https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201612104001
Gamma-ray emission from young supernova remnants: Hadronic or leptonic?
1 APC, Univ Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Obs de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, France
2 Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 31 Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin 2, Ireland
3 Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Postfach 103980, 69029 Heidelberg, Germany
a e-mail: stefano.gabici@apc.univ-paris7.fr
Published online: 6 July 2016
The debate on the nature of the gamma-ray emission from young supernova remnants is still open. Ascribing such emission to hadronic rather than leptonic processes would provide an evidence for the acceleration of protons and nuclei, and this fact would fit with the very popular (but not proven) paradigm that supernova remnants are the sources of Galactic cosmic rays. Here, we discuss this issue with a particular focus on the best studied gamma-ray-bright supernova remnant: RX J1713.7-3946.
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