Kavli Affiliate: Herman L. Marshall | First 5 Authors: Riccardo Ferrazzoli, Dmitry Prokhorov, Niccolò Bucciantini, Patrick Slane, Jacco Vink | Summary: Supernova remnants (SNRs) provide insights into cosmic-ray acceleration and magnetic field dynamics at shock fronts. Recent X-ray polarimetric measurements by the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) have revealed radial magnetic fields near particle acceleration […]
Continue.. Discovery of a shock-compressed magnetic field in the north-western rim of the young supernova remnant RX J1713.7-3946 with X-ray polarimetry