Probing Shock Properties with Non-thermal X-ray Filaments in Cas A
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
2014-11-20 v2
Abstract
Thin non-thermal X-ray filaments are often seen in young supernova remnants. We used data from the 1 Ms Chandra observation of Cassiopeia A to study spectral properties of some of the filaments in this remnant. For all the cases that we examined, the X-ray spectrum across the filaments hardens, at about 10% level, going outward, while observed filament widths depend only weakly on the photon energy. Using a model that includes radiative cooling, advection and diffusion of accelerated particles behind the shock, we estimated the magnetic field, turbulence level and shock obliquity.
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@article{arxiv.0912.2122,
title = {Probing Shock Properties with Non-thermal X-ray Filaments in Cas A},
author = {Miguel Araya and David Lomiashvili and Chulhoon Chang and Maxim Lyutikov and Wei Cui},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0912.2122},
year = {2014}
}
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21 pages, 5 figures