Primary particle acceleration above 100 TeV in the shell-type supernova remnant RX J1713.7-3946 with deep HESS observations

2006/11/27 by The HESS Collaboration, F. Aharonian, A. G. Akhperjanian +97 · 6 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Acceleration #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae #Particle acceleration #Physics #Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology #Shell (structure) #Supernova #Supernova remnant #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20066381

published as Astron.Astrophys.464:235-243,2007 · 10 pages, 4 figures, accepted for publication in A&A

arxiv created 2006/11/27 · openalex publication_date 2006/11/27 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Aims.We present deep HESS observations of the supernova remnant (SNR) RX J1713.7-3946. Combining data of three years – from 2003 to 2005 – we obtain significantly increased statistics and energy coverage as compared to earlier 2003 and 2004 results.

Citations

• Spectral properties of nonthermal X-ray emission from the shell-type SNR RX J1713.7–3946 as revealed by XMM-Newton
• A detailed spectral and morphological study of the gamma-ray supernova remnant RX J1713.7–3946 with HESS
• Can diffusive shock acceleration in supernova remnants account for high-energy galactic cosmic rays?

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