SN1006 and the Physics of Shocks

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Sep 1999

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1999cxo..prop...77l&link_type=abstract

Chandra Proposal ID #01500505

Physics

Chandra Proposal Id #01500505

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Recent X- and gamma-ray observations show that X-rays from the bright NE and SW limbs of SN1006 are due mainly to synchrotron radiation from electrons accelerated at the shock. This explains a very mysterious SNR, and provides the best evidence of cosmic ray acceleration in SN shocks. Meanwhile, X-rays from the NW limb of SN1006 appear dominated by thermal emission from an ionizing plasma. We propose deep ACIS-I observations of the NE and the NW limbs of SN1006 to better determine the shock conditions in SN1006 and to constrain the fundamental physics of shocks. SN1006 is unique in that the physics of shocks producing non-thermal (in the NE) and thermal (in the NW) X-rays can be tested in one object; furthermore, the spatial scales are well-matched to the angular resolution of AXAF.

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