1. CURRENT WORK
Reading ‘Radiative Processes in Supernova Remnants’ by S. Reynolds (a chapter in an upcoming handbook on supernova remnants) and ‘X-Ray Studies of Supernova Remnants’ by J. Vink (Astron Astrophys Rev, 2012)
Exploring Chandra observations of the brightest supernova remnant N132D in the Large Magellanic Cloud.
Using CXC tools – CIAO, CALDB, HEASOFT and
ds9 to create reprocessed and recalibrated
images of three-double observations taken of
this remnant in the keV band.
Major obvs: The remnant is seen to expand
into a cavity created by the winds of its
progenitor. Soft band emission is seen to
dominate the hard band emission. CIE* does not
exist in the remnant at present time.
Learning to develop exposure corrected image
using CIAO and CALDB for emission in different
bands.
Learning to define regions in sky coordinates in
ds9 which can be used by ciao to extract a spectrum.
Learning about image pileup and filtering of IR dust sp.
* - Collisional Ionization Equilibirum
Image Courtesy: Dr. P. Plucinsky (SAO)

2. There is a potential to study more such targets!
Following are some of the areas I am trying to get to understand better:
Pixel Size Determination; Pileup Removal
How do we decide on the pixel dimensions? How does it affect our analysis?
HEASOFT
Using HEASOFT to reprocess the OBS_IDs of N132D.
3. Cavity Structure
Is the cavity symmetric in nature? Is it always closed? What kind of magnetic fields does one expect inside them and how do they depend on temperature?
4. Fe-K Emission Characterization
Temperature estimation based on line ratios and emission line spectra of Fe-K. Can we quantify the difference accurately?
There is a potential to study more such targets!