| Issue |
A&A
Volume 443, Number 3, December I 2005
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 973 - 980 | |
| Section | Interstellar and circumstellar matter | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053056 | |
| Published online | 15 November 2005 | |
Dependence of the gamma-ray emission from SN 1006 on the astronomical parameters
1
Yu.G.Shafer Institute of Cosmophysical Research and Aeronomy, 31 Lenin Av., 677980 Yakutsk, Russia e-mail: [berezhko;ksenofon]@ikfia.ysn.ru
2
Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Postfach 103980, 69029 Heidelberg, Germany e-mail: Heinrich.Voelk@mpi-hd.mpg.de
Received:
14
March
2005
Accepted:
21
July
2005
We use nonlinear kinetic theory to study
the remnant dynamics and the particle acceleration as well as the
properties of the nonthermal emission from
the supernova remnant SN 1006. The known range of astronomical
parameters is examined to determine whether it
encompasses the
existing synchrotron emission data. Given the present-day spatial extent
and expansion rate of the object, it is shown that the hadronic
gamma-ray flux is very sensitive to the ambient gas density 
and that the existing HESS upper limit requires 
cm-3. The strength of the amplified magnetic field downstream
of the
shock is about 150 μG.
Key words: cosmic rays / ISM: supernova remnants
© ESO, 2005
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