PI: Andreas Zezas, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, email@example.com
Address: High Energy Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
CoI: Ioanna Leonidaki, IAASARS, National Observatory of Athens
CoI: Panos Boumis, IAASARS, National Observatory of Athens
CoI: Vallia Antoniou, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Title: Investigation of Supernova Remnants in nearby galaxies
Abstract: We propose to obtain optical spectra of photometrically selected SNRs in 6 nearby galaxies (NGC 2403, NGC 3077, NGC 4214, NGC 4395, NGC 4449 and NGC 5204) based on narrow-line imaging. These observations are in the context of an on-going project to study the SNR populations detected in multi-wavelength observations of nearby galaxies. They will provide a 1 order-of-magnitude improvement in sensitivity over similar previous surveys and therefore a more complete and representative picture of the SNR populations in different galactic environments. They will supplement existing deep Chandra observations by confirming the X- ray classification of the identified sample of thermal X-ray SNRs and will allow us to link their X-ray properties (temperature, luminosity) to their optical properties (H(alpha) luminosity, density) and local environment.
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