A new class of galactic X-ray sources resulting from interaction of stellar wind with a supernova remnant

St. Petersburg Polytechnic University Journal - Physics and Mathematics Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University

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Year: 2011 Issue: 1 (116)

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A new class of galactic X-ray sources resulting from interaction of stellar wind with a supernova remnant

Astrophysics

Authors:

Bykov Andrey M. Gladilin Petr E. Osipov Sergey M. Pavlov Georgiy G.

Abstract:

A model of energetic particle acceleration in the vicinity of expanding supernova shell and of young massive star having powerful stellar wind has been considered. The source was shown to be characterized by unusually hard spectral energy distribution in X- and gamma-ray energy bands.