Derivation of the Electron Distribution in SNR RX J1713.7-3946 via a Spectral Inversion Method

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2011-10-13

arxiv.org/abs/1110.2857v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena

12 pages including 2 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ Letters

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We show that the radio, X-ray and gamma-ray spectrum of the supernova remnant RX J1713.7-3946 can be accounted for with the simplest emission model, where all of these emissions are attributed to a population of relativistic electrons interacting with the cosmic microwave background radiation, IR interstellar photons, and a background magnetic field. With a spectral inversion method (Johns & Lin 1992), the parent electron distribution and its uncertainties are derived from the observed photon spectrum. These results are independent on the model of particle acceleration and strongly support the leptonic scenario for the TeV emission.

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