Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2001-08-17
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
29 pages + 8 figures, accepted for publication by ApJ
Scientific paper
10.1086/323953
We consider in more detail a model previously proposed for the hard X-ray (>10 keV) emission observed from the supernova remnant Cas A, whereby electrons are accelerated by lower-hybrid waves and radiate bremsstrahlung. We consider both cold and thermal plasma limits of the modified two-stream instability that generates the lower-hybrid waves, and by studying time dependent ionization balance for various components of the Cas A ejecta and shocked circumstellar medium, find locations within the shell where one or other of the instabilities may occur. Either instability can be effective, with the cold plasma instability imposing fewer constraints on the shocked reflected ion population responsible for exciting the waves. The instability must be located in the ejecta shocked at the earliest times and therefore closest to the contact discontinuity where magnetic fields are expected to be the strongest. The energy deposited in this ejecta by collisions between accelerated and ambient electrons is broadly consistent with that required to reheat this ejecta to observed temperatures.
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