The Cherenkov Telescope Array potential for the study of young supernova remnants

B. S. Acharya; C. Aramo; A. Babic; J. A. Barrio; A. Baushev; J. Becker Tjus; D. Berge; M. Bohacova; A. Bonardi; A. Brown; V. Bugaev; T. Bulik; M. Burton; G. Busetto; P. Caraveo; R. Carosi; J. Carr; P. Chadwick; J. Chudoba; V. Conforti; V. Connaughton; J. L. Contreras; G. Cotter; F. Dazzi; A. De Franco; I. de la Calle; R. de los Reyes Lopez; B. De Lotto; F. De Palma; T. Di Girolamo; C. Di Giulio; F. Di Pierro; J. -L. Dournaux; V. Dwarkadas; J. Ebr; K. Egberts; M. Fesquet; H. Fleischhack; L. Font; G. Fontaine; A. Foerster; M. Fuessling; B. Garcia; R García López; M Garczarczyk; F. Gargano; D. Garrido; M. Gaug; N. Giglietto; F. Giordano; A. Giuliani; N. Godinovic; M. M. Gonzalez; T. Grabarczyk; T. Hassan; J. Hoerandel; M. Hrabovsky; D. Hrupec; T. B. Humensky; J. Huovelin; M. Jamrozy; P. Janecek; P. E. Kaaret; U. Katz; S. Kaufmann; B. Khelifi; W. Kluzniak; J. Kocot; N. Komin; H. Kubo; J. Kushida; G. Lamanna; W. H. Lee; J. -P. Lenain; T. Lohse; S. Lombardi; R. Lopez-Coto; A. Lopez-Oramas; F. Lucarelli; M. C. Maccarone; G. Maier; P. Majumdar; G. Malaguti; D. Mandat; M. N. Mazziotta; K. Meagher; N. Mirabal; A. Morselli; E. Moulin; J. Niemiec; M. Nievas; K. Nishijima; D. Nosek; F. Nunio; M. Ohishi; S. Ohm; R. A. Ong; R. Orito; N. Otte; M. Palatka

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The Cherenkov Telescope Array potential for the study of young supernova remnants

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The Cherenkov Telescope Array potential for the study of young supernova remnants

B. S. Acharya, C. Aramo, A. Babic, J. A. Barrio, A. Baushev, J. Becker Tjus, D. Berge, M. Bohacova, A. Bonardi, A. Brown, …

