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标题：XMM-Newton observations of the non-thermal supernova remnant HESS J1731−347 (G353.6-0.7)
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作者：V. Doroshenko ; G. Pühlhofer ; A. Bamba 等
期刊名称：Astronomy & Astrophysics
印刷版ISSN：0004-6361
电子版ISSN：1432-0746
出版年度：2017
卷号：608
页码：1-11
DOI：10.1051/0004-6361/201730983
语种：English
出版社：EDP Sciences
摘要：We report on the analysis of XMM-Newton observations of the non-thermal shell-type supernova remnant HESS J1731−347 (G353.6-0.7). For the first time the complete remnant shell has been covered in X-rays, which allowed direct comparison with radio and TeV observations. We carried out a spatially resolved spectral analysis of XMM-Newton data and confirmed the previously reported non-thermal power-law X-ray spectrum of the source with negligible variations of spectral index across the shell. On the other hand, the X-ray absorption column is strongly variable and correlates with the CO emission thus confirming that the absorbing material must be in the foreground and reinforcing the previously suggested lower limit on distance. Finally, we find that the X-ray emission of the remnant is suppressed towards the Galactic plane, which points to lower shock velocities in this region, likely due to the interaction of the shock with the nearby molecular cloud.
关键词：enISM: supernova remnantscosmic raysX-rays: ISMX-rays: individuals: HESS J1731−347