Supernova Remnants and their X-Ray Emission

596 Pages·1983·26.732 MB·English

by  Paul Gorenstein, Frederick Seward, Wallace Tucker (auth.), John Danziger, Paul Gorenstein (eds.)

SUPERNOVA REMNANTS AND THEIR X-RAY EMISSION
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
UNION ASTRONOMIQUE INTERNATIONALE
SYMPOSIUM No. 101
HELD IN VENICE, ITALY, 30 AUGUST - 2 SEPTEMBER 1982
SUPERNOVA REMNANTS
AND THEIR X-RAY EMISSION
EDITED BY
JOHN DANZIGER
European Southern Observatory, Garching bei Munchen, F.R. G.
and
PAUL GORENSTEIN
Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
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Supernova remnants and their X-ray emission.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ORGANIZING COMMITTEES xii
PREFACE xiii
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
I. YOUNG SUPERNOVA REMNANTS
THE MASS AND STRUCTURE OF THE REMNANT OF TYCHO'S SUPERNOVA,
P. Gorenstein, F. Seward & W. Tucker
X-RAY SPECTRA OF YOUNG SUPERNOVA REMNANTS, S.S. Holt 17
THE HIGH ENERGY X-RAY SPECTRA OF SUPERNOVA REMNANTS, 29
S.H. Pravdo & J.J. Nugent
STRUCTURAL CHANGES IN CAS A, TYCHO AND OTHER YOUNG SUPERNOVA 37
REMNANTS, R.G. Strom
THE EXPANSION OF CASSIOPEIA A, R.J. Tuffs 49
RECENT OBSERVATIONS OF CASSIOPEIA A, K.W. Kamper & 55
S. van den Bergh
AN X-RAY HALO AROUND CASSIOPEIA A, G.C. Stewart, A.C. Fabian 59
& F.D. Seward
VLA OBSERVATIONS OF SGR A, W.M. Goss, U.J. Schwarz, 65
R.D. Ekers & J.H. van Gorkom
THE INTERACTION OF SUPERNOVA EJECTA WITH AN AMBIENT MEDIUM, 71
R.A. Chevalier
VERY HIGH RESOLUTION CALCULATIONS OF VERY YOUNG SUPERNOVA 83
REMNANTS, E.M. Jones & B.W. Smith
X-RAY EMISSION FROM SUPERNOVA REMNANTS IN A CLOUDY MEDIUM, 87
C.F. McKee
NON-EQUILIBRIUM IONIZATION X-RAY EMISSION FROM SUPERNOVA 99
REMNANTS, J.M. Shull
TABLE OF CONTENTS
X-RAY LINE EMISSION FROM SUPERNOVA REMNANTS AND MODELS FOR 109
NONEQUILIBRIUM IONIZATION, C.L. Sarazin, A.J.S. Hamilton
& R.A. Chevalier
THE EFFECT OF SNR STRUCTURE ON NON-EQUILIBRIUM X-RAY SPECTRA, 113
A.J.S. Hamilton & C.L. Sarazin
THE EVOLUTION OF YOUNG SUPERNOVA REMNANTS, A.C. Fabian, 119
W. Brinkmann & G.C. Stewart
SPHERIZATION OF THE REMNANTS OF ASYMMETRICAL SN EXPLOSIONS 125
IN A UNIFORM MEDIUM, G.S. Bisnovatyi-Kogan
& S.I. Blinnikov
X-RAY STUDY OF THE CRAB NEBULA AND THE CRAB AND VELA PULSARS, 131
F.R. Harnden, Jr.
