Suzaku analysis of the supernova remnant G306.3-0.9 and the gamma-ray view of its neighbourhood
Abstract
We present an investigation of the supernova remnant (SNR) G306.3-0.9, using archival multiwavelength data. The Suzaku spectra are well described by two-component thermal plasma models: the soft component is in ionization equilibrium and has a temperature ∼0.59 keV, while the hard component has temperature ∼3.2 keV and ionization time-scale ∼2.6 × 1010 cm-3 s. We clearly detected Fe K-shell line at energy of ∼6.5 keV from this remnant. The overabundances of Si, S, Ar, Ca and Fe confirm that the X-ray emission has an ejecta origin. The centroid energy of the Fe K line supports that G306.3-0.9 is a remnant of a Type Ia supernova (SN) rather than a core-collapse SN. The GeV gamma-ray emission from G306.3-0.9 and its surrounding were analysed using about 6-yr of Fermi data. We report about the non-detection of G306.3-0.9 and the detection of a new extended gamma-ray source in the south-west of G306.3-0.9 with significance of ∼13σ. We discuss several scenarios for these results with the help of data from other wavebands to understand the SNR and its neighbourhood.
- Publication:
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Pub Date:
- April 2017
- DOI:
- 10.1093/mnras/stw3331
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1701.00102
- Bibcode:
- 2017MNRAS.466.3434S
- Keywords:
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- ISM: individual objects: G306.3-0.9;
- ISM: supernova remnants;
- gamma-rays: ISM;
- X-rays: ISM;
- Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
- E-Print:
- 9 pages, 6 figures and 3 tables, accepted for publication in MNRAS