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Thermal and kinematic properties of ejecta in SN1987A revealed by XRISM

ContributorsXRISM Collaboration
Publication date2025-08-18
First online date2025-08-18
Abstract

We present an analysis of high-resolution spectra from the shock-heated plasmas in SN 1987A, based on an observation using the Resolve instrument onboard the X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM). The 1.7–10 keV Resolve spectra are accurately represented by a single-component, plane-parallel shock plasma model, with a temperature of $2.84_{-0.08}^{+0.09}$ keV and an ionization parameter of $2.64_{-0.45}^{+0.58}$ × $10^{11}\,\,{\rm s\,\, cm}^{-3}$. The Resolve spectra are also well reproduced by the 3D magneto-hydrodynamic simulation presented by Orlando et al. (2020, A&A, 636, A22) suggesting substantial contribution from the ejecta. The metal abundances obtained with Resolve align with the Large Magellanic Cloud value, indicating that the X-rays in 2024 originate from “non-metal-rich” shock-heated ejecta and the reverse shock has not reached the inner metal-rich region of ejecta. Doppler widths of the atomic lines from Si, S, and Fe correspond to velocities of 1500–1700 km s$^{-1}$, where the thermal broadening effects in this non-metal-rich plasma are negligible. Therefore, the line broadening seen in Resolve spectra is determined by the large bulk motion of ejecta. For reference, we determined a $90\%$ upper limit on non-thermal emission from a pulsar wind nebula at $4.3 \times 10^{-13}$ erg cm$^{-2}$ s$^{-1}$ in the 2–10 keV range, aligning with NuSTAR findings by Greco et al. (2022, ApJ, 931, 132). Additionally, we searched for the $^{44}$Sc K line feature and found a $1\sigma$ upper limit of $1.0 \times 10^{-6}$ photons cm$^{-2}$ s$^{-1}$, which translates to an initial $^{44}$Ti mass of approximately $2 \times 10^{-4}\, M_{\odot }$, consistent with previous X-ray to soft gamma-ray observations (Boggs et al. 2015, Science, 348, 670; Grebenev et al. 2012, Nature, 490, 373; Leising 2006, ApJ, 651, 1019).

Funding
  • JSPS [JPJSCCA20220002]
  • NASA [80NSSC23K1656]
  • NWO [184.034.002]
  • STFC [ST/T000244/1]
  • Canadian Space Agency [18XARMSTMA]
  • U.S. Department of Energy [DE-AC52-07NA27344]
  • National Science Foundation - Collaborative Research: Dust Echo Tomography: New Diagnostics for Galactic Dust and Magnetic Fields [2205918]
Citation (ISO format)
XRISM Collaboration. Thermal and kinematic properties of ejecta in SN1987A revealed by XRISM. In: Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, 2025, p. psaf056. doi: 10.1093/pasj/psaf056
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