Prospects for Cherenkov telescope array observations of the young supernova Remnant RX J1713.7-3946

0485002 - FZÚ 2018 RIV US eng J - Článek v odborném periodiku
Acero, F. - Aloisio, R. - Amans, J. - Blažek, Jiří - Chudoba, Jiří - Ebr, Jan - Janeček, Petr - Mandát, Dušan - Palatka, Miroslav - Prouza, Michael - Schovánek, Petr - Trávníček, Petr - Vraštil, Michal … celkem 382 autorů
Prospects for Cherenkov telescope array observations of the young supernova Remnant RX J1713.7-3946.
Astrophysical Journal. Roč. 840, č. 2 (2017), s. 1-14, č. článku 74. ISSN 0004-637X. E-ISSN 1538-4357
Grant CEP: GA MŠMT(CZ) 7AMB14AR005; GA MŠMT LE13012; GA ČR(CZ) GA14-17501S; GA MŠMT LG14019
Institucionální podpora: RVO:68378271
Klíčová slova: cosmic rays * gamma rays: ISM * ISM: individual objects (RX J1713.7-3946, G347.3-0.5)
Obor OECD: Particles and field physics
Impakt faktor: 5.551, rok: 2017

We perform simulations for future Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) observations of RX J1713.7-3946, a young supernova remnant (SNR) and one of the brightest sources ever discovered in very high energy (VHE) gamma rays. Special attention is paid to exploring possible spatial (anti) correlations of gamma rays with emission at other wavelengths, in particular X-rays and CO/H I emission. We present a series of simulated images of RX J1713.7-3946 for CTA based on a set of observationally motivated models for the gamma-ray emission. In these models, VHE gamma rays produced by high-energy electrons are assumed to trace the nonthermal X-ray emission observed by XMM-Newton, whereas those originating from relativistic protons delineate the local gas distributions. The local atomic and molecular gas distributions are deduced by the NANTEN team from CO and H I observations.

Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0280132