The acceleration of cosmic rays in supernova remnants
- 1 June 1994
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics
- Vol. 20 (6) , 935-945
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0954-3899/20/6/009
Abstract
A re-examination of COS B and SAS II satellite data on cosmic gamma rays, using contemporary information in related areas, has strengthened our earlier view (Bhat et al 1985) that supernova remnants (SNR) accelerate cosmic rays, at least for energies up to 1010 eV, for protons, and 109 eV for electrons. Specifically, there is an enhanced cosmic ray intensity inside the Loop I SNR with particularly high intensities in the surface region of the shock-both features being predicted by theory.Keywords
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