Giant H II regions in M101. I. X-ray analysis of hot gas

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We performed a Chandra X-ray study of three giant H II regions (GHRs), NGC5461, NGC5462, and NGC5471, in the spiral galaxy M101. The X-ray spectra of the three GHRs all contain a prominent thermal component with a temperature of ∼ 0.2 keV. In NGC5461, the spatial distribution of the soft (<1.5 keV) X-ray emission is generally in agreement with the extent of H1105, the most luminous H II region therein, but extends beyond its southern boundary, which could be attributed to outflows from the star cloud between H1105 and H1098. In NGC5462, the X-ray emission is displaced from the H II regions and a ridge of blue stars; the Hα filaments extending from the ridge of star cloud to the diffuse X-rays suggest that hot gas outflows have occurred. The X-rays from NGC5471 are concentrated at the B-knot, a "hypernova remnant" candidate. Assuming a Sedov-Taylor evolution, the derived explosion energy, on the order of 1052 erg, is consistent with a hypernova origin. In addition, a bright source in the field of NGC5462 has been identified as a background active galactic nucleus, instead of a black hole X-ray binary in M101. © 2012. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.

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Sun, W., Chen, Y., Feng, L., Chu, Y. H., Rosie Chen, C. H., Daniel Wang, Q., & Li, J. T. (2012). Giant H II regions in M101. I. X-ray analysis of hot gas. Astrophysical Journal, 760(1). https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/760/1/61

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