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High Resolution X-ray Images of Puppis a and IC 443

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

R. Petre ,
C. R. Canizares ,
P. F. Winkler ,
F. D. Seward ,
R. Willingale ,
D. Rolf  and
N. Woods
R. Petre
Affiliation:
NAS/NRC Research Associate at Laboratory for High Energy Astrophysics, NASA/GSFC
C. R. Canizares
Affiliation:
Center for Space Research, MIT; Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow
P. F. Winkler
Affiliation:
Middlebury College
F. D. Seward
Affiliation:
Harvard/Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
R. Willingale
Affiliation:
Leicester University
D. Rolf
Affiliation:
Leicester University
N. Woods
Affiliation:
Leicester University

Abstract

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We present soft X-ray photomosaic images of two supernova remnants, Puppis A and IC 443, constructed from a series of exposures by the Einstein imaging instruments. The complex morphologies displayed in these images reflect the interaction between “middle-aged” supernova remnants and various components of the interstellar medium. Surface brightness variations across Puppis A suggest that inhomogeneities on scales from 0.2 to 30 pc are present in the interstellar medium, while the structure of IC 443 is apparently dominated by the interaction between the remnant and a giant molecular cloud.

Type
II. Middle Aged and Older Supernova Remnants
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 101: Supernova Remnants and Their X-Ray Emission , 1983 , pp. 289 - 293
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1983 

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