(A) Read the following sections from the article X-Ray Studies of Supernovae and Supernova Remnants (see Readings link). Come prepared to answer questions based on the reading. Sec 17.1.1, Sec 17.2.4.1, Sec 17.2.4.2, (B) Radiation from SNR at X-ray wavelengths includes both thermal bremsstrahlung and line emission. The continuum at X-ray wavelengths is thermal bremsstrahlung. Find answers to the following : (a) What is the difference between thermal and non-thermal bremsstrahlung radiation? (b) What properties of the gas does the specific intensity (I_nu) of thermal bremmstrahlung radiation depend on? (c) What is the formalism for specific intensity of thermal bremmstrahlung? (d) How would plots of log (specific intensity) vs. log (nu) look for two different temperature T_1 and T_2, where T_1 > T_2?
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