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超新星遗迹中X射线热点耀斑及其对Cosmic Ray加速和磁场放大的影响

X-ray Hotspot Flares and Implications for Cosmic Ray Acceleration and Magnetic Field amplification in Supernova Remnants

Yousaf Butt, Troy Porter, Boaz Katz, Eli Waxman

摘要:

五十多年来,人们一直认为宇宙射线(CR)核在强大的超新星爆炸产生的快速膨胀的冲击波中被加速到高能量。然而,这一猜想的观测证据仍然缺乏。最近,内山和合作者报告说,在一个这样的超新星遗迹中探测到了小规模的X射线耀斑,被称为“RX J1713-3946”(又名“X射线”)。G347.3-0.5),它也发射非常高能的,TeV(10^12 eV)范围的伽马射线。他们认为,这些X射线“热点”的可变性意味着遗迹中的磁场比通常假设的大100倍;他们说,这意味着探测到的TeV范围的光子是在高能核相互作用中产生的,这为年轻超新星遗迹中质子和原子核加速到1 PeV(10^15 eV)或更高的能量提供了强有力的论据。“我们在这里指出,关于这个物体的现有多波长数据肯定不支持这样的结论。虽然有趣,小规模的X射线耀斑并不是长期追求的“吸烟枪”的核子CR加速在SNR。

英文摘要:

For more than fifty years, it has been believed that cosmic ray (CR) nuclei are accelerated to high energies in the rapidly expanding shockwaves created by powerful supernova explosions. Yet observational proof of this conjecture is still lacking. Recently, Uchiyama and collaborators reported the detection of small-scale X-ray flares in one such supernova remnant, dubbed 'RX J1713-3946' (a.k.a. G347.3-0.5), which also emits very energetic, TeV (10^12 eV) range, gamma-rays. They contend that the variability of these X-ray 'hotspots' implies that the magnetic field in the remnant is about a hundred times larger than normally assumed; and this, they say, means that the detected TeV range photons were produced in energetic nuclear interactions, providing 'a strong argument for acceleration of protons and nuclei to energies of 1 PeV (10^15 eV) and beyond in young supernova remnants.' We point out here that the existing multiwavelength data on this object certainly do not support such conclusions. Though intriguing, the small-scale X-ray flares are not the long sought-after 'smoking gun' of nucleonic CR acceleration in SNRs.

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