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X-ray Observations of SNR E0102.2-72.2 in the SMC

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

John P. Hughes
John P. Hughes*
Affiliation:
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138USA

Abstract

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The supernova remnant (SNR) E0102.2-72.2 is the brightest in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) at X-ray wavelengths. This object, which is remarkable because of its high velocity (∼4000 km s−1) oxygen-rich optical emission, appears to be similarly remarkable at X-ray wavelengths. The high resolution imager (HRI) data can be quite well described by a thick ring with a radius of ∼19" (6 pc at a distance of 63 kpc). The imaging proportional counter (IPC) X-ray spectral data can be best fit by a single emission line of energy ∼0.9 keV. It seems likely that this is the emission from a plasma of almost pure neon.

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Research Article
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 101: Supernova Remnants and the Interstellar Medium , 1988 , pp. 125 - 128
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

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