Possible high-energy neutrinos from the cosmic accelerator RX J1713.7-3946

被引：98

作者：

Alvarez-Muñiz, J

Halzen, F

机构：

[1] Univ Delaware, Bartol Res Inst, Sharp Lab 217, Newark, DE 19716 USA

[2] Univ Wisconsin, Dept Phys, Madison, WI 53706 USA

来源：

ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL | 2002年 / 576卷 / 01期

基金：

美国国家航空航天局;

关键词：

acceleration of particles; cosmic rays; gamma rays : theory; neutrinos; supernova remnants;

D O I：

10.1086/342978

中图分类号：

P1 [天文学];

学科分类号：

0704 ;

摘要：

The observation of TeV gamma-rays of pi(0) origin from the supernova remnant RXJ1713.7-3946 might have revealed the first specific site where protons are accelerated to energies typical of the main component of the cosmic rays. In this Letter, we calculate the high-energy neutrino flux associated with this source to be 40 muon-type neutrinos per squared kilometer per year. We perform the same calculations for other known sources of TeV gamma-rays and show how neutrino observations can establish whether the TeV gamma-rays emitted by blazars and supernova remnants are the decay products of neutral pions and thus unequivocally establish the sources as cosmic accelerators.

引用

页码：L33 / L36

页数：4

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