Bibcode
DOI
Kennicutt, Robert C., Jr.; Wakker, Bart; Garcia-Segura, Gullermo; Mac Low, Mordecai-Mark; Chu, You-Hua
Referencia bibliográfica
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 414, no. 1, p. 213-218.
Fecha de publicación:
9
1993
Revista
Número de citas
70
Número de citas referidas
63
Descripción
We have obtained ROSAT PSPC observations of N44, one of the largest H II
complexes in the Large Magellanic Cloud. The X-ray emission mostly fails
within the ionized shell structures in N44. We find that one faint shell
is a classical supernova remnant overlooked by previous surveys. If we
model the two largest shells as pressure-driven superbubbles, the
predicted X-ray luminosity falls far below the observed value. Instead,
we show that off-center supernova remnants hitting superbubble shells
can explain the excess X-ray emission.