Multi-wavelength study of shock-cloud interactions in the Vela SNR

This proposal is part of a multiwavelength survey of the Vela SNR which intendsto test the different models of shockcloud interaction in the SNRs. We proposeto observe a bright region in the northern rim of the Vela shell, alreadyincluded in a recently approved ESO proposal. The selected region presents allthe characteristic features of the shockcloud interaction and the study of itsXray emission, together with the analysis of available EPIC observations of twoadjacent regions, will allow us to obtain a complete high spatial resolutionscenario of the shocked plasma in this part of the Vela SNR. The Xray data willbe compared also with photometric and spectroscopic optical data of the sameregion to obtain important constraints for the physics of the shocked plasma. truncated!, Please see actual data for full text [truncated!, Please see actual data for full text]