期刊
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
卷 817, 期 1, 页码 -出版社
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.3847/0004-637X/817/1/36
关键词
ISM: individual objects (Kepler SN 1604, G4.5+6.8); ISM: supernova remnants
资金
- NASA [HST-GO-12885]
We report on the proper motions of Balmer-dominated filaments in Kepler's supernova remnant using high resolution images obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope at two epochs separated by about 10 years. We use the improved proper motion measurements and revised values of shock velocities to derive a distance to Kepler of 5.1(-70)(+0.8)kpc. The main shock around the northern rim of the remnant has a typical speed of 1690 km s(-1) and is encountering material with densities of about 8 cm(-3). We find evidence for the variation of shock properties over small spatial scales, including differences in the driving pressures as the shock wraps around a curved cloud surface. We find that the Balmer filaments ahead of the ejecta knot on the northwest boundary of the remnant are becoming fainter and more diffuse. We also find that the Balmer filaments associated with circumstellar material in the interior regions of the remnant are due to shocks with significantly lower velocities and that the brightness variations among these filaments trace the density distribution of the material, which may have a disk-like geometry.
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