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2003ApJ...587L..31V - Astrophys. J., 587, L31-L34 (2003/April-2)

The slow temperature equilibration behind the shock front of SN 1006.

VINK J., LAMING J.M., GU M.F., RASMUSSEN A. and KAASTRA J.S.

Abstract (from CDS):

We report on the observation of O VII Doppler line broadening in a compact knot at the edge of SN 1006 detected with the reflective grating spectrometer on board XMM-Newton. The observed line width of σ=3.4±0.5 eV at a line energy of 574 eV indicates an oxygen temperature of kT=528±150 keV. Combined with the observed electron temperature of ∼1.5 keV, the observed broadening is direct evidence for temperature nonequilibration in high Mach number shocks and slow subsequent equilibration. The O VII line emission allows an accurate determination of the ionization state of the plasma, which is characterized by a relatively high forbidden line contribution, indicating logn_e_t≃9.2.

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Journal keyword(s): Shock Waves - ISM: Supernova Remnants - X-Rays: Individual: Alphanumeric: SN 1006

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