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The nature of the recently detected HE and VHE gamma-ray emission of Tycho's supernova remnant (SNR) is studied. A nonlinear kinetic theory of cosmic ray (CR) acceleration in supernova remnants (SNRs) is employed to investigate the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-01-13 E. G. Berezhko , L. T. Ksenofontov , H. J. Voelk

In the 1960s, the remnants of supernova explosions (SNRs) were indicated as a possible source of galactic cosmic rays through the Diffusive Shock Acceleration (DSA) mechanism. Since then, the observation of gamma-ray emission from…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-05-28 Andrea Giuliani , Martina Cardillo

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…

Recent gamma-ray observations show that middle aged supernova remnants (SNRs) interacting with molecular clouds (MCs) can be sources of both GeV and TeV emission. Based on the MC association, two scenarios have been proposed to explain the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-09-13 Xiaping Tang , Roger A. Chevalier

The middle-aged supernova remnant (SNR) W51C is an interesting source for the interaction of the shell with a molecular cloud. The shell emits intense radio synchrotron photons, and high-energy gamma-rays from the remnant have been detected…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-18 Jun Fang , Li Zhang

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

Recent observations by the Large Area Telescope (LAT) onboard the Fermi satellite have revealed bright gamma-ray emission from middle-aged supernova remnants (SNRs) inside our Galaxy. These remnants, which also possess bright non-thermal…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-17 Shiu-Hang Lee , Daniel J. Patnaude , John C. Raymond , Shigehiro Nagataki , Patrick O. Slane , Donald C. Ellison

Supernova remnants are widely believed to be a principal source of galactic cosmic rays, produced by diffusive shock acceleration in the environs of the remnant's expanding shock. This review discusses recent modelling of how such energetic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Matthew G. Baring

We investigate the theoretical and observational implications of the acceleration of protons and heavier nuclei in supernova remnants (SNRs). By adopting a semi-analytical technique, we study the non-linear interplay among particle…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-08-23 D. Caprioli , P. Blasi , E. Amato

We report the detection of GeV gamma-ray emission from the molecular cloud complex that surrounds the supernova remnant (SNR) W44 using the Large Area Telescope (LAT) onboard Fermi. While the previously reported gamma-ray emission from SNR…

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

We study the emission from an old supernova remnant (SNR) with an age of around 10^5 yrs and that from a giant molecular cloud (GMC) encountered by the SNR. When the SNR age is around 10^5 yrs, proton acceleration is efficient enough to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Ryo Yamazaki , Kazunori Kohri , Aya Bamba , Tatsuo Yoshida , Toru Tsuribe , Fumio Takahara

We report the current status of the observations of supernova remnants (SNRs) with the Large Area Telescope (LAT) aboard the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, focusing on middle-aged SNRs that appear to be interacting with molecular clouds.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 Yasunobu Uchiyama

MAGIC and H.E.S.S experiments are the first to produce images of supernova remnats (SNRs) in TeV gamma-rays. The gamma-radiation are produced either by electrons (due to inverse-Compton scatterings) or protons (due to pion decays). We…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-09-13 V. Beshley , O. Petruk

The supernova remnant (SNR) G150.3+4.5 was first identified in radio, exhibiting a hard GeV spectrum and a $\sim 1.5^\circ$ radius. Radio observations revealed a bright arc with an index of $\sim -0.40$, which stands in contrast to the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-08-20 Yuan Li , Siming Liu , Gwenael Giacinti

We report the detection of gamma-ray emission coincident with three supernova remnants (SNRs) using data from the Large Area Telescope on board the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. W41, MSH 17-39, and G337.0-0.1 are SNRs known to be…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-15 Daniel Castro , Patrick Slane , Ashley Carlton , Enectali Figueroa-Feliciano

A review of the possible relationship between gamma-ray sources and supernova remnants (SNRs) is presented. Particular emphasis is given to the analysis of the observational status of the problem of cosmic ray acceleration at SNR shock…

Galactic cosmic rays are believed to be accelerated at supernova remnant shocks. Gamma-ray observations of both supernova remnants and associated molecular clouds have been used in several occasions to test (so far quite successfully) this…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-08-09 Stefano Gabici

W28 is one of the archetype supernova remnants (SNRs) interacting with molecular clouds. H.E.S.S. observation found four TeV sources which are coincident with the molecular clouds (MCs) around W28, but Fermi LAT detected no prominent GeV…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-19 Hui Li , Yang Chen

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