An XMM-Newton X-ray View of Supernova Remnant W49B: Revisiting its Recombining Plasmas and Progenitor Type

Abstract

We present a comprehensive X-ray spectroscopy and imaging study of supernova remnant W49B using archival XMM-Newton observations. The overionization state of the shocked ejecta in W49B is clearly indicated by the radiative recombination continua of Si XIV, S XV, and Fe XXV, combined with the Ly$\alpha$ lines of Ca and Fe. The line flux images of W49B indicate high emission measures of the central bar-like region for almost all the emission lines, while the equivalent width maps reveal a stratified structure for the metal abundance distributions. The global spectrum of W49B is well reproduced by a model containing one collisional ionization equilibrium (CIE) plasma component and two recombining plasma (RP) components. The CIE plasma represents the shocked interstellar medium, which dominates the X-ray emitting volume in W49B with a mass $\sim 450M_{\odot }$. The two RP components with a total mass $\sim 4.6M_{\odot }$ are both dominated by the ejecta material, but characterized by different electron temperatures ($\sim 1.60$ keV and $\sim 0.64$ keV). The recombination ages of the RP components are estimated as $\sim 6000$ yr and $\sim 3400$ yr, respectively. We then reveal the possibility of a thermal conduction origin for the high-temperature RP in W49B by calculating the conduction timescale. The metal abundance ratios of the ejecta in W49B are roughly consistent with a core-collapse explosion model with a $\lesssim 15M_{\odot }$ progenitor, except for a rather high Mn/Fe. A Type Ia origin can explain the Mn abundance, while it predicts much higher ejecta masses than observed values for all the metal species considered in our analysis.

arXiv comment29 pages, 9 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ

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