Chandra and XMM-Newton study of the supernova remnant Kes 73 hosting the magnetar 1E 1841-045
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg MB R3T 2N2 (Canada)
- Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA 02138 (United States)
We present a Chandra and XMM-Newton study of the supernova remnant (SNR) Kes 73 hosting the anomalous X-ray pulsar 1E 1841–045. The Chandra image reveals clumpy structures across the remnant with enhanced emission along the western rim. The X-ray emission fills the radio shell and spatially correlates with the infrared image. The global X-ray spectrum is described by a two-component thermal model with a column density N {sub H} = 2.6{sub −0.3}{sup +0.4}×10{sup 22} cm{sup –2} and a total luminosity of L{sub X} = 3.3{sub −0.5}{sup +0.7}×10{sup 37} erg s{sup –1} (0.5-10 keV, at an assumed distance of 8.5 kpc). The soft component is characterized by a temperature kT{sub s} = 0.5{sub −0.2}{sup +0.1} keV, a high ionization timescale, and enhanced Si and S abundances, suggesting emission that is dominated by shocked ejecta. The hard component has a temperature kT{sub h} = 1.6{sub −0.7}{sup +0.8} keV, a relatively low ionization timescale, and mostly solar abundances suggesting emission that is dominated by interstellar/circumstellar shocked material. A spatially resolved spectroscopy study reveals no significant variations in the spectral properties. We infer an SNR age ranging between 750 yr and 2100 yr, an explosion energy of 3.0{sub −1.8}{sup +2.8}×10{sup 50} erg and a shock velocity of (1.2 ± 0.3)×10{sup 3} km s{sup –1} (under the Sedov phase assumption). We also discuss the possible scenario for Kes 73 expanding into the late red-supergiant wind phase of its massive progenitor. Comparing the inferred metal abundances to core-collapse nucleosynthesis model yields, we estimate a progenitor mass ≳20 M {sub ☉}, adding a candidate to the growing list of highly magnetized neutron stars proposed to be associated with very massive progenitors.
- OSTI ID:
- 22348164
- Journal Information:
- Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 781, Issue 1; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0004-637X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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