Supernova Remnants in the Magellanic Clouds. V. The Complex Interior Structure of the N206 SNR
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From: Rosa Murphy Williams [view email]
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 17:53:55 GMT (752kb)
Supernova Remnants in the Magellanic Clouds. V. The Complex Interior
Structure of the N206 SNR
Authors:
R. M. Williams,
Y.-H. Chu,
J. R. Dickel,
R. A. Gruendl (U. Illinois),
F. D. Seward (CfA),
M. A. Guerrero (IAA),
G. Hobbs (ATNF)
Comments: 41 pages including 7 figures, accepted for publication by the
Astrophysical Journal
The N206 supernova remnant (SNR) in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) has long
been considered a prototypical "mixed morphology" SNR. Recent observations,
however, have added a new twist to this familiar plot: an elongated,
radially-oriented radio feature seen in projection against the SNR face.
Utilizing the high resolution and sensitivity available with the Hubble Space
Telescope, Chandra, and XMM-Newton, we have obtained optical emission-line
images and spatially resolved X-ray spectral maps for this intriguing SNR. Our
findings present the SNR itself as a remnant in the mid to late stages of its
evolution. X-ray emission associated with the radio "linear feature" strongly
suggests it to be a pulsar-wind nebula (PWN). A small X-ray knot is discovered
at the outer tip of this feature. The feature’s elongated morphology and the
surrounding wedge-shaped X-ray enhancement strongly suggest a bow-shock PWN
structure.
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