RT Journal Article
T1 Prospects for Cherenkov Telescope Array observations of the young supernova remnant RX J1713.7-3946
A1 Arqueros Martínez, Fernando
A1 Barrio Uña, Juan Abel
A1 Contreras González, José Luis
A1 Franco Peláez, Francisco Javier
A1 López Moya, Marcos
A1 Mirabal Barrios, Néstor
A1 Nievas Rosillo, Mireia
A1 Rosado Vélez, Jaime
A1 Tejedor Álvarez, Luis Ángel
AB We perform simulations for future Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) observations of RX J1713.7−3946, a young supernova remnant (SNR) and one of the brightest sources ever discovered in very high energy (VHE) gamma rays. Special attention is paid to exploring possible spatial (anti)correlations of gamma rays with emission at other wavelengths, in particular X-rays and CO/H I emission. We present a series of simulated images of RX J1713.7−3946 for CTA based on a set of observationally motivated models for the gamma-ray emission. In these models, VHE gamma rays produced by high-energy electrons are assumed to trace the nonthermal X-ray emission observed by XMM-Newton, whereas those originating from relativistic protons delineate the local gas distributions. The local atomic and molecular gas distributions are deduced by the NANTEN team from CO and H I observations. Our primary goal is to show how one can distinguish the emission mechanism(s) of the gamma rays (i.e., hadronic versus leptonic, or a mixture of the two) through information provided by their spatial distribution, spectra, and time variation. This work is the first attempt to quantitatively evaluate the capabilities of CTA to achieve various proposed scientific goals by observing this important cosmic particle accelerator.
PB American Astronomical Society
SN 0004-637X
YR 2017
FD 2017-05-10
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/18056
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/18056
LA eng
NO © 2017 The American Astronomical Society. Artículo firmado por 381 autores. We gratefully acknowledge financial support from the following agencies and organizations: Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Productiva (MinCyT), Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica (CNEA), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Argentina; State Committee of Science of Armenia, Armenia; Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq), Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ), Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP), Brasil; Croatian Science Foundation, Croatia; Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, MEYS LE13012, LG14019, 7AMB14AR005, and the Czech Science Foundation grant 14-17501S, Czech Republic; Ministry of Higher Education and Research, CNRS-INSU and CNRS-IN2P3, CEA-Irfu, ANR, Regional Council Ile de France, Labex ENIGMASS, OSUG2020 and OCEVU, France; Max Planck Society, BMBF, DESY, Helmholtz Association, Germany; Department of Atomic Energy, Department of Science and Technology, India; Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), MIUR, Italy; ICRR, University of Tokyo, JSPS, Japan; Netherlands Research School for Astronomy (NOVA), Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO), Netherlands; The Bergen Research Foundation, Norway; Ministry of Science and Higher Education, the National Centre for Research and Development and the National Science Centre, Poland; Slovenian Research Agency, Slovenia; MINECO support through the National R + D + I, Subprograma Severo Ochoa, CDTI funding plans and the CPAN and MultiDark Consolider-Ingenio 2010 program, Spain; Swedish Research Council, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Sweden; Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), Ernest Boninchi Foundation, Switzerland; Durham University, Leverhulme Trust, Liverpool University, University of Leicester, University of Oxford, Royal Society, Science and Technologies Facilities Council, UK; U.S. National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Energy, Argonne National Laboratory, Barnard College, University of California, University of Chicago, Columbia University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Institute for Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics (INPAC-MRPI program), Iowa State University, Washington University McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, USA. The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement no. 262053. We thank S. Katsuda for providing the original XMMNewton image.
NO Unión Europea. FP7
NO Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO)
NO Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Argentina
NO Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Productiva (MinCyT), Argentina
NO Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica (CNEA), Argentina
NO Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq), Brasil
NO Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ), Brasil
NO Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP), Brasil
NO Croatian Science Foundation, Croatia
NO Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, MEYS, Czech Republic
NO Czech Science Foundation, Czech Republic
NO Ministry of Higher Education and Research, Czech Republic
NO Regional Council Ile de France, France
NO Max Planck Society, Germany
NO BMBF, Germany
NO DESY, Germany
NO Helmholtz Association, Germany
NO Department of Atomic Energy, India
NO Department of Science and Technology, India
NO Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Italy
NO Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Italy
NO MIUR, Italy
NO ICRR, Japan
NO University of Tokyo
NO JSPS, Japan
NO Netherlands Research School for Astronomy (NOVA)
NO Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO)
NO The Bergen Research Foundation, Norway
NO Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Poland
NO the National Centre for Research and Development, Poland
NO the National Science Centre, Poland
NO Slovenian Research Agency, Slovenia
NO Subprograma Severo Ochoa, Spain
NO CDTI, Spain
NO CPAN, Spain
NO MultiDark Consolider-Ingenio 2010 program, Spain
NO Swedish Research Council
NO Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Sweden
NO Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
NO Ernest Boninchi Foundation, Switzerland
NO Durham University, UK
NO Leverhulme Trust, UK
NO Liverpool University, UK
NO University of Leicester, UK
NO University of Oxford, UK
NO Royal Society, Science and Technologies Facilities Council, UK
NO U.S. National Science Foundation, USA
NO U.S. Department of Energy, USA
NO Argonne National Laboratory, USA
NO Barnard College, USA
NO University of California, USA
NO University of Chicago, USA
NO Columbia University, USA
NO Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
NO Institute for Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics (INPAC-MRPI program), USA
NO Iowa State University, USA
NO Washington University McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, USA
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