2001A&A...365L.225B

Query : 2001A&A...365L.225B

2001A&A...365L.225B - Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 365, L225-230 (2001/1-1)

Cassiopeia A: On the origin of the hard X-ray continuum and the implication of the observed OVIII Ly-α/Ly-β distribution.

BLEEKER J.A.M., WILLINGALE R., VAN DER HEYDEN K., DENNERL K., KAASTRA J.S., ASCHENBACH B. and VINK J.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present the first results on the hard X-ray continuum image (up to 15keV) of the supernova remnant Cas A measured with the EPIC cameras onboard XMM-Newton. The data indicate that the hard X-ray tail, observed previously, that extends to energies above 100keV does not originate in localised regions, like the bright X-ray knots and filaments or the primary blast wave, but is spread over the whole remnant with a rather flat hardness ratio of the 8-10 and 10-15keV energy bands. This result does not support an interpretation of the hard X-radiation as synchrotron emission produced in the primary shock, in which case a limb brightened shell of hard X-ray emission close to the primary shock front is expected. In fact a weak rim of emission near the primary shock front is discernable in the hardest X-ray image but it contains only a few percent of the hard X-ray emissivity. The equivalent width of the Fe-K line blend varies by more than an order of magnitude over the remnant, it is hard to explain this as Fe-emission from the reverse shock heated ejecta given the ejecta temperature and the age of the remnant. The uniquely high wavelength-dispersive RGS-spectrometer has allowed, for the first time, to extract monochromatic images in several highly ionised element species with high spectral resolution. We present here a preliminary result on the measurement of the OVIII Ly-α and Ly-β brightness distribution and brightness ratios. The large observed decrease of the Ly-α/Ly-β ratio going from the N to the SE can be explained by small-scale (10'') variations in the NH column over the remnant and the potential presence of resonance scattering of the OVIII Ly-α photons in the limb brightened shell.

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Journal keyword(s): ISM: supernova remnants - ISM: individual objects: Cas A - X-rays: ISM

Simbad objects: 1

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Number of rows : 1
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA 		ICRS (J2000)
DEC 		Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2024 		#notes
1 3C 461 BL? 23 23 24.000 +58 48 54.00     14.30     ~ 2794 1

Query : 2001A&A...365L.225B

Basic data :
3C 461 -- BL Lac Candidate
Origin of the objects types :

