The X-ray Properties of Five Galactic Supernova Remnants Detected by the Spitzer GLIMPSE Survey

Abstract

(Abbreviated) We present a study of the X-ray properties of five Galactic supernova remnants (SNRs) -- Kes 17 (G304.6$+$0.1), G311.5$-$0.3, G346.6$-$0.2, CTB 37A (G348.5$+$0.1) and G348.5$-$0.0 -- that were detected in the infrared by Reach et al. (2006) in an analysis of data from the Galactic Legacy Infrared Mid-Plane Survey Extraordinaire (GLIMPSE) that was conducted by the Spitzer Space Telescope. We present and analyze archival ASCA observations of Kes 17, G311.5$-$0.3 and G346.6$-$0.2, archival XMM-Newton observations of Kes 17, CTB 37A and G348.5$-$0.0 and an archival Chandra observation of CTB 37A. All of the SNRs are clearly detected in the X-ray possibly except for G348.5$-$0.0. Our study reveals that the four detected SNRs all feature center-filled X-ray morphologies and that the observed emission from these sources is thermal in all cases. We argue that these SNRs should be classified as mixed-morphology SNRs (MM SNRs): our study strengthens the correlation between MM SNRs and SNRs interacting with molecular clouds and suggests that the origin of mixed-morphology SNRs may be due to the interactions between these SNRs and adjacent clouds. Our ASCA analysis of G311.5$-$0.3 reveals for the first time X-ray emission from this SNR: the X-ray emission is center-filled within the radio and infrared shells and thermal in nature ($kT$ $\sim$ 0.98 keV), thus motivating its classification as an MM SNR. We find considerable spectral variations in the properties associated with the plasmas of the other X-ray-detected SNRs, such as a possible overabundance of magnesium in the plasma of Kes 17. Finally, we also estimate such properties as electron density $n$${}_e$, radiative age $t$${}_{rad}$ and swept-up mass $M$${}_X$ for each of the four X-ray-detected SNRs.

78 pages, 26 figures, Astronomical Journal, in press

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