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We report the likely detection of gamma-ray emission from the northeast shell region of the historical supernova remnant (SNR) SN 1006. Having analyzed 7 years of Fermi LAT Pass 8 data for the region of SN 1006, we found a GeV gamma-ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-06-01 Yi Xing , Zhongxiang Wang , Xiao Zhang , Yang Chen

Aims: We provide new insights into the gamma-ray emission from HESS J1912+101, a TeV supernova remnant candidate probably associated with the radio pulsar PSR J1913+1011. Methods: We obtained new observations at 1.5 GHz using the VLA in the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-04-26 Laura Duvidovich , Alberto Petriella

Supernova remnants are known to accelerate cosmic rays (CRs) on account of their non-thermal emission of radio waves, X-rays, and gamma rays. However, the ability to accelerate CRs up to PeV-energies has yet to be demonstrated. The presence…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-09-21 Robert Brose , Jonathan Mackey , Iurii Sushch

We present a study of the interstellar medium associated with the two middle-aged supernova remnants (SNRs) W41 and G22.7-0.2, both detected in TeV gamma-rays. Using high-angular-resolution $^{12}$CO($J$ = 1-0) data from the Nobeyama 45-m…

We measure the expansion of the forward shock of the Small Magellanic Cloud supernova remnant 1E\,0102.2-7219 in X-rays using Chandra X-Ray Observatory on-axis Advanced CCD Imaging Spectromete(ACIS) observations from 1999-2016. We estimate…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-03-27 Long Xi , Terrance J. Gaetz , Paul P. Plucinsky , John P. Hughes , Daniel J. Patnaude

It has recently been reported that some of the flux density values for an evolved supernova remnant (SNR) HB 3 (G132.7 + 1.3) are not accurate. In this work we revised an analysis of the possible thermal emission at radio frequencies from…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 D. Onić , D. Urošević

While the definitive detection of gamma-rays from known supernova remnants (SNRs) remains elusive, the collection of unidentified EGRET sources that may be associated with SNRs has motivated recent modelling of TeV emission from these…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Matthew G. Baring , Donald C. Ellison , Isabelle Grenier

The decrease rate of dust mass due to strong shock waves ($v_s\geq 150$ km s$^{-1}$) from supernovae (SNe) estimated for the Milky Way interstellar medium significantly exceeds the overall production rate by both asymptotic giant branch…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-09-04 Svyatoslav Yu. Dedikov , Evgenii O. Vasiliev

Synchrotron X-ray emission from the rims of young supernova remnants allows us to study the high-energy tail of the electrons accelerated at the shock front. The analysis of X-ray spectra can provide information on the physical mechanisms…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-16 M. Miceli , F. Bocchino , A. Decourchelle , J. Vink , S. Broersen , S. Orlando

A simple formalism to describe nonthermal electron acceleration, evolution, and radiation in supernova remnants (SNRs) is presented. The electron continuity equation is analytically solved assuming that the nonthermal electron injection…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-04 Justin D. Finke , Charles D. Dermer

Recent progress in numerical simulations of thermonuclear supernova explosions brings up a unique opportunity in studying the progenitors of Type Ia supernovae. Coupling state-of-the-art explosion models with detailed hydrodynamical…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-03-26 D. Kosenko , W. Hillebrandt , M. Kromer , S. I. Blinnikov , R. Pakmor , J. S. Kaastra

Supernova remnants interacting with molecular/atomic clouds are interesting X-ray sources to study broadband nonthermal emission. X-ray line emission in these systems can be produced by different processes, e.g. low energy cosmic rays…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-01-11 R. Giuffrida , M. Miceli , S. Ravikularaman , V. H. M. Phan , S. Gabici , P. Mertsch , S. Orlando , F. Bocchino

Only a handful of supernovae (SNe) have been studied in multi-wavelength from radio to X-rays, starting a few days after explosion. The early detection and classification of the nearby type IIb SN2011dh/PTF11eon in M51 provides a unique…

The infrared (IR) to X-ray luminosity ratio (IRX) is an indicator of the role of the dust plays in cooling of hot gas in supernova remnants (SNR). Using the 3D dynamics of gas and interstellar polydisperse dust grains we analyze the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-04-23 S. Yu. Dedikov , E. O. Vasiliev

Supernova remnants are believed to be the major contributors to Galactic cosmic rays. In this paper, we explore how the non-thermal emission from young remnants can be used to probe the production of energetic particles at the shock (both…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-19 Gilles Ferrand , Anne Decourchelle , Samar Safi-Harb

Supernova remnants (SNRs) interacting with molecular clouds are interesting laboratories to study the acceleration of cosmic rays and their propagation in the dense ambient medium. We analyze 14 years of Fermi-LAT observations of the…

I discuss the high resolution XMM-Newton Reflection Grating Spectrometer (RGS) spectrum of SN1006. SN1006 is one of the best examples of a supernova remnant that is far out of ionization equilibrium. Moreover, optical, UV and X-ray data…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Jacco Vink

We present the results of numerical studies of supernova remnant evolution and their effects on galactic and globular cluster evolution. We show that parameters such as the density and the metallicity of the environment significantly…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Katsuyo Thornton , Michael Gaudlitz , Hans-Thomas Janka , Matthias Steinmetz

While supernova remnants (SNRs) have long been considered prime candidates for the source of cosmic rays, at least to energies up to ~10^14 eV, it is only over the past several years that direct evidence of such energetic particles in SNRs…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Patrick Slane

In the framework of the study of supernova remnants and their complex interaction with the interstellar medium, we report on an XMM-Newton EPIC observation of the Galactic supernova remnant W49B. We investigate the spatial distribution of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 M. Miceli , A. Decourchelle , J. Ballet , F. Bocchino , J. P. Hughes , U. Hwang , R. Petre