The detection of the Sc-44 nuclear de-excitation lines and hard X-ray emission from Cas A

dc.creatorVink, Jacco
dc.creatorLaming, J. Martin
dc.date2002-05-15
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T02:03:40Z
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dc.descriptionWe discuss the detection of Sc-44 (product of Ti-44) in the supernova remnant Cas A with the BeppoSAX-PDS instrument, and elaborate on the nature of the hard X-ray continuum, which is not only important for correctly estimating the Sc-44 flux, but is interesting in its own right. We apply the lower hybrid wave electron acceleration model to the hard X-ray data and use upper limits on the cosmic ray injection spectrum to infer that B > 2 mG. We conclude with the prospects of observing nuclear decay lines and electron-positron annihilation in Cas A with INTEGRAL.
dc.descriptionTo appear in the proceedings of the XXII Moriond Astrophysics Meeting "The Gamma-Ray Universe", eds. A. Goldwurm, D. Neumann, and J. Tran Thanh Van, The Gioi Publishers. Contains 6 pages, 2 figures. Latex style file included. (orig. fig 1 replaced by color figure)
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0205235
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0205235
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/4464
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleThe detection of the Sc-44 nuclear de-excitation lines and hard X-ray emission from Cas A
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