DERIVATION OF THE ELECTRON DISTRIBUTION IN SUPERNOVA REMNANT RX J1713.7–3946 VIA A SPECTRAL INVERSION METHOD

We show that the radio, X-ray, and γ-ray spectrum of the supernova remnant RX J1713.7–3946 can be accounted for with the simplest emission model, where all of these emissions are attributed to a population of relativistic electrons interacting with the cosmic microwave background radiation, IR interstellar photons, and a background magnetic field. Using a spectral inversion method, the parent electron distribution and its uncertainties are derived from the observed photon spectrum. These results are independent of the model of particle acceleration and strongly support the leptonic scenario for the TeV emission.