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SN 1006周围的气体密度

The gas density around SN 1006

F. Acero, J. Ballet, A. Decourchelle

摘要:

超新星遗迹演化的环境介质的密度是其流体动力学演化、粒子加速机制和TeV能量发射的相关参数。使用XMM-牛顿X射线观测,我们提出了一个研究的历史超新星遗迹SN 1006的周围介质密度。我们模拟了冲击后的热辐射,以约束周围的介质密度。我们的研究主要集中在西北和东南边缘的残余,其中热辐射占主导地位。我们使用了一个平面平行冲击等离子体模型加上另一个组成部分的喷出物,在我们的研究区域是不可忽略的。同步加速器组件的重要性也进行了研究。为了改进统计,我们结合了几个观测的残数。在东南边缘发现的密度很低,大约为0.05 cm-3,似乎代表了其余的遗迹。然而,在西北边缘(靠近明亮的光学细丝),密度明显更高(约0.15-0.25 cm-3)。这证实了SN 1006在稀薄的环境介质中演化的图像,除了西北部,那里的残骸最近遇到了一个更密集的区域。如此低的密度与HESS伽马射线天文台没有探测到残骸是一致的。东南部较低的密度意味着4900 km/s的较高的冲击速度,高于西北部测量的2890 km/s。这种对速度的新估计可以将加速粒子的最大能量提高到大约1 PeV的能量。

英文摘要:

The density of the ambient medium where the supernova remnant evolves is a relevant parameter for its hydrodynamical evolution, for the mechanism of particle acceleration, and for the emission at TeV energies. Using XMM-Newton X-ray observations, we present a study of the ambient medium density of the historical supernova remnant SN 1006. We modelled the post-shock thermal emission to constrain the ambient medium density. Our study is focused on the North-West and the South-East rims of the remnant, where the thermal emission dominates. We used a plane-parallel shock plasma model plus another component for the ejecta that are not negligible in the regions of our study. The importance of the synchrotron component is also studied. In order to improve statistics, we combined several observations of the remnant. The density found in the South-East rim is low, roughly 0.05 cm-3, and seems to be representative of the rest of the remnant. However, in the North-West rim (close to the bright optical filament), the density is significantly higher (about 0.15-0.25 cm-3). This confirms a picture of SN 1006 evolving in a tenuous ambient medium, except in the North-West where the remnant has recently encountered a denser region. A density this low is compatible with the non-detection of the remnant by the HESS gamma-ray observatory. The lower density in the South-East implies a higher shock speed of 4900 km/s, higher than that of 2890 km/s measured in the North-West. This new estimate of the velocity could increase the maximum energy that accelerated particles can reach to energies of about 1 PeV.

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