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Title:
A Half-Megasecond Chandra Observation of the Oxygen-rich Supernova Remnant G292.0+1.8
Authors:
Park, Sangwook; Hughes, John P.; Slane, Patrick O.; Burrows, David N.; Gaensler, B. M.; Ghavamian, Parviz
Affiliation:
AA(Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pennsylvania State University, 525 Davey Laboratory, University Park, PA 16802; .), AB(Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University, 136 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8019 also Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University, Peyton Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544-1001.), AC(Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138.), AD(Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pennsylvania State University, 525 Davey Laboratory, University Park, PA 16802; .), AE(School of Physics, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.), AF(Department of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218.)
Publication:
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 670, Issue 2, pp. L121-L124. (ApJL Homepage)
Publication Date:
12/2007
Origin:
UCP
ApJ Keywords:
ISM: Individual: Alphanumeric: G292.0+1.8, pulsars: individual (J1124-5916), ISM: Supernova Remnants, X-Rays: ISM
DOI:
10.1086/524406
Bibliographic Code:
2007ApJ...670L.121P

Abstract

We report on our initial analysis of a deep 510 ks observation of the Galactic oxygen-rich supernova remnant (SNR) G292.0+1.8 with the Chandra X-Ray Observatory. Our new Chandra ACIS-I observation has a larger field of view and an order of magnitude deeper exposure than that of the previous Chandra observation, which allows us to cover the entire SNR and to detect new metal-rich ejecta features. We find a highly nonuniform distribution of thermodynamic conditions of the X-ray-emitting hot gas that correlates well with the optical [O III] emission, suggesting the possibility that the originating supernova explosion of G292.0+1.8 was itself asymmetric. We also reveal spectacular substructures of a torus, a jet, and an extended central compact nebula, all associated with the embedded pulsar J1124-5916.
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