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    X-Ray Measurements of the Particle Acceleration Properties at Inward Shocks in Cassiopeia A

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    Sato, Toshiki cc
    Katsuda, Satoru cc
    Morii, Mikio
    Bamba, Aya cc
    Hughes, John P. cc
    Maeda, Yoshitomo
    Ishida, Manabu
    Fraschetti, Federico cc
    Affiliation
    Univ Arizona, Dept Planetary Sci & Astron
    Issue Date
    2018-01-22
    Keywords
    acceleration of particles
    ISM: supernova remnants
    supernovae: individual (Cassiopeia A)
    X-rays: ISM
    
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    IOP PUBLISHING LTD
    Citation
    X-Ray Measurements of the Particle Acceleration Properties at Inward Shocks in Cassiopeia A 2018, 853 (1):46 The Astrophysical Journal
    Journal
    The Astrophysical Journal
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    © 2018. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.
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    This item from the UA Faculty Publications collection is made available by the University of Arizona with support from the University of Arizona Libraries. If you have questions, please contact us at repository@u.library.arizona.edu.
    Abstract
    We present new evidence that the bright nonthermal X-ray emission features in the interior of the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant are caused by inward-moving shocks, based on Chandra and NuSTAR observations. Several bright inward-moving filaments were identified using monitoring data taken by Chandra in 2000-2014. These inward-moving shock locations are nearly coincident with hard X-ray (15-40 keV) hot spots seen by NuSTAR. From proper-motion measurements, the transverse velocities were estimated to be in the range of similar to 2100-3800 km s(-1) for a distance of 3.4 kpc. The shock velocities in the frame of the expanding ejecta reach values of similar to 5100-8700 km s(-1), which is slightly higher than the typical speed of the forward shock. Additionally, we find flux variations (both increasing and decreasing) on timescales of a few years in some of the inward-moving shock filaments. The rapid variability timescales are consistent with an amplified magnetic field of B similar to 0.5-1 mG. The high speed and low photon cut-off energy of the inward-moving shocks are shown to imply a particle diffusion coefficient that departs from the Bohm regime (k(0) = D-0/D-0,D-Bohm similar to 3-8) for the few simple physical configurations we consider in this study. The maximum electron energy at these shocks is estimated to be similar to 8-11 TeV, which is smaller than the values of similar to 15-34 TeV that were inferred for the forward shock. Cassiopeia A is dynamically too young for its reverse shock to appear to be moving inward in the observer frame. We propose instead that the inward-moving shocks are a consequence of the forward shock encountering a density jump of 5-8 in the surrounding material.
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    1538-4357
    DOI
    10.3847/1538-4357/aaa021
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    Final published version
    Sponsors
    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) KAKENHI [16J03448, 16K17673, 17K05395]; CREST; NASA [NNX15AJ71G, NNX15AK71G]; Simons Foundation; Leading Initiative for Excellent Young Researchers, MEXT, Japan
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