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We present the first dedicated X-ray study of the supernova remnant (SNR) G32.8-0.1 (Kes 78) with Suzaku. X-ray emission from the whole SNR shell has been detected for the first time. The X-ray morphology is well correlated with the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-02-17 Aya Bamba , Yukikatsu Terada , John Hewitt , Robert Petre , Lorella Angelini , Samar Safi-Harb , Ping Zhou , Fabrizio Bocchino , Makoto Sawada

The middle-aged supernova remnant IC 443 is interacting with molecular gas in its surroundings. $Fermi$-LAT has established that its gamma-ray emission at low energies shows the "pion bump" that is characteristic of hadronic emission. TeV…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 Brian Humensky

We report on the investigation of a very high energy (VHE), Galactic gamma-ray source recently discovered at >50GeV using the Large Area Telescope (LAT) on board the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope. This object, 2FHL J1703.4-4145, displays…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-12-02 J. Eagle , S. Marchesi , M. Ajello , D. Castro , A. Vendrasco

Recently the Nereides nebula was discovered through deep optical emission line observations and was classified as a supernova remnant (SNR) candidate, G107.7-5.1. Since very little is known about this SNR we look at several archival data…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-11-20 Miguel Araya

We reanalyze the Fermi-LAT GeV $\gamma$-ray emission in the region of supernova remnant (SNR) G51.26+0.11 and investigate its interstellar molecular environment with the CO-line data. At GeV energies, based on 13.2 years of Fermi-LAT data,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-03-08 Wen-Juan Zhong , Xiao Zhang , Yang Chen , Qian-Qian Zhang

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 have detected sub-TeV gamma-ray emission from the direction of the Galactic Center (GC) using the CANGAROO-II Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescope (IACT). We detected a statistically signicant excess at energies greater than 250GeV.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-13 K. Tsuchiya , R. Enomoto , L. T. Ksenofontov , M. Mori , T. Naito , CANGAROO-II collaboration

We report observation of the supernova remnant IC443 (G189.1+3.0) with the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope Large Area Telescope (LAT) in the energy band between 200MeV and 50GeV. IC443 is a shell-type supernova remnant with mixed morphology…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-18 A. A. Abdo

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

Aims. Two-dimensional MHD simulations are used to model the emission properties of TeV-bright shell-type supernova remnants (SNRs) and to explore their nature. Methods. In the leptonic scenario for the TeV emission, the $\gamma$-ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-12-17 Chuyuan Yang , Siming Liu , Jun Fang , Hui Li

Hadronic gamma-ray emission from supernova remnants (SNRs) is an important tool to test shock acceleration of cosmic ray protons. Tycho is one of nearly a dozen Galactic SNRs which are suggested to emit hadronic gamma-ray emission. Among…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-11 Xiao Zhang , Yang Chen , Hui Li , Xin Zhou

A reanalysis of data taken on the Cygnus region in 1989-90 using the Whipple Observatory atmospheric Cherenkov imaging telescope confirms the existence of the TeV J2032+4130 source reported by the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory and…

A survey of Galactic gamma-ray sources at a median energy of ~20 TeV has been performed using the Milagro Gamma Ray Observatory. Eight candidate sources of TeV emission are detected with pre-trials significance $>4.5\sigma$ in the region of…

G279.0+1.1 is a supernova remnant (SNR) with poorly known parameters, first detected as a dim radio source and classified as an evolved system. An analysis of data from the Fermi-LAT revealing for the first time an extended source of gamma…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-02-05 Miguel Araya

The first remnants detected by the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope were of the type of mixed-morphology supernova remnants interacting with molecular clouds. In this paper we are presenting preliminary results of the gamma-ray analysis of 4…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-01-16 Tülün Ergin , E. Nihal Ercan

Observations of GeV gamma-ray emission from the well-studied mixed-morphology supernova remnant (SNR) W44 by Fermi-LAT and AGILE imply that it is a site of significant cosmic ray acceleration. The spectral energy distribution (SED) derived…

CTA 1 (G119.5+10.2) is a composite supernova remnant (SNR) with a shell-type structure, visible in the radio band, surrounding a smaller pulsar wind nebula. Fermi detected a radio-quiet pulsar PSR J0007+7303 within the radio shell. 26.5…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 Nahee Park

Tycho's supernova remnant (SNR) is well-established as a source of particle acceleration to very high energies. Constraints from numerous studies indicate that the observed gamma-ray emission results primarily from hadronic processes,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-18 P. Slane , S. -H. Lee , D. C. Ellison , D. J. Patnaude , J. P. Hughes , K. A. Eriksen , D. Castro , S. Nagataki

The investigation of VHE gamma-ray sources by any methods, including mirror Cherenkov telescopes, touches on the problem of the cosmic ray origin and, accordingly, the role of the Galaxy in their generation. The SHALON observations have…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-02-05 Vera G. Sinitsyna , Vera Y. Sinitsyna

A new extended gamma-ray source, which was named as Source A, in the southwest of Galactic supernova remnant (SNR) G306.3$-$0.9 was detected with a significance of $\sim$13$\sigma$ at the location of R.A. (J2000) = 13$^{\rm{h}}$…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-12-19 Tulun Ergin , Satoru Katsuda , Aytap Sezer , Ryo Yamazaki , Miroslav Filipovic , Hidetoshi Sano , Yasuo Fukui , Shuta Tanaka
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