral properties, we suggest the bright inner shell is a wind-driven shell (WDS) overtaken by the blast wave (the outer shell) and estimate the age of the remnant to be $\sim$ 6 kyr for the assumed dynamics. Projection is also required to explain the complicated morphology of Kes 79.
Seward Frederick D.
Slane Patrick O.
Smith Randall K.
Sun Mingrui
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