IDENTIFICATION CAMPAIGN OF SUPERNOVA REMNANT CANDIDATES IN THE MILKY WAY. II. X-RAY STUDIES OF G38.7-1.4

2014/03/03 by R. H. H. Huang, J. H. K. Wu, C. Y. Hui +3 · 2 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena #Milky Way #Near-Earth supernova #Plasma #Spectral line #Supernova #Supernova remnant #astro-ph.HE

paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/0004-637x/785/2/118

12 pages, 4 figures, 2 tables, accepted for publication in ApJ

arxiv created 2014/03/03 · openalex publication_date 2014/04/02 · arxiv updated 2015/06/18 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/06

Abstract

We report on XMM-Newton and Chandra observations of the Galactic supernova remnant candidate G38.7-1.4, together with complementary radio, infrared, and γ-ray data. An approximately elliptical X-ray structure is found to be well correlated with a radio shell as seen by the Very Large Array. The X-ray spectrum of G38.7-1.4 can be well described by an absorbed collisional ionization equilibrium plasma model, which suggests the plasma is shock heated. Based on the morphology and the spectral behavior, we suggest that G38.7-1.4 is indeed a supernova remnant belonging to a mix-morphology category.

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