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Context: Cosmic rays are thought to be accelerated at supernova remnant (SNR) shocks, but conclusive evidence is lacking. Aims: New data from ground-based gamma-ray telescopes and the Large Area Telescope on the Fermi Gamma-ray Space…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-11 C. D. Dermer , G. Powale

One of the main purposes in $\gamma$-ray astronomy is linked to the origin of Galactic cosmic rays. Unlike cosmic rays, $\gamma$ rays can be used to probe their production sites in the Galaxy and to find which type of astrophysical sources…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-12-18 J. Devin

Supernova remnants (SNRs) are widely believed to be the principal source of galactic cosmic rays. Such energetic particles can produce gamma-rays and lower energy photons via interactions with the ambient plasma. In this paper, we present…

The spectra fits to a sample of 34 supernova remnants (Zeng et al., 2019) are updated. $\gamma$-ray spectra of 20 supernova remnants (SNRs) with a soft TeV spectrum are further analyzed. We found that 17 of them can be fitted in the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-11-20 Houdun Zeng , Yuliang Xin , Qi Fu , Siming Liu

Gamma-ray bursts are known to be sources of high-energy gamma rays, and are likely to be sources of high-energy cosmic rays and neutrinos. Following a short review of observations of GRBs at multi-MeV energies and above, the physics of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Charles D. Dermer

Observations of very-high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray emission from supernova remnants (SNR) established them as sources of accelerated particles up to energies of 100 TeV. The dominant process - leptonic or hadronic - responsible for the VHE…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-07-23 Stephanie Häffner , Ira Jung , Christian Stegmann

Supernova remnants (SNRs) are likely sources of hadronic particle acceleration within our galaxy, contributing to the galactic cosmic ray flux. Next-generation instruments, such as the Southern Wide-field Gamma-ray Observatory (SWGO), will…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-06-24 Nick Scharrer , Samuel T. Spencer , Vikas Joshi , Alison M. W. Mitchell

Amongst the population of TeV gamma-ray sources detected with the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) in the Galactic plane, clearly identified supernova remnant (SNR) shells constitute a small but precious source class. TeV-selected…

Supernova remnants (SNRs) are widely considered the most likely source of cosmic rays below the knee ($10^{15}$ eV). Studies of GeV and TeV gamma-ray emission in the vicinity of SNRs, in combination with multi-wavelength observations, can…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 Amanda Weinstein

High energy gamma-ray astronomy has recently made significant progresss through ground-based instruments like the {\it H.E.S.S.} array of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes. The unprecedented angular resolution and the large field of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Heinrich J. Voelk

We first report GeV $\gamma$-ray emission from supernova remnant (SNR) G15.9+0.2 in this work. The results show that its power-law spectral index is 2.94$\pm$0.25 with a 6.47$\sigma$ significance level, and the $\gamma$-ray emission can be…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-10-27 Yunchuan Xiang , Zejun Jiang , Mengyao Tang

Very-high-energy (VHE, E > 100 GeV) gamma radiation has already been detected from several supernova remnants (SNRs). These objects, which are well-studied in radio, optical and X-ray wavelengths, constitute one of the most intriguing…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 Anne Bochow , Svenja Carrigan , Henning Gast , Vincent Marandon , Matthieu Renaud , Werner Hofmann

The Galactic gamma-ray diffuse emission is currently observed in the GeV-TeV energy range with unprecedented accuracy by the Fermi satellite. Understanding this component is crucial as it provides a background to many different signals such…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-03-18 Timur Delahaye , Armand Fiasson , Martin Pohl , Pierre Salati

While supernova remnants (SNRs) are widely thought to be powerful accelerators, evidence comes largely from a small number of well-studied cases. Here we systematically determine the gamma-ray emission from all known Galactic SNRs,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 J. W. Hewitt , F. Acero , T. J. Brandt , J. Cohen , F. de Palma , F. Giordano

The Kepler supernova remnant (SNR) is the only historic supernova remnant lacking a detection at GeV and TeV energies which probe particle acceleration. A recent analysis of Fermi-LAT data reported a likely GeV gamma-ray candidate in the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-05-04 Fabio Acero , Marianne Lemoine-Goumard , Jean Ballet

Radio observations of very high energy (VHE) gamma-ray sources are fundamental to identify and reveal their nature, as well as to understand the physics behind these energetic sources. I will comment on some characteristics of extragalactic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-06-04 Josep M. Paredes

A number of modern experiments in high-energy astrophysics produce images of supernova remnants (SNRs) in the TeV and GeV gamma-rays. Either relativistic electrons (due to the inverse-Compton scattering) or protons (due to the pion decays)…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-30 V. Beshley , O. Petruk

A significant fraction of the energy density of the interstellar medium is in the form of high-energy charged particles (cosmic rays). The origin of these particles remains uncertain. Although it is generally accepted that the only sources…

Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-27 H. E. S. S. Collaboration , : , F. Aharonian

It is widely believe that galactic cosmic rays are originated in supernova remnants (SNRs) where they are accelerated by diffusive shock acceleration process at supernova blast waves driven by expanding SNRs. In recent theoretical…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-08-02 Prabir Banik , Arunava Bhadra

The origin of Galactic cosmic rays is still a burning question that forms a major motivation for developments in ground-based gamma-ray astronomy. SNRs are long-thought to be sites for the acceleration of Galactic cosmic rays, and evidence…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Gavin Rowell