Guiding the Way to Gamma-Ray Sources: X-ray Studies of Supernova Remnants
Abstract
Supernova remnants have long been suggested as a class of potential counterparts to unidentified gamma-ray sources. The mechanisms by which such gamma-rays can arise may include emission from a pulsar associated with a remnant, or a variety of processes associated with energetic particles accelerated by the SNR shock. Imaging and spectral observations in the X-ray band can be used to identify properties of the remnants that lead to gamma-ray emission, including the presence of pulsar-driven nebulae, nonthermal X-ray emission from the SNR shells, and the interaction of SNRs with dense surrounding material.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0104348,
title = {Guiding the Way to Gamma-Ray Sources: X-ray Studies of Supernova Remnants},
author = {Patrick Slane},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0104348},
year = {2007}
}
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16 pages, 11 figures, To appear in the proceedings of the workshop: "The Nature of the Unidentified Galactic Gamma-Ray Sources" held at INAOE, Mexico, October 2000, (A.Carraminana, O. Reiner and D. Thompson, eds.)