Magnetic-Field Amplification in the Thin X-ray Rims of SN1006

Sean M. Ressler, Satoru Katsuda, Stephen P. Reynolds +4

Several young supernova remnants (SNRs), including SN1006, emit synchrotron X-rays in narrow filaments, hereafter thin rims, along their periphery. The widths of these rims imply 5…