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Superbubble Metallicities and X-ray Luminosities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2017

Sergiy Silich  and
Sally Oey
Sergiy Silich
Affiliation:
Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica Optica y Electrónica, AP 51 y 216, 72000 Puebla, México
Sally Oey
Affiliation:
Lowell Observatory, 1400 West Mars Hill Rd., Flagstaff, AZ 86001, USA

Abstract

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We show that X-ray emission and dynamical properties of superbubbles around OB associations are affected by metal ejection from the enclosed Type II supernovae (SNe). The SN and massive star yields may significantly change the superbubble interior metallicity and enhance its X-ray luminosity.

Type
Part 3. Super Star Clusters and Associations
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 207: Extragalactic Star Clusters , 2002 , pp. 459 - 460
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2002 

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