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arxiv: 1805.05951 · v1 · pith:FVSMPHHZnew · submitted 2018-05-15 · 🌌 astro-ph.HE · astro-ph.GA· astro-ph.SR· physics.plasm-ph

Vortical amplification of magnetic field at inward shock of supernova remnant Cassiopeia A

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keywords fluxtimeamplificationcassiopeiafieldinwardmagneticremnant
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We present an interpretation of the time variability of the $X$-ray flux recently reported from a multi-epoch campaign of $15$ years observations of the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A by {\it Chandra}. We show for the first time quantitatively that the $[4.2-6]$ keV non-thermal flux increase up to $50\%$ traces the growth of the magnetic field due to vortical amplification mechanism at a reflection inward shock colliding with inner overdensities. The fast synchrotron cooling as compared with shock-acceleration time scale qualitatively supports the flux decrease.

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