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Proposal ID 0720047
Obs ID 07200470001, 07200470002
Title Hard X-ray spectro-imagery of RX J1713.7-3946
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DOI https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-8slhqcn
Author Terrier
Abstract The SNR RX J1713.7-3946 is part of a class of remnants dominated by synchrotron emission in X-rays and is one of the few detected at the TeV. It is therefore an excellent target to study particle acceleration at SNR shocks. The nature of the particles producing TeV emission is still a matter of controversy. The strong similarities between X-ray and TeV images suggest a leptonic origin but the required magnetic field is quite low. On the other hand, to be viable hadronic scenarios require high ambient matter density at odds the the absence of strong thermal X-ray emission. The hard X-rays probe the electrons in the spectral cutoffs region and are therefore fundamental to understand the mechanisms of acceleration to the highest energies. Suzaku has been able to measure the integrated spectrum of the remnant but so far no detailed spectro-imagery exist for this object. We propose a 4Ms observation of RX J1713.7-3946 to map the hard X-ray emission from the remnant from 10 keV up to 50 keV and to resolve spatially the hard X-ray spectrum of the remnant. (we request a special 3x3 dithering mode allowing good JemX exposure while limiting systematics in the other instruments). This will allow a mapping of the spectral cutoffs in the shell and hopefully shed some light on the long standing problem of the origin of cosmic rays up to the knee.
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Temporal Coverage 2010-02-10T12:44:50Z / 2011-02-22T01:59:28Z
Version 1.0
Mission Description The INTEGRAL (International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory) mission, launched by the European Space Agency (ESA) on October 17, 2002, was designed to study high-energy phenomena in the universe. INTEGRAL was operating until february 2025 and it was equipped with three high-energy instruments: the Imager on Board the INTEGRAL Satellite (IBIS), the Spectrometer on INTEGRAL (SPI), and the JEM-X (Joint European Monitor for X-rays). Its Optical Monitoring Camera (OMC) provided optical V-band magnitude measurements, complementing the high-energy observations.
Creator Contact https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/integral/helpdesk
Date Published 2025-03-25T09:54:36Z
Publisher And Registrant European Space Agency
Credit Guidelines European Space Agency, Terrier, 2025, 'Hard X-ray spectro-imagery of RX J1713.7-3946', 1.0, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-8slhqcn