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Recently, COMPTEL has detected $\gamma$-rays of 1157 keV from $^{44}$Ti inthe direction of the SNR RX J0852$-$4622 (Iyudin et al. 1998). Since $^{44}$Tiis a product of explosive nucleosynthesis and its half lifetime $\tau\sb{1/2}$is about 60 yrs, RX J0852$-$4622 must be a young supernova remnant andradiation is dominated by the ejecta rather than by interstellar matter. Wehave detected an X-ray emission line at $4.1\pm 0.2$ keV which is thought tocome from highly ionized Ca. The emission line is so far only seen in thenorth-west shell region of RX J0852$-$4622. The X-ray spectrum can be wellfitted with that of thin hot plasma of cosmic abundances except that of Ca,which is overabundant by a factor of $8 \pm 5$. Assuming that most of Ca is$^{44}$Ca, which originates from $^{44}$Ti by radioactive decay, we estimate atotal Ca mass of about $1.1\times 10^{-3}M_\odot$. Combining the amount of$^{44}$Ca and the observed flux of the $^{44}$Ti $\gamma$-ray line, the age ofRX J0852$-$4622 is around 1000 yrs.Comment: 14 pages, 5figures, accepted for publication of PAS

Overabundance of Calcium in the Young SNR RX J0852–4622: Evidence of Over-Production of44Ti

Overabundance of Calcium in the Young SNR RX J0852–4622: Evidence of Over-Production of⁴⁴Ti