Gamma-quanta from SNRs V.N.Zirakashvili Pushkov Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere and Radiowave Propagation, Russian Academy of Sciences (IZMIRAN), Troitsk, Moscow Region, Russia
Outline Acceleration of particles at forward and reverse shocks in SNRs Amplification of magnetic fields Modeling of broad-band emission Radioactivity and electron acceleration
Diffusive Shock Acceleration Krymsky 1977; Bell 1978; Axford et al.1977; Blandford & Ostriker 1978 Very attractive feature: power-law spectrum of particles accelerated, =( +2)/( -1), where is the shock compression ratio, for strong shocks =4 and =2 Maximum energy for SN: D 0.1u sh R sh 3·10 27 cm 2 /s<D gal Diffusion coefficient should be small in the vicinity of SN shock In the Bohm limit D=D B =cr g /3 and for interstellar magnetic field
Shock modification by the pressure of accelerated CRs. Axford 1977, 1981 Eichler 1984 Higher compression ratio of the shock, concave spectrum of particles.
X-ray image of Tycho SNR (from Warren et al. 2005) 1. CD is close to the forward shock – evidence of the shock modification by CR pressure. 2. Thin non-thermal X- ray filaments at the periphery of the remnant – evidence of electron acceleration and of magnetic amplification.
CR acceleration at the reverse shock (e.g.Ellison et al. 2005) ? Probably presents in Cas A (Helder & Vink 2008) Magnetic field of ejecta? B~R -2, 100G at R=10 12 cm G at R=10 19 cm=3pc Field may be amplified and become radial – enhanced ion injection at the reverse shock +additional amplification by the non- resonant streaming instability (Bell 2004)
Radio-image of Cas A Atoyan et al Inner bright radio- and X-ray- ring is related with the reverse shock of Cas A while the diffuse radio-plateau and thin outer X- ray filaments are produced by electrons accelerated at the forward shock. X-ray image of Cas A (Chandra)
X-rays: XMM-Newton, Acero et al Radio-image of RX J (Lazendic et al. 2004) Inner ring of X-ray and radio-emission is probably related with electrons accelerated at the reverse shock.
Magnetic field amplification by non- resonant streaming instability Bell (2004) used Achterberg’s results (1983) and found the regime of instability that was overlooked saturated level of instability k r g >>1, γ max =j d B 0 /2cρV a Since the CR trajectories are weakly influenced by the small- scale field, the use of the mean j d is well justfied
MHD modeling in the shock transition region and downstream of the shock 0.02L u 1 =3000 km/s V a =10 km/s η esc =0.14 Magnetic field is not damped and is perpendicular to the shock front downstream of the shock! Ratio=1.4 σ B =3 3D ×512 B Zirakashvili & Ptuskin 2008
Wood & Mufson 1992Dickel et al Radial magnetic fields were indeed observed in young SNRs
Schematic picture of the fast shock with accelerated particles It is a great challenge - to perform the modeling of diffusive shock acceleration in such inhomogeneous and turbulent medium. Spectra of accelerated particles may differ from the spectra in the uniform medium. Both further development of the DSA theory and the comparison with X-ray and gamma-ray observations are necessary
Rayleigh-Taylor instability of contact discontinuity may also produce amplified radial fields (e.g. Gull 1973) Blondin & Ellison 2001
Magnetic amplification at the shock moving in the non-uniform medium Density perturbtions produce vortex motions downstream the shock (Kontorovich 1959, McKenzie & Westphal 1968, Bykov 1982). These motions amplify magnetic fields (Giacalone & Jokipii 2007). Inoue et al Mean amplification factor ~ 20 for perp. shock even without CRs
observations radio emission ν MHz = 4.6 B μG E e,GeV 2 E = 50 MeV – 30 GeV (100 GeV for IR) γ = 1.9 – 2.5 W e = – erg Ginzburg & Syrovatskii 1964 Shklovsky 1976 nonthermal X-rays ε keV = 1 B μG (E e /120 TeV) 2 ε max ~ 100 TeV SN1006 Koyama et al Cas A Allen et al RX J Koyama et al RX J (“Vela jr”) Slane et 2001 γ-rays (π 0 ) Ε = MeV γ Cygni, IC443 Esposito et al Sturner & Dermer 1996 Cas A, Abdo et al RX J (Fermi LAT) TeV γ – rays electrons/protons ε max ~ 100 TeV SN1006 Tanimori et al 1998 RX J Muraishi et al Aharonian et al Cas A Aharonian et al RX J (“Vela jr”) G ; G ; G … Aharonian et al Tycho (VERITAS 2010) e γ synchrotron e γ inverse Compton ε γ = ε 0 (E e /m e c 2 ) 2 p π0π0 γ SNR confirmed by HESS (2008) !
