Cosmic Ray Electron Evolution in the Supernova Remnant RX J1713.7-3946
arXiv:1203.4242 · doi:10.1088/0004-637X/751/1/65
Abstract
A simple formalism to describe nonthermal electron acceleration, evolution, and radiation in supernova remnants (SNRs) is presented. The electron continuity equation is analytically solved assuming that the nonthermal electron injection power is proportional to the rate at which the kinetic energy of matter swept up in an adiabatically expanding SNR shell. We apply this model to \fermi\ and HESS data from the SNR \rxj, and find that a one-zone leptonic model with Compton-scattered cosmic microwave background (CMB) and interstellar infrared photons has difficulty providing a good fit to its spectral energy distribution, provided the source is at a distance $\sim 1\ \kpc$ from the Earth. However, the inclusion of multiple zones, as hinted at by recent {\em Chandra} observations, does provide a good fit, but requires a second zone of compact knots with magnetic fields G, comparable to shock-compressed fields found in the bulk of the remnant.
13 pages, 10 figures, 2 tables (emulateapj). Accepted by ApJ
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