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Exploring the Small Scale Structure of N103B

K. T. Lewis, D. N. Burrows, J. A. Nousek, G. P. Garmire, P. Slane, J. P. Hughes

astro-pharXiv:astro-ph/0102124

Abstract

We present the preliminary results of a 40.8 ks Chandra ACIS observation of the young supernova remnant (SNR) N103B located in the Large Magellanic Cloud. The image reveals structure at the sub-arcsecond level, including several bright knots and filamentary structures. The remnant has the characteristic spectrum of a Type Ia SNR, containing strong lines of Fe, He-and H-like Si and S, Ar, and Ca. Narrow band images reveal non-uniformities in the remnant.

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