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The XRISM first-light observation: Velocity structure and thermal properties of the supernova remnant N 132D

ContributorsCollaboration XRISM; Audard, Marcorcid; Eckert, Dominiqueorcid; Paltani, Stéphane
Publication date2024-10-10
First online date2024-10-10
Abstract

We present an initial analysis of the X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) first-light observation of the supernova remnant (SNR) N 132D in the Large Magellanic Cloud. The Resolve microcalorimeter has obtained the first high-resolution spectrum in the 1.6–10 keV band, which contains K-shell emission lines of Si, S, Ar, Ca, and Fe. We find that the Si and S lines are relatively narrow, with a broadening represented by a Gaussian-like velocity dispersion of $\sigma _v \sim 450$ km s$^{-1}$. However, the Fe He$\alpha$ lines are substantially broadened with $\sigma _v \sim 1670$ km s$^{-1}$. This broadening can be explained by a combination of the thermal Doppler effect due to the high ion temperature and the kinematic Doppler effect due to the SNR expansion. Assuming that the Fe He$\alpha$ emission originates predominantly from the supernova ejecta, we estimate the reverse shock velocity at the time when the bulk of the Fe ejecta were shock heated to be $-1000 \lesssim V_{\rm rs}$ (km s$^{-1}$) $\lesssim 3300$ (in the observer frame). We also find that Fe Ly$\alpha$ emission is redshifted with a bulk velocity of $\sim 890$ km s$^{-1}$, substantially larger than the radial velocity of the local interstellar medium surrounding N 132D. These results demonstrate that high-resolution X-ray spectroscopy is capable of providing constraints on the evolutionary stage, geometry, and velocity distribution of SNRs.

Funding
  • JSPS [JP22H00158]
  • NASA [80NSSC20K0733]
  • STFC [ST/T000244/1]
  • U.S. Department of Energy
  • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory [DE-AC52-07NA27344]
  • National Science Foundation - Collaborative Research: Dust Echo Tomography: New Diagnostics for Galactic Dust and Magnetic Fields [2205918]
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AUDARD, Marc, ECKERT, Dominique, PALTANI, Stéphane. The XRISM first-light observation: Velocity structure and thermal properties of the supernova remnant N 132D. In: Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, 2024, p. psae080. doi: 10.1093/pasj/psae080
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