New ASKAP radio supernova remnants and candidates in the Large Magellanic Cloud

Luke M. Bozzetto, Miroslav D. Filipović*, H. Sano, R. Z. E. Alsaberi, L. A. Barnes, I. S. Bojičić, R. Brose, L. Chomiuk, E. J. Crawford, S. Dai, M. Ghavam, F. Haberl, T. Hill, A. M. Hopkins, A. Ingallinera, T. Jarrett, P. J. Kavanagh, B. S. Koribalski, R. Kothes, D. LeahyE. Lenc, I. Leonidaki, P. Maggi, C. Maitra, C. Matthew, J. L. Payne, C. M. Pennock, S. Points, W. Reid, S. Riggi, G. Rowell, M. Sasaki, S. Safi-Harb, J. Th van Loon, N. F. H. Tothill, D. Urošević, F. Zangrandi

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Abstract

We present a new Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) sample of 14 radio supernova remnants (SNR) candidates in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). This new sample is a significant increase to the known number of older, larger, and low surface brightness LMC SNRs. We employ a multifrequency search for each object and found possible traces of optical and occasionally X-ray emission in several of these 14 SNR candidates. One of these 14 SNR candidates (MCSNR J0522 - 6543) has multifrequency properties that strongly indicate a bona fide SNR. We also investigate a sample of 20 previously suggested LMC SNR candidates and confirm the SNR nature of MCSNR J0506 - 6815. We detect lower surface brightness SNR candidates which were likely formed by a combination of shock waves and strong stellar winds from massive progenitors (and possibly surrounding OB stars). Some of our new SNR candidates are also found in lower density environments in which SNe type Ia explode inside a previously excavated interstellar medium.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2574-2598
Number of pages25
JournalMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Volume518
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2023

Bibliographical note

This article has been accepted for publication in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 518(2), 2574-2598. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac2922 ©: 2022 The Author(s). Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.

Keywords

  • ISM: supernova remnants
  • Magellanic Clouds

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