Astroparticle physics, Vol.62(C), pp.152-164

03/01/2015

DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2014.08.005

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Supernova remnants (SNRs) are among the most important targets for gamma-ray observatories. Being prominent non-thermal sources, they are very likely responsible for the acceleration of the bulk of Galactic cosmic rays (CRS). To firmly establish the SNR paradigm for the origin of cosmic rays, it should be confirmed that protons are indeed accelerated in, and released from, SNRs with the appropriate flux and spectrum. This can be done by detailed theoretical models which account for microphysics of acceleration and various radiation processes of hadrons and leptons. The current generation of Cherenkov telescopes has insufficient sensitivity to constrain theoretical models. A new facility, the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA), will have superior capabilities and may finally resolve this long standing issue of high-energy astrophysics. We want to assess the capabilities of CTA to reveal the physics of various types of SNRs in the initial 2000 years of their evolution. During this time, the efficiency to accelerate cosmic rays is highest. We perform time-dependent simulations of the hydrodynamics, the magnetic fields, the cosmic-ray acceleration, and the non-thermal emission for type Ia, Ic and IIP SNRs. We calculate the CTA response to the y-ray emission from these SNRs for various ages and distances, and we perform a realistic analysis of the simulated data. We derive distance limits for the detectability and resolvability of these SNR types at several ages. We test the ability of CTA to reconstruct their morphological and spectral parameters as a function of their distance. Finally, we estimate how well CTA data will constrain the theoretical models. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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Title: Subtitle: The Cherenkov Telescope Array potential for the study of young supernova remnants
Creators: B. S. Acharya - Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
C. Aramo - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Napoli
A. Babic - University of Rijeka
J. A. Barrio - Universidad Complutense de Madrid
A. Baushev - University of Potsdam
J. Becker Tjus - Ruhr University Bochum
D. Berge - University of Amsterdam
M. Bohacova - Czech Academy of Sciences
A. Bonardi - University of Tübingen
A. Brown - Univ Durham, Dept Phys, Durham DH1 3HP, England
V. Bugaev - Washington University in St. Louis
T. Bulik - University of Warsaw
M. Burton - UNSW Sydney
G. Busetto - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova
P. Caraveo - Ist Astrofis Spaziale & Fis Cosm, Rome, Italy
R. Carosi - University of Pisa
J. Carr - Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules
P. Chadwick - Univ Durham, Dept Phys, Durham DH1 3HP, England
J. Chudoba - Czech Academy of Sciences
V. Conforti - Ist Astrofis Spaziale & Fis Cosm, Bologna, Italy
V. Connaughton - University of Alabama in Huntsville
J. L. Contreras - Univ Complutense Madrid, Grp Altos Energias, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
G. Cotter - University of Oxford
F. Dazzi - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova
A. De Franco - University of Oxford
I. de la Calle - Universidad Complutense de Madrid
R. de los Reyes Lopez - Max Planck Inst Kernphys, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
B. De Lotto - University of Udine
F. De Palma - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari
T. Di Girolamo - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Napoli
C. Di Giulio - Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Roma Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
F. Di Pierro - National Institute for Astrophysics
J. -L. Dournaux - Université Paris Diderot
V. Dwarkadas - University of Chicago
J. Ebr - Czech Academy of Sciences
K. Egberts - Leopold Franzens Univ, Inst Astro & Teilchenphys, Innsbruck, Austria
M. Fesquet - CEA Paris-Saclay
H. Fleischhack - Czech Academy of Sciences
L. Font - Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Dept Fis, Unitat Fis Radiac, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain
G. Fontaine - École Polytechnique
A. Foerster - Max Planck Inst Kernphys, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
M. Fuessling - University of Potsdam
B. Garcia - Samudra University
R García López - Universidad de La Laguna
M Garczarczyk - Deutsch Elektr Synchrotron, Berlin, Germany
F. Gargano - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari
D. Garrido - Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
M. Gaug - Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Dept Fis, Unitat Fis Radiac, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain
N. Giglietto - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari
F. Giordano - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari
A. Giuliani - Ist Astrofis Spaziale & Fis Cosm, Rome, Italy
N. Godinovic - University of Split
M. M. Gonzalez - Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
T. Grabarczyk - CYFRONET AGH, Acad Comp Ctr, Krakow, Poland
T. Hassan - Universidad Complutense de Madrid
J. Hoerandel - University of Split
M. Hrabovsky - Czech Academy of Sciences
D. Hrupec - Rudjer Boskovic Inst, Zagreb, Croatia
T. B. Humensky - Columbia University
J. Huovelin - University of Helsinki
M. Jamrozy - Jagiellonian University
P. Janecek - Czech Academy of Sciences
P. E. Kaaret - University of Iowa, Physics and Astronomy
U. Katz - Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
S. Kaufmann - Heidelberg University
B. Khelifi - École Polytechnique
W. Kluzniak - Polish Academy of Sciences
J. Kocot - CYFRONET AGH, Acad Comp Ctr, Krakow, Poland
N. Komin - Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica di Bologna
H. Kubo - The University of Tokyo
J. Kushida - Tokai Univ, Dept Phys, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa 25912, Japan
G. Lamanna - University of Padua
W. H. Lee - Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
J. -P. Lenain - Centre de Gestion Scientifique
T. Lohse - Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
S. Lombardi - National Institute for Astrophysics
R. Lopez-Coto - Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica di Bologna
A. Lopez-Oramas - Inst Fis Altes Energies, Barcelona, Spain
F. Lucarelli - Osserv Astron Roma, INAF, I-00136 Rome, Italy
M. C. Maccarone - Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica cosmica di Palermo
G. Maier - Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
P. Majumdar - Saha Inst Nucl Phys, Kolkata, India
G. Malaguti - Ist Astrofis Spaziale & Fis Cosm, Bologna, Italy
D. Mandat - Czech Academy of Sciences
M. N. Mazziotta - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari
K. Meagher - Georgia Institute of Technology
N. Mirabal - Universidad Complutense de Madrid
A. Morselli - Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Roma Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
E. Moulin - CEA Paris-Saclay
J. Niemiec - Polish Academy of Sciences
M. Nievas - Universidad Complutense de Madrid
K. Nishijima - Tokai Univ, Dept Phys, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa 25912, Japan
D. Nosek - Charles University
F. Nunio - CEA Paris-Saclay
M. Ohishi - The University of Tokyo
S. Ohm - University of Leicester
R. A. Ong - University of California, Berkeley
R. Orito - The University of Tokyo
N. Otte - Georgia Institute of Technology
M. Palatka - Czech Academy of Sciences
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Astroparticle physics, Vol.62(C), pp.152-164
DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2014.08.005
ISSN: 0927-6505
eISSN: 1873-2852
Publisher: Elsevier
Number of pages: 13
Grant note: 1352567; 1307443 / Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien; Division Of Physics; National Science Foundation (NSF); NSF - Directorate for Mathematical & Physical Sciences (MPS) OCEVU, France University of Chicago Swedish Research Council, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Sweden; Swedish Research Council Durham University, Leverhulme Trust, Liverpool University, University of Leicester, University of Oxford, Royal Society, Science and Technologies Facilities Council, UK; Royal Society; Leverhulme Trust Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq); Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPQ) Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica (CNEA) OSUG2020 / Labex ENIGMASS Croatian Science Foundation, Croatia ANR; Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR)
Language: English
Date published: 03/01/2015
Academic Unit: Physics and Astronomy
Record Identifier: 9984199746302771

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