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Radio-continuum study of MCSNR J0536-7038 (DEM L249)

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena 2015-06-18 v1 Astrophysics of Galaxies

Abstract

We present a detailed radio-continuum study on Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) observations of Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) supernova remnant (SNR), MCSNR J0536-7038. This Type Ia SNR follows a horseshoe morphology, with a size 32 pc ×\times 32 pc (1-pc uncertainty in each direction). It exhibits a radio spectrum α=0.52±0.07\alpha=-0.52\pm0.07 between λ=73\lambda = 73 and 6 cm. We report detections of regions showing moderately high fractional polarisation at 6 cm, with a peak value of 71±\pm25% and a mean fractional polarisation of 35±\pm8%. We also estimate an average rotation measure across the remnant of -237 rad m2^{-2}. The intrinsic magnetic field appears to be uniformly distributed, extending in the direction of the two brightened limbs of the remnant.

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@article{arxiv.1401.8025,
  title  = {Radio-continuum study of MCSNR J0536-7038 (DEM L249)},
  author = {L. M. Bozzetto and M. D. Filipovic},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1401.8025},
  year   = {2015}
}

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Accepted for publication in Astrophysics and Space Science