Constraints on cosmic-ray efficiency in the supernova remnant RCW 86 using multi-wavelength observations

2012/07/26 by M. Lemoine-Goumard, M. Renaud, J. Vink +4 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Acceleration #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #Emission spectrum #Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae #Near-Earth supernova #Neutrino Physics Research #Particle acceleration #Supernova #Supernova remnant #astro-ph.HE

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201219896

Accepted for publication in A&A; 10 pages and 4 figures

arxiv created 2012/07/26 · openalex publication_date 2012/07/26 · arxiv updated 2015/06/05 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Context. Several young supernova remnants (SNRs) have recently been detected in the high-energy (HE; 0.1 < E < 100 GeV) and very-high-energy (VHE; E > 100 GeV) gamma-ray domains. As exemplified by RX J1713.7−3946, the nature of this emission has been hotly debated, and direct evidence for the efficient acceleration of cosmic-ray protons at the SNR shocks still remains elusive.

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• The structure of TeV-bright shell-type supernova remnants

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