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X-rays from superbubbles in the Large Magellanic Cloud

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2016

You-Hua Chu  and
Mordecai-Mark Mac Low
You-Hua Chu
Affiliation:
Astronomy Department, University of Illinois, 1002 W. Green Street, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
Mordecai-Mark Mac Low
Affiliation:
Mail Stop 245-3, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA

Abstract

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We find diffuse X-ray emission not associated with known SNRs in seven LMC HII complexes. All, except 30 Dor, have simple ring morphologies, indicating shell structures. Assuming these are superbubbles, we find the X-ray luminosity expected from their hot interiors to be an order of magnitude lower than the observed value. SNRs close to the center of a superbubble add very little emission, but we calculate that off-center SNRs hitting the ionized shell could explain the observed emission.

Type
Large-Scale Structure and Kinematics
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 148: The Magellanic Clouds , 1991 , pp. 99 - 100
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1991 

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