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Inverse Compton Emission from Galactic Supernova Remnants: Effect of the Interstellar Radiation Field

Troy A. Porter
(
- UC, Santa Cruz
)
,
Igor V. Moskalenko
(
- Stanford U., HEPL and
- KIPAC, Menlo Park
)
,
Andrew W. Strong
(
- Garching, Max Planck Inst., MPE
)

Jul, 2006

4 pages

Published in:

Astrophys.J.Lett. 648 (2006) L29-L32

e-Print:

astro-ph/0607344 [astro-ph]

DOI:

10.1086/507770

Report number:

SLAC-PUB-11970

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Abstract: (arXiv)

The evidence for particle acceleration in supernova shells comes from electrons whose synchrotron emission is observed in radio and X-rays. Recent observations by the HESS instrument reveal that supernova remnants also emit TeV gamma-rays: long awaited experimental evidence that supernova remnants can accelerate cosmic rays up to the ``knee'' energies. Still, uncertainty exists whether these gamma-rays are produced by electrons via inverse Compton scattering or by protons via neutral pion decay. The multi-wavelength spectra of supernova remnants can be fitted with both mechanisms, although a preference is often given to neutral pion decay due to the spectral shape at very high energies. A recent study of the interstellar radiation field indicates that its energy density, especially in the inner Galaxy, is higher than previously thought. In this paper we evaluate the effect of the interstellar radiation field on the inverse Compton emission of electrons accelerated in a supernova remnant located at different distances from the Galactic Centre. We show that contribution of optical and infra-red photons to the inverse Compton emission may exceed the contribution of cosmic microwave background and in some cases broaden the resulted gamma-ray spectrum. Additionally, we show that if a supernova remnant is located close to the Galactic Centre its gamma-ray spectrum will exhibit a ``universal'' cutoff at very high energies due to the Klein-Nishina effect and not due to the cut-off of the electron spectrum. As an example, we apply our calculations to the supernova remnants RX J1713.7-3946 and G0.9+0.1 recently observed by HESS.

Note:

4 pages, 4 figures. Uses emulateapj.cls. Accepted by ApJL Journal-ref: Astrophys.J. 648 (2006) L29-L32

cosmic rays
Galaxy: general
gamma rays: theory
ISM: individual (G0.9+0.1, RX J1713.7-3946)
radiation mechanisms: nonthermal
supernova remnants
supernova
pi0: leptonic decay
pi0: hadronic decay
electron: acceleration

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