Where was the Iron Synthesized in Cassiopeia A?.
- Author:
- Hwang, Una
- Published:
- [2003].
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- Additional Creators:
- Laming, J. Martin
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- We investigate the properties of Fe-rich knots on the east limb of the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant observed with Chandra/AXAF CCD Imaging Spectrometer (ACIS). Using analysis methods developed in a companion paper, we constrain the ejecta density profile and the Lagrangian mass coordinates of the knots from their fitted ionization age and electron temperature. Fe-rich knots which also have strong emission from Si, S, Ar, and Ca are clustered around mass coordinates q approx. equal to 0.35 - 0.4 in the shocked ejecta of 2 solar masses; this places them 0.7 - 0.8 solar masses out from the center (or 2 - 2.1 solar masses, allowing for the mass of a compact object). We also find an Fe clump that is evidently devoid of line emission from lower mass elements, as would be expected for a region that had undergone alpha-rich freeze out. This clump has a similar mass coordinate to the other Fe knots.
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- Document ID: 20030032428.
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