Vela Jr：超新星喷发团块与超新星遗骸的互动.PDF

Astronomy and Astrophysics 天文与天体物理, 2013, 1, 32-37 /10.12677/aas.2013.12005 Published Online April 2013 (/journal/aas.html) Vela Jr.: Ejecta-Clump Interaction in the Vela Supernova Remnant Chih-Yueh Wang1,2 1Department of Physics, Chung-Yuan Christian University, Chung-Li, Taoyuan 2University Inter-Discipline Department, Honor College, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei Email: cw5b@ Received: Jan. 20th, 2013; revised: Feb. 22nd , 2013; accepted: Mar. 8th, 2013 Copyright © 2013 Chih-Yueh Wang. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unre- stricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract: The ROSAT source RX J0852.0-4622, or Vela Jr., superposed on the Vela supernova remnant, has been iden- tified as a separate young supernova remnant based on its shell-like appearance in X-ray 1.3 keV and on its detection as a source of the 44Ti γ-ray decay line. However, a re-examination of the observational facts suggests that Vela Jr. should be part of the Vela remnant. We suggest that the shell X-ray feature is produced by a fast ejecta clump (bullet) from the Vela supernova that deposited its kinetic energy in the supernova remnant shell. The estimated energy 0.3 × 49 erg could be supplied by a ~0.1M⊙ clump moving at 1700 km/s. Two-dimensional gas dynamic simulations 10 show that a circular appearance can be produced in the supernova shell under proper conditions. We suggest that the nickel bubble effect is responsible for producing such heavy ejecta clumps in supernovae. There may be other similar X-ray features at a l