New Candidates for Supernova Remnants in the Large Magellanic Cloud

We propose observations of five new candidates for Xray supernova remnants(SNRs) in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), which were detected in ROSAT dataand classified as SNR candidates based on their Xray, radio, and opticalproperties. Five sources have already been observed (AO9 and AO12, Prop. IDs65188 and 72044; AO11, VLPLMC survey) and confirm the reliability of ourcandidate selection. The high sensitivity of XMMNewton will allow us to detectSNRs that are Xray faint due to their age or ambient medium, and complete thesample of known SNRs to lower fluxes. We will thus be able to performstatistical studies by, e.g., constructing a more complete Xray luminosityfunction of SNRs in the LMC and will obtain information about typical abundances, densities, and initial supernova energies. truncated!, Please see actual data for full text [truncated!, Please see actual data for full text]