TeV gamma-rays from SNRs RX J Vela Jr Aharonian et al 2008 (HESS)Aharonian et al 2007 (HESS) Particles effectively accelerated up to100 TeV in these SNRs
Numerical model of nonlinear diffusive shock acceleration (Zirakashvili & Ptuskin 2011 in preparation) (natural development of existing models of Berezhko et al. ( ), Kang & Jones 2006, see also half-analytical models of Blasi et al.(2005); Ellison et al. (2010) ) Spherically symmetric HD equations + CR transport equation Minimal electron heating by Coulomb collisions with thermal ions Acceleration at forward and reverse shocks
Numerical results for RX J (Zirakashvili & Aharonian 2010) u TeTe P CR PgPg ρ BSFSCD
Spectra of accelerated particles p p e
Integrated spectra of RX J E max =800 TeV for this SNR in the hadronic model
Spectral modeling of RXJ The main problem of hadronic origin of the gamma-rays of this supernova – absence of thermal X-ray emission (Katz & Waxman 2007). This gives an upper limit of circumstellar density only cm -3 (Cassam-Chenai et al. 2004, Ellison et al. 2010).
synchrotron thermal bremsstrahlung IC pp Leptonic model with a non-modified forward shock
Comparison of hadronic and leptonic radial gamma-ray profiles
Correlation with molecular gas Fukui 2008 cloud C solar masses cloud D -300 solar masses Clouds C and D are probably swept up by the forward shock Distance: D=6 kpc (Slane et al. 1999) D=1 kpc (Fukui et al. 2003), D=1.3±0.4 kpc (Cassam-Chenai et al. 2004) AD393 in ancient Chinese records (Wang et al.1997) age: 1600 yr
Composite model Factor of 120 enhancement for clouds swept up by the forward shock
Recent Fermi LAT results (Abdo et al. 2011) RX J Although leptonic model is preferable, hadronic model is not excluded because of the possible energy dependent CR penetration in to the clouds
Radioactivity and electron acceleration in SNRs (Zirakashvili & Aharonian (2010), astro-ph: ) Forward and reverse shocks propagate in the medium with energetic electrons and positrons. Cosmic ray positrons can be accelerated at reverse shocks of SNRs. 44 Ti t 1/2 =63 yr 1.6·10 -4 M sol in Cas A, ( Iyudin et al. 1994, Renaud et al. 2006) 1-5 ·10 -5 M sol in G ( Borkowski et al )
“Radioactive” scenario in the youngest galactic SNR G Borkowski et al X-ray imageradio-image Thermal X-rays and 4.1 keV Sc line are observed from bright radio-regions (ejecta)
Numerical results for Cas A ( Zirakashvili et al in preparation)
Radial dependences of hydrodynamic quantities It is assumed that forward shock is not modified by CRs. If this is not the case, the gamma-ray flux would be a factor of 10 above the flux measured by Fermi LAT. The most probable reason – the azimuthal magnetic field of the stellar wind where the forward shock propagates.
Spectra of particles in Cas A Х 10
Modeling of broad-band spectra of Cas A for the “radioactive” scenario of lepton injection (Zirakashvili et al in preparation) E SN =1.7·10 51 erg, M ej =2.1 M sol, t=330 yr, n H =0.8 cm -3, V f =5700 km/s, V b =3400 km/s, B f =1.1 mG, B b =0.24 mG Emission is mainly produced at the reverse shock of Cas A
Summary 1.Non-resonant streaming instability produced by the electric current of run-away CR particles results in the significant magnetic amplification at fast SNR shocks. 2.The perpendicular to the shock front component of the amplified magnetic field is larger than the parallel components downstream of the shock. This naturally explains the preferable radial orientation of magnetic fields in young SNRs. 3. Further development of the DSA theory at the corrugated shock (spectra) and the comparison with X- ray and gamma-ray observations are necessary. 4.CRs can be also accelerated at reverse shocks of young SNRs. 5. Both leptonic and hadronic origin of gamma-emission in SNR RX J are possible. 6. CR positrons can be accelerated in SNRs.