(Ref) Object type as listed in the reference "Ref"
(acronym) Object type linked to the acronym according to the original reference
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Other object types: 		X (3A,2E,...), Rad (3C,BWE,...), gam (1FGL,2FGL,...), SNR (2009BASI,AJG,...), SN* (SN), BL? (2021MNRAS), V* (2012A&A)
Syntax of coordinates is : "ra dec (wtype) [error ellipse] quality bibcode" :
  • ra dec : right ascension and declination (unit and frame defined according to your Output Options)
    Grey values are increasing the original precision due to the computation of frame transformations
  • (wtype) : wavelength class for the origin of the coordinates (Rad, mm, IR, Optical, UV, Xray, Gam)
  • [error ellipse] : measurement uncertainty, on (ra,dec) if the positional angle is 90 degrees, on (majaxis,minaxis) otherwise (in mas at defined epoch in the original catalogue),
    position angle (in degrees North celestial pole to East)
  • quality : flag of quality
    • E ≥ 10"
    • D : 1-10" (and some old data)
    • C : 0.1-1"
    • B : 0.01-0.1" + 2MASS, Tyc
    • A : VLBI, Hipparcos
  • bibcode : bibcode of the coordinates reference
ICRS coord. (ep=J2000) : 		23 23 24.000 +58 48 54.00 [ ] D 2015ApJS..217....2M
Syntax of coordinates is : "ra dec (wtype) [error ellipse] quality bibcode" :
  • ra dec : right ascension and declination (unit and frame defined according to your Output Options)
    Grey values are increasing the original precision due to the computation of frame transformations
  • (wtype) : wavelength class for the origin of the coordinates (Rad, mm, IR, Optical, UV, Xray, Gam)
  • [error ellipse] : measurement uncertainty, on (ra,dec) if the positional angle is 90 degrees, on (majaxis,minaxis) otherwise (in mas at defined epoch in the original catalogue),
    position angle (in degrees North celestial pole to East)
  • quality : flag of quality
    • E ≥ 10"
    • D : 1-10" (and some old data)
    • C : 0.1-1"
    • B : 0.01-0.1" + 2MASS, Tyc
    • A : VLBI, Hipparcos
  • bibcode : bibcode of the coordinates reference
FK4 coord. (ep=B1950 eq=1950) : 		23 21 08.223 +58 32 25.56 [ ]
Syntax of coordinates is : "ra dec (wtype) [error ellipse] quality bibcode" :
  • ra dec : right ascension and declination (unit and frame defined according to your Output Options)
    Grey values are increasing the original precision due to the computation of frame transformations
  • (wtype) : wavelength class for the origin of the coordinates (Rad, mm, IR, Optical, UV, Xray, Gam)
  • [error ellipse] : measurement uncertainty, on (ra,dec) if the positional angle is 90 degrees, on (majaxis,minaxis) otherwise (in mas at defined epoch in the original catalogue),
    position angle (in degrees North celestial pole to East)
  • quality : flag of quality
    • E ≥ 10"
    • D : 1-10" (and some old data)
    • C : 0.1-1"
    • B : 0.01-0.1" + 2MASS, Tyc
    • A : VLBI, Hipparcos
  • bibcode : bibcode of the coordinates reference
Gal coord. (ep=J2000) : 		111.734751 -02.129568 [ ]
Syntax of angular size is : "maj-axis min-axis angle (wtype) quality bibcode"
  • maj-axis : major axis size (arc minutes)
  • min-axis : minor axis size (arc minutes)
  • angle : orientation angle (in degrees)
  • (wtype) : wavelength class for the origin of the angular size (Rad, mm, IR, Opt, UV, Xray, Gam)
  • quality : flag of quality of the angular size values ( A=best quality -> E=worst quality, {� } =unknown quality)
  • bibcode : bibcode of the angular size reference
Angular size (arcmin): 		5.0 5.0 90 (Rad) D 2014BASI...42...47G
Syntax of fluxes (or magnitudes) is : "filter-name (System) flux-value [error] quality MultVarFlags bibcode"
  • filter-name : U, B, V, R, I, G, J, H, K, u, g, r, i, z
  • (System) : may be AB (default is Vega)
  • flux-value : value of flux or magnitude
  • [error] : error value
  • quality : flag of quality of the flux value ( A=best quality -> E=worst quality, {� } =unknown quality)
  • MultVarFlags : Mult is zero or one char (J) for joined photometry ; Var can be zero or two chars (V[0-4])
  • bibcode : bibcode of the flux reference
Fluxes (1) :
V 14.30 [0.2] D 2012A&A...548A..79A
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3C 461 DB 123 GAL 111.7-02.1 SN 1667
3A 2321+585 2E 4724 1H 2321+585 SN 1680
AJG 109 2E 2321.1+5833 H 2334+60 SWIFT J2323.3+5849
BWE 2321+5832 1ES 2321+58.5 INTREF 1108 SWIFT J2323.2+5848
3C 461.0 1FGL J2323.4+5849 NAME Cas A TeV J2323+588
4C 58.40 2FGL J2323.4+5849 NAME Cassiopeia A 2U 2321+58
8C 2321+585 3FGL J2323.4+5849 NRAO 711 3U 2321+58
3CR 461 4FGL J2323.4+5849 PBC J2323.3+5849 4U 2321+58
CTA 105 1FHL J2323.3+5849 1RXS J232325.4+584838 W 81
CTB 110 2FHL J2323.4+5848 SNR G111.7-02.1 [DGW65] 148
DA 601 3FHL J2323.4+5848 SN 1671 [KRL2007b] 402

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Data at NED - NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database : 3C 461

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