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Evidence for Recombining Plasma in the Supernova Remnant G346.6-0.2

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arxiv 1208.5560 v1 pith:PAKCEGME submitted 2012-08-28 astro-ph.HE

Evidence for Recombining Plasma in the Supernova Remnant G346.6-0.2

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We present the Suzaku results of the supernova remnant (SNR) G346.6-0.2. The X-ray emission has a center-filled morphology with the size of 6' x 8' within the radio shell. Neither an ionization equilibrium nor non-equilibrium (ionizing) plasma can reproduce the spectra remaining shoulder-like residuals in the 2-4 keV band. These structures are possibly due to recombination of free electrons to the K-shell of He-like Si and S. The X-ray spectra are well fitted with a plasma model in a recombination dominant phase. We propose that the plasma was in nearly full ionized state at high temperature of 5 keV, then the plasma changed to a recombining phase due to selective cooling of electrons to lower temperature of 0.3 keV. G346.6-0.2 would be in an epoch of the recombining phase.

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