PRESUPERNOVA EVOLUTION OF 8-12 STARS AND THE CRAB 139
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NEBULA'S PROGENITOR, Ken'ichi Nomoto
THE CRAB NEBULA'S JET, R. Fesen & T. Gull 145
HIGH OXYGEN ABUNDANCE IN A BRIGHT FILAMENT OF THE CRAB NEBULA, 149
D. Pequignot
THE PECULIAR X-RAY MORPHOLOGY OF THE SNR G292.0+1.8: EVIDENCE 153
FOR AN ASYMMETRIC SUPERNOVA EXPLOSION, D.H. Clark &
I.R. Tuohy
THE KINEMATICS OF THE SNR G292.0+1.8, R. Braun, W.M. Goss, 159
I.J. Danziger & A. Boksenberg
A DYNAMICAL STUDY OF THE YOUNG OXYGEN-RICH SUPERNOVA REMNANT 165
IN THE SMALL MAGELLANIC CLOUD, I.R. Tuohy & M.A. Dopita
RADIO SUPERNOVAE, K.W. Weiler, R.A. Sramek, J.M. van der Hulst 171
& N. Panagia
RADIO AND X-RAY EMISSION FROM NEWLY BORN REMNANTS, M. Salvati 177
PARTICLE ACCELERATION AND RADIO EMISSION OF THE SUPERNOVAE 183
REMNANTS AT DIFFERENT STAGES OF THEIR EVOLUTION,
V.N. Fedorenko
THE EVOLUTION OF SUPERNOVA REMNANTS AS RADIO SOURCES, 187
R. Cowsik & S. Sarkar
II. MIDDLE AGED AND OLDER SUPERNOVA REMNANTS
OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF SUPERNOVA REMNANTS, I.J. Danziger 193
TABLE OF CONTENTS vii
HIGH RESOLUTION X-RAY SPECTRA OF SUPERNOVA REMNANTS, 205
C.R. Canizares, P.F. Winkler, T.H. Markert & C. Berg
RECENT RADIO STUDIES OF SNR, J.R. Dickel 213
NON-EQUILIBRIUM MODELLING OF THE STRUCTURE AND SPECTRA OF 221
SHOCK WAVES, M.A. Dopita & L. Binette
THE STRUCTURE AND EMISSION OF A NON-RADIATIVE SHOCK, J.C. Raymond 231
NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY OF GALACTIC AND MAGELLANIC CLOUDS 235
SUPERNOVA REMNANTS, M. Dennefeld
SPECTROPHOTOMETRY OF THE OPTICAL EMISSION FROM RCW103, 241
M.T. Ruiz
NON-EQUILIBRIUM IONIZATION IN PUPPIS A, P.F. Winkler, 245
C.R. Canizares, B.C. Bromley
DETAILED X-RAY OBSERVATIONS OF THE CYGNUS LOOP, W.H.-M. Ku, 253
K. Long, R. Pisarski & M. Vartanian
A THEORETICAL MODEL OF THE CYGNUS LOOP AND ITS X-RAY EMISSION, 261
S.A.E.G. Falle & A.R. Garlick
THE W28 SUPERNOVA AND THE SURROUNDING INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM, 267
