sresc: synchrotron spectrum, cut off by particle escape
The synchrotron spectrum from an electron distribution limited by particle escape above some energy. The electrons are shock-accelerated in a Sedov blast wave encountering a constant-density medium containing a uniform magnetic field. The model includes variations in electron acceleration efficiency with shock obliquity, and post-shock radiative and adiabatic losses, as described in Reynolds, S.P., ApJ 493, 357 1998. This is a highly specific, detailed model for a fairly narrow set of conditions. See also Reynolds, S.P., ApJL 459, L13 1996. Note that the radio spectral index and flux can be obtained from Green's Catalogue at http://www.mrao.cam.ac.uk/surveys/snrs for galactic SNRs.
par1 |
alpha: radio spectral index (flux proportional to frequency ) |
par2 |
break Hz: approximately the frequency at which the flux has dropped by a factor of 6 below a straight power law extrapolation from radio frequencies. This frequency is 5.3 times the peak frequency radiated by electrons with energy Em3 in a magnetic field of 4B1, in the notation of Reynolds (1998), Eq. (19). |
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1 GHz flux (Jy) |