Molecular Clouds Associated with the Type Ia SNR N103B in the Large Magellanic Cloud

N103B is a Type Ia supernova remnant (SNR) in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). We carried out new 12CO(J = 3-2) and 12CO(J = 1-0) observations using ASTE and ALMA. We have confirmed the existence of a giant molecular cloud at VLSR ∼ 245 km s−1 toward the southeast of the SNR using ASTE 12CO(J = 3-2...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Astrophysical journal 2018-11, Vol.867 (1), p.7
Hauptverfasser: Sano, H., Yamane, Y., Tokuda, K., Fujii, K., Tsuge, K., Nagaya, T., Yoshiike, S., Filipovi, M. D., Alsaberi, R. Z. E., Barnes, L., Onishi, T., Kawamura, A., Minamidani, T., Mizuno, N., Yamamoto, H., Tachihara, K., Maxted, N., Voisin, F., Rowell, G., Yamaguchi, H., Fukui, Y.
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Zusammenfassung:N103B is a Type Ia supernova remnant (SNR) in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). We carried out new 12CO(J = 3-2) and 12CO(J = 1-0) observations using ASTE and ALMA. We have confirmed the existence of a giant molecular cloud at VLSR ∼ 245 km s−1 toward the southeast of the SNR using ASTE 12CO(J = 3-2) data at an angular resolution of ∼25″ (∼6 pc in the LMC). Using the ALMA 12CO(J = 1-0) data, we have spatially resolved CO clouds along the southeastern edge of the SNR with an angular resolution of ∼1 8 (∼0.4 pc in the LMC). The molecular clouds show an expanding gas motion in the position-velocity diagram with an expansion velocity of ∼5 km s−1. The spatial extent of the expanding shell is roughly similar to that of the SNR. We also find tiny molecular clumps in the directions of optical nebula knots. We present a possible scenario that N103B exploded in the wind-bubble formed by the accretion winds from the progenitor system, and is now interacting with the dense gas wall. This is consistent with a single-degenerate scenario.
ISSN:0004-637X
1538-4357
DOI:10.3847/1538-4357/aae07c