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2025PASJ...77S.188G - Publ. Astron. Soc. Jap., 77, 188-192 (2025/September-0)

Evidence for charge exchange emission in supernova remnant N 132D from XRISM/Resolve observations.

GU L., YAMAGUCHI H., FOSTER A., KATSUDA S., UCHIDA H., SAWADA M., PORTER F.S., WILLIAMS B.J., PETRE R., BAMBA A., TERADA Y., AGARWAL M., DECOURCHELLE A., GUAINAZZI M., KELLEY R., KILBOURNE C., LOEWENSTEIN M., MATSUMOTO H., MILLER E.D., OHSHIRO Y., PLUCINSKY P., SUZUKI H., TASHIRO M., VINK J., EZOE Y., BEHAR E. and SMITH R.K.

Abstract (from CDS):

XRISM has delivered one of its first light observations on N 132D, the X-ray brightest supernova remnant in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Utilizing 193 ks of high-resolution X-ray spectroscopy data, we conduct a comprehensive search for charge exchange emission. By incorporating a charge exchange model into our spectral analysis, we observe an improvement in the fits of two weak features at 2.41 and 2.63 keV. These features, with a combined significance of 99.6%, are consistent with transitions from highly ionized silicon ions in high Rydberg states, which are unique indicators of charge exchange. Our analysis constrains the charge exchange flux to no more than 4% of the total source flux within the 1.7-3.0 keV band, and places an upper limit on the charge exchange interaction velocity at 450 km s$^{-1}$. This result supports ongoing shock-cloud interactions within N 132D and highlights the unique capabilities of XRISM to probe the complex physical processes at play.

Abstract Copyright: © The Author(s) 2025. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Astronomical Society of Japan.

Journal keyword(s): atomic processes - supernovae: individual (N 132D) - ISM: supernova remnants - Magellanic Clouds

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