論文

査読有り 国際共著 国際誌
2011年3月20日

POSSIBLE CHARGE-EXCHANGE X-RAY EMISSION IN THE CYGNUS LOOP DETECTED WITHSUZAKU

The Astrophysical Journal
  • Satoru Katsuda
  • Hiroshi Tsunemi
  • Koji Mori
  • Hiroyuki Uchida
  • Hiroko Kosugi
  • Masashi Kimura
  • Hiroshi Nakajima
  • Satoru Takakura
  • Robert Petre
  • John W. Hewitt
  • Hiroya Yamaguchi
  • 全て表示

730
1
開始ページ
24
終了ページ
24
記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.1088/0004-637x/730/1/24
出版者・発行元
American Astronomical Society

X-ray spectroscopic measurements of the Cygnus Loop supernova remnant indicate that metal abundances throughout most of the remnant's rim are depleted to similar to 0.2 times the solar value. However, recent X-ray studies have revealed in some narrow regions along the outermost rim anomalously "enhanced" abundances (up to similar to 1 solar). The reason for these anomalous abundances is not understood. Here, we examine X-ray spectra in annular sectors covering nearly the entire rim of the Cygnus Loop using Suzaku (21 pointings) and XMM-Newton (1 pointing). We find that spectra in the "enhanced" abundance regions commonly show a strong emission feature at similar to 0.7 keV. This feature is likely a complex of He-like O K(gamma + delta + epsilon), although other possibilities cannot be fully excluded. The intensity of this emission relative to He-like O K alpha appears to be too high to be explained as thermal emission. This fact, as well as the spatial concentration of the anomalous abundances in the outermost rim, leads us to propose an origin from charge-exchange processes between neutrals and H-like O. We show that the presence of charge-exchange emission could lead to the inference of apparently "enhanced" metal abundances using pure thermal emission models. Accounting for charge-exchange emission, the actual abundances could be uniformly low throughout the rim. The overall abundance depletion remains an open question.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/730/1/24
J-GLOBAL
https://jglobal.jst.go.jp/detail?JGLOBAL_ID=201202284400844629
arXiv
http://arxiv.org/abs/arXiv:1103.1669
Web of Science
https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000288453600024&DestApp=WOS_CPL
URL
http://stacks.iop.org/0004-637X/730/i=1/a=24/pdf
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1088/0004-637x/730/1/24
  • ISSN : 0004-637X
  • eISSN : 1538-4357
  • J-Global ID : 201202284400844629
  • arXiv ID : arXiv:1103.1669
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000288453600024

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