| PROPOSAL OVERVIEW | |
| Proposal Title | Fast Iron Ejecta in a Very Young Core-Collapse Supernova Remnant: G350.1--0.3 |
| Proposal Category | Life-cycle of Stars and Planets |
| Proposal Type | LARGE PROGRAM |
| Proposal Id | 090278 |
| Number of Observations | 4 |
| Total exposure time (ks) | 512 |
| PI DETAILS | |
| PI | Dr. Stephen Reynolds |
| Institute | North Carolina State U. |
| Country | UNITED STATES |
| CO-INVESTIGATORS | ||
| Name | Country | |
| K. Borkowski | UNITED STATES | |
| C. Frohlich | UNITED STATES | |
| B. Williams | UNITED STATES | |
| I. Seitenzahl | AUSTRALIA | |
| ABSTRACT | |
| We propose a deep EPIC observation of the highly asymmetric young (less than 600 years old) core-collapse (CC) supernova remnant G350.1--0.3, whose spectrum is dominated by iron-rich ejecta expanding at up to 6,000 km/s away from an almost-stationary thermally emitting neutron star (CCO), and for which a very high nickel abundance has been claimed. We shall quantify emission from Ni and Cr, in addition to Fe, to derive constraints on nucleosynthesis in explosive Si-burning regions. We shall also pursue hints of nonthermal emission, search for faint ejecta elsewhere near the CCO, search for the blast wave, and obtain a very deep spectrum of the CCO. G350.1--0.3 may join Cassiopeia A as a major source for understanding of CC processes, and we expect this long observation to have archival value. | |
| PAPERS |
| - CLASS 1: | papers that present specific XMM-Newton observations |
| - CLASS 2: | papers that refer to published XMM-Newton results with complementary observations, follow-up analysis, or theoretical analysis |
| - CLASS 3: | further deliveries which resulted from the program and which are made available to the community (e.g. source catalogues, processed images or spectra in public data base) |
| - CLASS 4: | comments and suggestions from PI |