Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2004-09-24
Astrophys.J. 618 (2005) 733-743
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
12 pages, 8 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ, typos fixed
Scientific paper
10.1086/426114
We present high-resolution X-ray observations of the small-diameter supernova remnant (SNR) G349.7+0.2 with the Chandra X-ray Observatory. The overall SNR spectrum can be described by two spectral components. The soft component is in ionization equilibrium and has a temperature of ~0.8 keV; the hard spectral component has a temperature of ~1.4 keV, an ionization timescale of ~5x10^{11} cm{-3}s and enhanced abundances of Si. The spatially resolved spectral modeling shows that S may also be enhanced, at least in some regions. The enhanced abundances clearly point to the presence of an ejecta component in this remnant. The X-ray morphology of G349.7+0.2 is strikingly similar to that at radio wavelengths - an irregular shell with a brighter eastern side - which is consistent with expansion in a medium with a large scale density gradient. The remnant is known to be interacting with a molecular cloud (from the presence of OH(1720 MHz) masers), but this interaction is probably limited to the central portion of the SNR, as seen in SNR IC 443. We found that HI clouds are present in the SNR region, which supports the notion that G349.7+0.2 belongs to a class of remnants evolving in the intercloud medium (such are IC 443 and W44, Chevalier 1999), which is also responsible for the remnant's morphology. G349.7+0.2 does not have the mixed-morphology found for other maser-emitting SNRs studied to date in X-rays, but its morphology can be explained by a projection model for mixed-morphology SNRs. We have identified a point source close to the center of the SNR with a luminosity of Lx(0.5-10.0 keV) ~ (0.2-2.3)x10^{34} d_{22} erg/s, which is consistent with that of the compact central objects found in a few other Galactic SNRs.
Chen Yafeng
Dame Thomas M.
Hughes John Patrick
Lazendic Jasmina S.
Slane Patrick O.
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