Systematic Spatial Variations of the Spectrum of Synchrotron X-rays from the Youngest Galactic Supernova Remnant G1.9+0.3

S. Reynolds; K. Borkowski; D. Green; U. Hwang; I. Harrus; R. Petre

DOI:10.1086/589570

Corpus ID: 67766657

Systematic Spatial Variations of the Spectrum of Synchrotron X-rays from the Youngest Galactic Supernova Remnant G1.9+0.3

@inproceedings{Reynolds2008SystematicSV,
  title={Systematic Spatial Variations of the Spectrum of Synchrotron X-rays from the Youngest Galactic Supernova Remnant G1.9+0.3},
  author={S. Reynolds and K. Borkowski and D. Green and U. Hwang and I. Harrus and R. Petre},
  year={2008}
}

S. Reynolds, K. Borkowski, +3 authors R. Petre

Published 2008

Physics

Our 50 ks Chandra observation of the small radio supernova remnant (SNR) G1.9+0.3 shows a complete shell structure with strong bilateral symmetry, about 100'' in diameter. The radio morphology is also shell-like, but only about 84'' in diameter, based on observations made in 1985. We attribute the size difference to expansion between 1985 and our Chandra observations of 2007. Expansion is confirmed in comparing radio images from 1985 and 2008. We deduce that G1.9+0.3 is of order 100 years old… CONTINUE READING

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