Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2003-10-30
Astron.Astrophys. 412 (2003) L11-L14
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
4 pages, 2 figures, accepted for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics Letters
Scientific paper
10.1051/0004-6361:20031667
It is shown that the nonlinear kinetic model of cosmic ray (CR) acceleration in supernova remnants (SNRs) fits the shell-type nonthermal X-ray morphology, obtained in Chandra observations, in a satisfactory way. The set of empirical parameters is the same which reproduces the dynamical properties of the SNR and the spectral characteristics of the emission produced by CRs. The extremely small spatial scales of the observed X-ray distribution are due to the large effective magnetic field $B_{\mathrm d}\sim 100$ $\mu$G in the interior, which is also required to give a good fit for the spatially integrated radio and X-ray synchrotron spectra. The only reasonably thinkable condition for the production of such a large effective field strength is an efficiently accelerated nuclear CR component. Therefore the Chandra data confirm the inference that SN 1006 indeed accelerates nuclear CRs with the high efficiency required for SNRs to be considered as the main Galactic CR sources.
Berezhko Evgeny G.
Ksenofontov Leonid T.
Voelk Heinrich J.
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