Molecular Clouds Associated with the Type Ia SNR N103B in the Large Magellanic Cloud
Abstract
N103B is a Type Ia supernova remnant (SNR) in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). We carried out new 12CO(J = 3-2) and 12CO(J = 1-0) observations using ASTE and ALMA. We have confirmed the existence of a giant molecular cloud at V LSR ∼ 245 km s-1 toward the southeast of the SNR using ASTE 12CO(J = 3-2) data at an angular resolution of ∼25″ (∼6 pc in the LMC). Using the ALMA 12CO(J = 1-0) data, we have spatially resolved CO clouds along the southeastern edge of the SNR with an angular resolution of ∼1.″8 (∼0.4 pc in the LMC). The molecular clouds show an expanding gas motion in the position-velocity diagram with an expansion velocity of ∼5 km s-1. The spatial extent of the expanding shell is roughly similar to that of the SNR. We also find tiny molecular clumps in the directions of optical nebula knots. We present a possible scenario that N103B exploded in the wind-bubble formed by the accretion winds from the progenitor system, and is now interacting with the dense gas wall. This is consistent with a single-degenerate scenario.
- Publication:
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The Astrophysical Journal
- Pub Date:
- November 2018
- DOI:
- 10.3847/1538-4357/aae07c
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1806.10299
- Bibcode:
- 2018ApJ...867....7S
- Keywords:
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- ISM: clouds;
- ISM: individual objects: N103B;
- SNR 0509-68.7;
- ISM: molecules;
- ISM: supernova remnants;
- Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
- E-Print:
- 12 pages, 1 table, 8 figures, accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal (ApJ)