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HESS J1912+101 is a shell-like TeV source that has no clear counterpart in multiwavelength. Using CO and H i data, we reveal that VLSR~+60 km/s molecular clouds (MCs), together with shocked molecular gas and high-velocity neutral atomic…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-08-23 Yang Su , Xin Zhou , Ji Yang , Yang Chen , Xuepeng Chen , Yan Gong , Shaobo Zhang

Aims. We aim to investigate the molecular environment of the supernova remnant (SNR) G150.3+4.5, and explore its association with ambient molecular clouds (MCs). Methods. We present large-field CO (J=1-0) molecular line observations toward…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-06-26 Jian-Cheng Feng , Xuepeng Chen , Yang Su , Li Sun , Shiyu Zhang , Xin Zhou , Weihua Guo

The very high energy gamma-ray source HESS J1809-193 has been detected by the LHAASO and HAWC observatory beyond 100 TeV energy. It is an interesting candidate for exploring the underlying mechanisms of gamma-ray production due to the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-09-10 Sovan Boxi , Nayantara Gupta

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

We report on a multifrequency radio study of the supernova remnant (SNR) G338.3-0.0, in positional coincidence with the TeV source HESS J1640-465. To carry out this research we observed the SNR G338.3-0.0 using the Giant Metrewave Radio…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-30 G. Castelletti , E. Giacani , G. Dubner , B. C. Joshi , A. Pramesh Rao , R. Terrier

HESS J1804-216 is one of the brightest yet most mysterious TeV gamma-ray sources discovered to date. Previous arc-minute scale studies of the interstellar medium (ISM) surrounding this TeV gamma-ray source revealed HESS J1804-216 is likely…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-02-23 K. Feijen , S. Einecke , G. Rowell , C. Braiding , M. G. Burton , G. F. Wong

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

We report the detection of GeV gamma-ray emission likely associated with supernova remnant (SNR) G335.2+0.1 and the finding of a molecular cloud ($\sim20$--$30^\prime$ in angular size) that is very likely in physical contact with the SNR…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-09-12 Chen Huang , Xiao Zhang , Yang Chen , Qian-Qian Zhang , Wen-Juan Zhong , Xin Zhou

Non-thermal radio emission is detected in the region of the gamma-ray source FHES J1723.5-0501. The emission has an approximately circular shape 0.8 degrees in diameter. The observations confirm its nature as a new supernova remnant,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-12-15 Miguel Araya , Natasha Hurley-Walker , Sebastián Quirós-Araya

We have performed a multi-wavelength study of supernova remnant (SNR) G57.2+0.8 and its environment. The SNR hosts the magnetar SGR 1935+2154, which emitted an extremely bright ms-duration radio burst on 2020 Apr 28 (The Chime/Frb…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-12-23 Ping Zhou , Xin Zhou , Yang Chen , Jie-Shuang Wang , Jacco Vink , Yuan Wang

To determine the nature of the PeVatron's emission (hadronic or leptonic), it is essential to characterize the physical parameters of the environment from where it originates. We unambiguously confirm the association of molecular gas with…

Recent results obtained with gamma-ray satellites have established supernova remnants as accelerators of GeV hadronic cosmic rays. In such processes, CRs accelerated in SNR shocks interact with particles from gas clouds in their…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-08-14 Emma de Ona Wilhelmi , Iurii Sushch , Robert Brose , Enrique Mestre , Yang Su , Roberta Zanin

HESS J1858+020 is a TeV gamma-ray source that was reported not to have any clear cataloged counterpart at any wavelength. However, it has been recently proposed that this source is indirectly associated with the radio source, re-identified…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-28 Diego F. Torres , Hui Li , Yang Chen , Analia Cillis , Andrea G. Caliandro , Ana Y. Rodriguez-Marrero

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

Thanks to the use of advanced analysis techniques, the H.E.S.S. imaging Cherenkov telescope array has now reached a sensitivity level allowing the detection of sources with fluxes around 1% of the Crab with a limited observation time (less…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 Hélène Laffon , Fabio Acero , Francois Brun , Bruno Khélifi , Gerd Pühlhofer , Régis Terrier

Analyzing the high-resolution CO-line survey of the Galactic plane with the Nobeyama 45-m telescope (FUGIN), we show that the star-forming complex G18.15-0.30+51 (G18) at radial velocity of 51 \kms is {a tight triple association of a giant…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-08-16 Yoshiaki Sofue

The search for Galactic PeVatrons - astrophysical accelerators of cosmic rays to PeV energies - has entered a new phase in recent years with the discovery of the first Ultra-High-Energy (UHE, $E>100$ TeV) gamma-ray sources by the HAWC and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-10-30 A. M. W. Mitchell

It is difficult to distinguish hadronic process from the leptonic one in $\gamma$-ray observation, which is however crucial in revealing the origin of cosmic rays. As an endeavor in the regard, we focus in this work on the complex…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-06-08 Xiao Zhang , Yang Chen , Fa-xiang Zheng , Qian-cheng Liu , Ping Zhou , Bing Liu

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 believed to be capable of accelerating cosmic rays (CRs) to PeV energies. SNR G106.3+2.7 is a prime PeVatron candidate. It is formed by a head region, where the pulsar J2229+6114 and its boomerang-shaped pulsar…