SUZAKU Highlights of Supernova Remnants
Abstract
Suzaku was the Japanese 5th X-ray astronomy satellite operated from 2005 July 10 to 2015 August 26. Its key features are high-sensitivity wide-band X-ray spectroscopy available with both the X-ray imaging CCD cameras and the non-imaging collimated hard X-ray detector. A number of interesting scientific discoveries have been achieved in various fields. Among them, I will focus on results on supernova remnants. The topics in this paper include (1) revealing distributions of supernova ejecta, (2) establishing over-ionized plasmas by discoveries of radiative-recombination continua, (3) constraining progenitors of Type Ia SNRs from Mn/Cr and Ni/Fe line ratios, and (4) searching for X-ray counterparts from unidentified HESS sources. These results are of high scientific importance in physics of supernova explosions, non-equilibrium plasmas, and cosmic-ray acceleration.
- Publication:
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XI Multifrequency Behaviour of High Energy Cosmic Sources Workshop (MULTIF15)
- Pub Date:
- May 2015
- DOI:
- 10.22323/1.246.0020
- Bibcode:
- 2015mbhe.confE..20K