MHD simulations of inward shocks in Cassiopeia A
RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS(2020)
摘要
Cassiopeia A, the brightest radio supernova remnant (SNR) in the sky, has several unique characteristics in comparison to its peers. Besides its radio brightness and prominent soft-concave radio spectrum, its gamma-ray spectrum appears to have a low-energy cutoff near 2 GeV, and it is the only SNR with prominent hard X-ray emission. While the unusual radio properties may be attributed to strong emission from reverse shocks, the hard X-ray emission has been associated with high-speed inward shocks induced by high density gases. Then, the low-energy gamma-ray spectral cutoff could be attributed to slow penetration of lower energy particles accelerated near the inward shocks into high-density emission zone. In this paper, we carry out magneto-hydrodynamic (MHD) simulations of shocks in Cassiopeia A and demonstrate that its inward shock structure can indeed be reproduced via shock interactions with clumps of gases with a density of similar to 20 cm(-3).
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acceleration of particles,supernovae,individual (Cassiopeia A),ISM,supernova remnants,X-rays,ISM
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