THE ACCELERATION OF COSMIC-RAYS IN SUPERNOVA-REMNANTS

Authors
WOLFENDALE AW ZHANG L
Citation
Aw. Wolfendale et L. Zhang, THE ACCELERATION OF COSMIC-RAYS IN SUPERNOVA-REMNANTS, Journal of physics. G, Nuclear and particle physics, 20(6), 1994, pp. 935-945
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Particles & Fields","Physics, Nuclear
Journal title
Journal of physics. G, Nuclear and particle physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
09543899
Volume
20
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
935 - 945
Database
ISI
SICI code
0954-3899(1994)20:6<935:TAOCIS>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
A re-examination of COS B and SAS II satellite data on cosmic gamma ra ys, using contemporarY information in related areas, has strengthened our earlier view (Bhat et al 1985) that supernova remnants (SNR) accel erate cosmic rays, at least for energies up to 10(10) eV, for protons, and 10(9) eV for electrons. Specifically, there is an enhanced cosmic ray intensity inside the Loop I SNR with particularly high intensitie s in the surface region of the shock-both features being predicted by theory.