TeV Gamma-Rays from Old Supernova Remnants
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Yamazaki, Ryo
Kohri, Kazunori
Bamba, Aya
Yoshida, Tatsuo
Tsuribe, Toru
Takahara, Fumio
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subject | acceleration of particles - gamma-rays
theory - ISM
clouds - shock waves - supernova remnants - X-rays
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Astronomy. Space sciences
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abstract | We study the emission from an old supernova remnant (SNR) with an age of around 105 yrs and that from a giant molecular cloud (GMC) encountered by the SNR. When the SNR age is around 105 yrs, hadron acceleration is efficient enough to emit TeV γ-rays both at the shock of the SNR and that in the GMC. The maximum energy of primarily accelerated electrons is so small that TeV γ-rays and X-rays are dominated by hadronic processes, π 0-decay and synchrotron radiation from secondary electrons, respectively. However, if the SNR is older than several 105 yrs, there are few high-energy particles emitting TeV γ-rays because of the energy loss effect and/or the wave damping effect occurring at low-velocity isothermal shocks. It is found that the ratio of TeV γ-ray (1-10 TeV) to X-ray (2-10 keV) energy flux can be more than ~ 102. Such a source showing large flux ratio may be a possible origin of recently discovered unidentified TeV sources.
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journal title |
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
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volume | Volume 371
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issue | Issue 4
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start page | 1975
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end page | 1982
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date of issued | 2006-10
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publisher | Blackwell Publishing Ltd
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issn | 0035-8711
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eng
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Journal Article
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Journal Articles
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DCMI type | text
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format | application/pdf
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text version | author
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rights | Copyright (c) 2006 Blackwell Publishing. The definitive version is available at www.blackwell-synergy.com
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relation is version of URL | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.10832.x
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Graduate School of Science
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