Suzaku and Fermi view of the supernova remnant 3C 396

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2020-02-01

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Sezer, A.
Ergin, Tülün
Cesur, N.
Tanaka, S. J.
Kisaka, S.
Mira, Y.
Yamazaki, R.

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3C 396 is a composite supernova remnant (SNR), consisting of a central pulsar wind nebula (PWN) and a bright shell in the west, which is known to be interacting with molecular clouds (MCs). We present a study of X-ray emission from the shell and the PWN of the SNR 3C 396 using archival Suzaku data. The spectrum of the SNR shell is clearly thermal, without a signature of a non-thermal component. The abundances of Al and Ca from the shell are slightly enhanced, which indicates the presence of metal-enriched supernova ejecta. The PWN spectra are well described by a power-law model with a photon index of similar to 1.97 and a thermal component with an electron temperature of similar to 0.93 keV. The analysis of about 11 yr of Fermi data revealed an 18 sigma detection of gamma-ray emission from the location overlapping with the position of 3C 396 / 4FGL J1903.8+0531. The spectrum of 3C 396 / 4FGL J1903.8+0531 is best fitted with a log-parabola function with parameters of alpha = 2.66 and beta = 0.16 in the energy range of 0.2-300 GeV. The luminosity of 3C 396 / 4FGL J1903.8+0531 was found to be >10(35) erg s(-1) at 6.2 kpc, which rules out the inverse Compton emission model. Possible scenarios of gamma-ray emission are hadronic emission and bremsstrahlung processes, due to the fact that the SNR is expanding into dense MCs in the western and northern regions of the SNR.

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Space and Planetary Science, Astronomy and Astrophysics

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/47029

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MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

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https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz3571

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Department of Physics, Article

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A. Sezer et al., “Suzaku and Fermi view of the supernova remnant 3C 396,” MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, pp. 1484–1491, 2020, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/47029.