MULTI-FREQUENCY OBSERVATIONS OF A SUPERBUBBLE IN THE LMC: THE CASE OF LHA 120-N 70

作者：De Horta A Y^*; Sommer E R; Filipovic M D; O'Brien A; Bozzetto L M; Collier J D; Wong G F; Crawford E J; Tothill N F H; Maggi P; Haberl F

来源：Astronomical Journal, 2014, 147(6): 162.

DOI：10.1088/0004-6256/147/6/162

• galaxies: individual (LMC)
• ISM: bubbles
• ISM: individual objects (SBN70)
• ISM: supernova remnants
• radio continuum: ISM
• X-rays: ISM

We present a detailed study of new Australia Telescope Compact Array and XMM-Newton observations of LHA 120-N 70 (hereafter N 70), a spherically shaped object in the Large Magellanic Cloud, classified as a superbubble. Both archival and new observations were used to produce high quality radio continuum, X-ray, and optical images. The radio spectral index of N 70 is estimated to be alpha = -0.12 +/- 0.06, indicating that while a supernova (SN) or supernovae have occurred in the region at some time in the distant past, N 70 is not the remnant of a single specific SN. N 70 exhibits limited polarization with a maximum fractional polarization of 9% in a small area of the northwest limb. We estimate the size of N 70 to have a diameter of 104 pc (+/- 1 pc). The morphology of N 70 in X-rays closely follows that in radio and optical, with most X-ray emission confined within the bright shell seen at longer wavelengths. Purely thermal models adequately fit the soft X-ray spectrum which lacks harder emission (above 1 keV). We also examine the pressure output of N 70 where the values for the hot (P-X) and warm (P-H II) phases are consistent with other studied H II regions. However, the dust-processed radiation pressure (P-IR) is significantly smaller than in any other object studied in Lopez et al. N 70 is a very complex region that is likely to have had multiple factors contributing to both the origin and evolution of the entire region.

• 出版日期2014-6