W.J. Zealey, H.T. MacGillivray, D. Malin & H. Hartl
EINSTEIN OBSERVATIONS OF THE SNRs IC443, W44 and W49B, 273
M.G. Watson, R. Willingale, J.P. Pye, D.P. Rolf,
N. Wood, N. Thomas & F.D. Seward
THE X-RAY STRUCTURE OF THE SUPERNOVA REMNANT G78.2+2.1, 281
L.A. Higgs, T.L. Landecker & F.D. Seward
RADIO OBSERVATIONS OF SMALL DIAMETER SOURCES IN THE DIRECTION 287
OF OLD SUPERNOVA REMNANTS, E. FUrst, W. Reich & W. Hirth
HIGH RESOLUTION X-RAY IMAGES OF PUPPIS A AND IC 443, R. Petre, 289
C.R. Canizares, P.F. Winkler, F.D. Seward, R. Willingale,
D. Rolf & N. Woods
KINEMATICS OF SUPERNOVA REMNANTS IN THE GALAXY AND LMC, 295
P. Shull, Jr.
III. CENTER FILLED MORPHOLOGIES
SUPERNOVA REMNANTS RESEMBLING THE CRAB NEBULA, K.W. Weiler 299
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X-RAY OBSERVATIONS OF CRAB-LIKE SUPERNOVA REMNANTS, R.H. Becker 321
NEW HIGH RESOLUTION RADIO OBSERVATIONS OF 3C10, 3C58 AND PART 329
OF THE CYGNUS LOOP, D.A. Green & S.F. Gull
CONSEQUENCES OF A NEW DISTANCE DETERMINATION OF 3C58, 335
D.A. Green & S.F. Gull
THE RADIO MORPHOLOGY AND POSSIBLE NATURE OF 3C58, E. Ma 341
& R. Strom
CTBBO: COSMIC COLLISION?, C.J. Salter, Mantovani & P. Tomasi 343
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IV. OLD SUPERNOVA REMNANTS - HEATING OF THE INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM
LARGE SCALE FEATURES OF THE HOT COMPONENT OF THE INTERSTELLAR 347
MEDIUM, G.P. Garmire
SPECTRAL OBSERVATION OF THE SOFT X-RAY BACKGROUND AND OF THE 357
NORTH POLAR SPUR WITH SOLID STATE SPECTROMETERS,
R. Rocchia, M. Arnaud, C. Blondel, C. Cheron, J.C. Christy,
L. Koch, R. Rothenflug, H.W. Schnopper & J.P. Delavaille
POSSIBLE CONTRIBUTIONS OF SUPERNOVA REMNANTS TO THE SOFT 361
X-RAY DIFFUSE BACKGROUND (0.1 - 1 keV), W.T. Sanders,
D.N. Burrows, D. McCammon & W.L. Kraushaar
HI SHELLS AND SUPERSHELLS, C. Heiles 367
RADIO SYNTHESIS MAPS OF LARGE SUPERNOVA REMNANTS, R. Braun, 373
H. van der Laan & R.G. Strom
RADIO CONTINUUM OBSERVATIONS OF LARGE SUPERNOVA REMNANTS, 377
W. Reich, E. Furst & W. Sieber
ARE FILAMENTS CYLINDRICAL OR SHEET-LIKE?, M.D. Smith 381
& J.R. Dickel
HEATING OF THE INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM BY SUPERNOVA REMNANTS, 385
D.P. Cox
THEORETICAL THERMAL X-RAY MAPS OF SUPERNOVA REMNANTS IN 393
NON-UNIFORM MEDIA, H.W. Yorke, G. Tenorio-Tagle &
P. Bodenheimer
!HE EVOLUTION OF SUPERNOVA REMNANTS IN A NON-UNIFORM MEDIUM: 399
THE FATE OF AN EVOLVING OB ASSOCIATION, P. Bodenheimer,
H.W. Yorke, G. Tenorio-Tagle & M. Beltrametti
TABLE OF CONTENTS ix
V. COMPACT OBJECTS ASSOCIATED WITH SUPERNOVA REMNANTS, PULSARS
AND NEUTRON STARS
SUPERNOVA REMNANTS WITH CENTRAL PULSARS, F.D. Seward 405
SUPERNOVA REMNANTS WITH COMPACT X-RAY SOURCES 417
A. MSH 15-52, F.D. Seward, F.R. Harnden, Jr.,
P.G. Murdin & D.H. Clark
B. The Crab Nebula, D.H. Clark, P.G. Murdin,
I.J. Danziger & A.W. Furr
OBSERVATIONS OF G320.4-1.2 AND SPECULATIONS ON SUPERNOVA REMNANT 421
MORPHOLOGY, R.N. Manchester & J.M. Durdin
PRECESSING JET MODEL FOR THE SUPERNOVA REMNANT G109.1-1.0, 429
P.C. Gregory & G.G. Fahlman
COMPARISON OF RADIO AND X-RAY OBSERVATIONS OF SNR G109.1-1.0, 437
