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ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Volume 597, Issue 1, Pages 362-373Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1086/378269
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ISM : abundances; ISM : individual (Cassiopeia A); nuclear reactions, nucleosynthesis, abundances; supernova remnants; supernovae : general
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We investigate the properties of Fe-rich knots on the east limb of the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant using observations with Chandra/ACIS and analysis methods developed in a companion paper. We use the fitted ionization age and electron temperature of the knots to constrain the ejecta density profile and the Lagrangian mass coordinates of the knots. Fe-rich knots that also have strong emission from Si, S, Ar, and Ca are clustered around mass coordinates q similar or equal to 0.35-0.4 in the shocked ejecta; for ejecta mass 2 M., this places the knots 0.7-0.8 M. out from the center (or 2-2.1 M., allowing for a 1.3 M. compact object). We also find an Fe clump that is evidently devoid of line emission from lower mass elements, as would be expected if it were the product of alpha-rich freezeout; the mass coordinate of this clump is similar to those of the other Fe knots.
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