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The observations suggest that $\gamma$-ray bursts (GRBs) are produced by jets of relativistic cannonballs (CBs), emitted in supernova (SN) explosions. The CBs, reheated by their collision with the SN shell, emit radiation and Doppler-boost…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 A. De Rujula

The middle-aged supernova remnant (SNR) CTB 37A is known to interact with several dense molecular clouds through the detection of shocked ${\rm H_{2}}$ and OH 1720 MHz maser emission. In the present work, we use eight years of $\textit…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-06-24 Soheila Abdollahi , Jean ballet , Yasushi Fukazawa , Hideaki Katagiri , Benjamin Condon

This paper deals with the cosmic-ray penetration into molecular clouds and with the related gamma--ray emission. High energy cosmic rays interact with the dense gas and produce neutral pions which in turn decay into two gamma rays. This…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-11 Stefano Gabici

Recent gamma-ray observations of middle-aged supernova remnants revealed a mysterious broken power-law spectrum. Using three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamics simulations, we show that the interaction between a supernova blast wave and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-20 Tsuyoshi Inoue , Ryo Yamazaki , Shu-ichiro Inutsuka

A model is proposed for the origin of cosmic rays (CRs) from ~10^14 eV to the highest energies, >10^20 eV. Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) are assumed to inject CR protons and ions into the interstellar medium of star-forming galaxies--including…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Stuart D. Wick , Charles D. Dermer , Armen Atoyan

Recent observations of gamma-rays with the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) in the direction of the inner Galaxy revealed a mysterious GeV excess. Its intensity is significantly above predictions of the standard model of cosmic rays (CRs)…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-08-10 Dmitry O. Chernyshov , Andrei E. Egorov , Vladimir A. Dogiel , Alexei V. Ivlev

We analyze the GeV gamma-ray emission data from the vicinity of the supernova remnant (SNR) HB9 (G160.9+2.6) from the \textit{Fermi}-LAT 12-year observations to quantify the evolution of diffusive shock acceleration (DSA) in the SNR. In the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-05-25 Tomohiko Oka , Wataru Ishizaki

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…

The supernova remnant (SNR) G51.26+0.11 was recently discovered and little is known about its properties and environment. Using data from the \emph{Fermi} Large Area Telescope we study the GeV emission seen in the direction of G51.26+0.11…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-11-17 Miguel Araya

SNRs are likely to be significant sources of Galactic cosmic rays up to the knee. They produce gamma rays in the very-high-energy (E>100 GeV) range mainly via two mechanisms: hadronic interactions of accelerated protons with the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-08-23 Rowan Batzofin , Pierre Cristofari , Kathrin Egberts , Constantin Steppa

Supernova remnants (SNRs) are considered as the most promising source class to account for the bulk of the Galactic cosmic-ray flux. Yet amongst the population of ultra-high energy (UHE) sources that has recently emerged, due to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-10-18 A. M. W. Mitchell , S. Celli

The spectral shape of the gamma-ray emission observed for dynamically old supernova remnants that interact with molecular clouds triggered an exciting scenario of adiabatic compression and farther re-acceleration of Galactic cosmic rays…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-03-08 Iurii Sushch , Robert Brose

Spectrum and chemical composition of cosmic rays accelerated in supernova remnants are studied on a basis of kinetic approach. The cosmic ray transport equation with the Bohm diffusion coefficient has been numerically solved…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-02-03 E. G. Berezhko , G. F. Krymsky , V. K. Yelshin , L. T. Ksenofontov

Supernovae are the dominant source of chemical enrichment of galaxies, and they are an important source of energy to heat the interstellar medium and accelerate cosmic rays. Our knowledge of supernovae in the Milky Way is based mostly on…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-04-14 Sill Verberne , Jacco Vink

We present detailed analysis of the two gamma-ray sources,1FGL J1801.3-2322c and 1FGL J1800.5-2359c,that have been found toward the supernova remnant(SNR) W28 with the Large Area Telescope(LAT) on board the Fermi Gamma-ray Space…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-04-13 LAT Collaboration , A. A. Abdo

We propose a new hypothesis for the origin of the major part of non-solar hadronic cosmic rays (CRs) at all energies: highly relativistic, narrowly collimated jets from the birth or collapse of neutron stars (NSs) in our Galaxy accelerate…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-23 A. Dar , R. Plaga

Supernova remnants (SNRs) in the Galaxy are an important source of energy injection into the interstellar medium, and also of cosmic rays. Currently there are 294 known SNRs in the Galaxy, and their distribution with Galactocentric radius…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-10-14 D. A. Green

A gamma-ray burst (GRB) releases an amount of energy similar to that of a supernova explosion, which combined with its rapid variability suggests an origin related to neutron stars or black holes. Since these compact stellar remnants form…

We carried out $^{12}$CO($J$ = 1-0) observations of the Galactic gamma-ray supernova remnant (SNR) Kesteven 79 using the Nobeyama Radio Observatory 45 m radio telescope, which has an angular resolution of $\sim20$ arcsec. We identified…

The problem in identifying the sites of origin of Galactic Cosmic Rays (CRs) is reviewed. Recent observational evidence from very-high energy (VHE, energies above 100 GeV) gamma-ray measurements is in contradiction with the surmise that…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 R. Plaga