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We report a discovery of bright blob-like enhancements of an Fe I K$\alpha$ line in the northwest and the middle of the supernova remnant (SNR) IC 443. The distribution of the line emission is associated with molecular clouds interacting…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-01-08 Kumiko K. Nobukawa , Arisa Hirayama , Aika Shimaguchi , Yutaka Fujita , Masayoshi Nobukawa , Shigeo Yamauchi

We discuss the GeV to TeV photon emission of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) within the refreshed shock and the continuous injection scenarios, motivated by the observation of extended emission in a substantial fraction of short GRBs. In the first…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-18 P. Veres , P. Mészáros

We present an extensive X-ray spectral variability study of the TeV photon-emitting high-energy-peaked BL Lacertae object PG 1553+113, using the data from EPIC-PN camera of XMM-Newton, which observed the source during its operational period…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-07 P. U. Devanand , Alok C. Gupta , Paul J. Wiita , V. Jithesh , Archana Gupta

Supernova remnants (SNRs) have long been hypothesized as the main source of Galactic Cosmic Rays up to PeV energies. Some of them have indeed been shown to accelerate protons to TeV energies and above. But which of them are indeed efficient…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-07-22 Henrike Fleischhack

We present a detailed analysis of the GeV gamma-ray emission toward the supernova remnant (SNR) G8.7-0.1 with the Large Area Telescope (LAT) onboard the \emph{Fermi} Gamma-ray Space Telescope. An investigation of the relationship among…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-30 LAT Collaboration

Spatial template is important to study the nearby supernova remnant (SNR). For SNR G332.5-5.6, we report a gaussian disk with radius of about 1.06 degrees to be a potential good spatial model in the gamma-ray band. Employing this new…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-03-12 Ming-Hong Luo , Qing-Wen Tang , Xiu-Rong Mo

Supernova Remnant RX J1713.7-3946 emits synchrotron X-rays and very high energy $\gamma$-rays. Recently, thermal X-ray line emission is detected from ejecta plasma. CO and HI observations indicate that a highly inhomogeneous medium…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-09-14 Aytap Sezer , Ryo Yamazaki , Xiaohong Cui , Aya Bamba , Yutaka Ohira

With almost 15 years of data taken by the Large Area Telescope (LAT) onboard the Fermi satellite we discovered an extended source of GeV emission in the region of the very-high-energy (TeV) source 1LHAASO J1945+2424. This TeV source is more…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-12-05 Miguel Araya , J. A. Álvarez-Quesada

We report on spatially resolved X-ray spectroscopy of the north-eastern part of the mixed morphology supernova remnant (SNR) W28 with {\it XMM-Newton}. The observed field of view includes a prominent and twisted shell emission forming the…

GeV and TeV emission from the forward shocks of supernova remnants (SNRs) indicates that they are capable particle accelerators, making them promising sources of Galactic cosmic rays (CRs). However, it remains uncertain whether this…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-08-23 N. Corso , R. Diesing , D. Caprioli

We investigate the radiation processes inside supernova remnants which are powered by young pulsars. Using recent model for particle acceleration by the pulsar wind nebulae, we obtain the equilibrium spectra of leptons and nuclei inside the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 W. Bednarek , M. Bartosik

A number of supernova remnants (SNRs) show nonthermal X-rays assumed to be synchrotron emission from shock accelerated TeV electrons. The existence of these TeV electrons strongly suggests that the shocks in SNRs are sources of galactic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Donald C. Ellison , Anne Decourchelle , Jean Ballet

Galactic cosmic rays (CRs) are believed to be accelerated at supernova remnant (SNR) shocks. In the hadronic scenario the TeV gamma-ray emission from SNRs originates from decaying pions that are produced in collisions of the interstellar…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-06-24 Matteo Pais , Christoph Pfrommer , Kristian Ehlert , Maria Werhahn , Georg Winner

Using $5.4$ year Fermi-LAT data, we report the detection of GeV $\gamma$-ray emission from the shell-type supernova remnant RCW 86 (G315.4-2.3) with a significance of $\sim5.1\sigma$. The data slightly favors an extended emission of this…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-06-18 Qiang Yuan , Xiaoyuan Huang , Siming Liu , Bing Zhang

The launch of Chandra and XMM-Newton has led to important new findings concerning the X-ray emission from supernova remnants. These findings are a result of the high spatial resolution with which imaging spectroscopy is now possible, but…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Jacco Vink

The shell-type supernova remnant HESS J1731$-$347 emits TeV gamma-rays, and is a key object for the study of the cosmic ray acceleration potential of supernova remnants. We use 0.5-1 arcminute Mopra CO/CS(1-0) data in conjunction with HI…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-12-20 Nigel Maxted , Michael Burton , Catherine Braiding , Gavin Rowell , Hidetoshi Sano , Fabien Voisin , Massimo Capasso , Gerd Pühlhofer , Yasuo Fukui

Observations from the radio to the gamma-ray wavelengths indicate that supernova remnant (SNR) shocks are sites of effective particle acceleration. It has been proposed that the presence of dense clumps in the environment where supernovae…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-06-26 Silvia Celli , Giovanni Morlino , Stefano Gabici , Felix Aharonian

We report the discovery of TeV gamma-ray emission from the Type Ia supernova remnant (SNR) G120.1+1.4, known as Tycho's supernova remnant. Observations performed in the period 2008-2010 with the VERITAS ground-based gamma-ray observatory…

Supernova remnants are one potential source class considered a PeVatron (i.e. capable of accelerating cosmic rays above PeV energies). The shock fronts produced after the explosion of the supernova are ideal regions for particle…

We present analytical and numerical studies of models of supernova-remnant (SNR) blast waves expanding into uniform media and interacting with a denser cavity wall, in one spatial dimension. We predict the nonthermal emission from such…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-01-23 Zhu Tang , Stephen P. Reynolds , Sean M. Ressler