Supernova remnants in the Magellanic Clouds

The present updated catalog of SNRs in the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds (LMC and SMC) incorporates remnants recently discovered as a result of coordinated X-ray, optical, and radio surveys, and contains 25 confirmed SNRs in the LMC and six in the SMC. Optical images are included for all of the...

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Published in:The Astrophysical journal. Supplement series 1983-04, Vol.51, p.345-355
Main Authors: Mathewson, D. S., Ford, V. L., Dopita, M. A., Tuohy, I. R., Long, K. S., Helfand, D. J.
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Language:English
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Astronomy
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Summary:The present updated catalog of SNRs in the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds (LMC and SMC) incorporates remnants recently discovered as a result of coordinated X-ray, optical, and radio surveys, and contains 25 confirmed SNRs in the LMC and six in the SMC. Optical images are included for all of the new SNRs, together with X-ray isophotes for 24 of the SNRs in the LMC which have been obtained with the high resolution imager and imaging proportional counter of the Einstein Observatory. The cumulative number-diameter relation for Type II SNRs with D smaller than 50 pc in the LMC is N(D)= 0.36 D exp 1.0 + or 0.2, suggesting that the SNRs have evolved much faster than expected from Sedov theory and that the free expansion phase dominates their evolution up to diameters of 30-40 pc. SNR production frequencies in the LMC and SMC are calculated to be 1/275 and 1/800 years, respectively, or nearly equal to the galaxies' luminosity ratios.
ISSN:0067-0049
1538-4365
DOI:10.1086/190854