P.C. Gregory, R. Braun, G.G. Fahlman & S.F. Gull
THE PULSATION PERIOD AND POSSIBLE ORBIT OF 1E2259+586, 445
G.G. Fahlman & P.C. Gregory
RADIO OBSERVATIONS OF THE SUPERNOVA REMNANT CTB109 455
(G109.2-1.0), V.A. Hughes, R.H. Harten, C. Costain,
L. Nelson & M.R. Viner
X-RAY STUDIES OF SS433, J.E. Grindlay, D. Band, F. Seward, 459
L. Stella & M. Watson
STRUCTURE OF EXTENDED RADIO EMISSION IN W50 AND ITS RELATION 465
TO SS 433, T. & A. Pramesh Rao
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RADIO INTERFEROMETER OBSERVATIONS OF COMPACT SOURCES IN 469
SUPERNOVA REMNANTS, R.E. Spencer & R. Haley
X-RAYS FROM RADIO PULSARS: THE PORTABLE SUPERNOVA REMNANTS, 471
D.J. Helfand
ON THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN PULSARS AND SUPERNOVA REMNANTS, 487
V. Radhakrishnan & G. Srinivasan
A SEARCH FOR PULSARS ASSOCIATED WITH SUPERNOVA REMNANTS IN 495
THE GALAXY AND THE MAGELLANIC CLOUDS, R.N. Manchester,
I.R. Tuohy & N. D'Amico
STRONG WAVES FROM PULSARS AND MORPHOLOGIES IN SNRs, G. Benford, 499
A. Ferrari & S. Massaglia
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THREE NEW PULSARS NEAR SUPERNOVA REMNANTS, D.K. Mohanty 503
X-RAY AND GAMMA-RAY RADIATION FROM THE SWITCHED-OFF RADIOPULSARS, 505
A.I. Tsygan
EVOLUTION OF NEUTRON STARS IN YOUNG SUPERNOVA REMNANTS, 509
K. Nomoto & S. Tsuruta
NEUTRON STAR COOLING: EFFECTS OF ENVELOPE PHYSICS, 513
K.A. Van Riper
VI. SUPERNOVA REMNANTS IN OTHER GALAXIES
CHEMICAL ABUNDANCES IN THE INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM OF GALAXIES 517
FROM SPECTROPHOTOMETRY OF SUPERNOVA REMNANTS,
S. D'Odorico & M. Dopita
THE X-RAY PROPERTIES OF SUPERNOVA REMNANTS IN THE LARGE 525
MAGELLANIC CLOUD, K.S. Long
SOFT X-RAY OBSERVATION OF SUPERNOVA REMNANTS IN THE SMALL 535
MAGELLANIC CLOUD, H. Inoue, K. Koyama & Y. Tanaka
OPTICAL STUDIES OF SUPERNOVA REMNANTS IN THE MAGELLANIC 541
CLOUDS, D.S. Mathewson, V.L. Ford, M.A. Dopita,
I.R. Tuohy, K.S. Long & D.J. Helfand
THE RADIO PROPERTIES OF SNRs IN THE MAGELLANIC CLOUDS, 551
B. Y. Mills
OPTICAL OBSERVATIONS OF FOUR BALMER-DOMINATED SUPERNOVA 559
REMNANTS IN THE LARGE MAGELLANIC CLOUD, I.R. Tuohy,
M.A. Dopita, D.S. Mathewson, K.S. Long & D.J. Helfand
OPTICAL OBSERVATIONS OF SNRs AND RING NEBULAE IN THE LMC, 567
M. Rosado, Y.M. Georgelin, A. Laval & G. Monnet
N49: THE SITE OF A GAMMA-RAY BURST. PRELIMINARY RESULTS FROM 573
X-RAY OBSERVATIONS, G. Pizzichini, T.L. Cline, U.D. Desai,
B.J. Teegarden, W.D. Evans, E.E. Fenimore, R.W. Klebesadel,
J.G. Laros, K. Hurley, M. Niel & G. Vedrenne
X-RAY, OPTICAL AND UV OBSERVATIONS OF THE YOUNG SUPERNOVA 579
REMNANT IN THE IRREGULAR GALAXY NGC 4449, W.P. Blair,
R.P. Kirshner, P.F. Winkler, Jr., J.C. Raymond,
R.A. Fesen & T.R. Gull
TABLE OF CONTENTS xi
LUMINOUS SUPERNOVA REMNANT CANDIDATES IN M82 AND THE PHYSICAL 583
PROPERTIES OF THE VARIABLE RADIO SOURCE 41.9+58,
P.P. Kronberg & P. Biermann
THE X-RAY EMISSION OF A CLUMPY IRREGULAR GALAXY FROM THOUSANDS 591
OF SUPERNOVA REMNANTS?, D.S. Heeschen & J. Heidmann
APPENDIX
A CATALOGUE OF GALACTIC SUPERNOVA REMNANTS, S. van den Bergh 597
SUBJECT INDEX 605
OBJECT INDEX 611