A DETAILED STUDY OF NON-THERMAL X-RAY PROPERTIES AND INTERSTELLAR GAS TOWARD THE gamma-RAY SUPERNOVA REMNANT RX J1713.7-3946

作者：Sano H^*; Fukuda T; Yoshiike S; Sato J; Horachi H; Kuwahara T; Torii K; Hayakawa T; Tanaka T; Matsumoto H; Inoue T; Yamazaki R; Inutsuka S; Kawamura A; Yamamoto H; Okuda T; Tachihara K; Mizuno N; Onishi T; Mizuno A; Acero F; Fukui Y

来源：Astrophysical Journal, 2015, 799(2): 175.

DOI：10.1088/0004-637X/799/2/175

• cosmic rays
• ISM: clouds
• ISM: individual objects (RX J1713.7-3946)
• ISM: supernova remnants
• X-rays: ISM

We have carried out a spectral analysis of the Suzaku X-ray data in the 0.4-12 keV range toward the shell-type very high-energy gamma-ray supernova remnant (SNR) RX J1713.7-3946. The aims of this analysis are to estimate detailed X-rays spectral properties at a high angular resolution up to 2 arcmin and to compare them with the interstellar gas. The X-ray spectrum is non-thermal and used to calculate absorbing column density, photon index, and absorption-corrected X-ray flux. The photon index varies significantly from 2.1 to 2.9. It is shown that the X-ray intensity is well correlated with the photon index, especially in the west region, with a correlation coefficient of 0.81. The X-ray intensity tends to increase with the averaged interstellar gas density while the dispersion is relatively large. The hardest spectra, with photon indexes of less than 2.4, are found outside of the central 10 arcmin of the SNR, from the north to the southeast (similar to 430 arcmin2) and from the southwest to the northwest (similar to 150 arcmin2). The former region shows low interstellar gas density, while the latter shows high interstellar gas density. We present a discussion of possible scenarios that explain the distribution of the photon index and its relationship with the interstellar gas.

• 出版日期2015-2-1
• 单位中国科学院国家天文台