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We present results from a 220-ks observation of the galactic supernova remnant (SNR) W49B using the Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer (ACIS) on board the Chanrda X-ray Observatory. We exploit these data to perform detailed…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-12 Laura A. Lopez , Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz , Daniel Castro , Sarah Pearson

This work reports on the detection of $\gamma$-ray emission coincident with the supernova remnant (SNR) SNR G5.7-0.1 using data collected by the Large Area Telescope aboard the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. The SNR is believed to be…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-01-13 Timothy Joubert , Daniel Castro , Patrick Slane , Joseph Gelfand

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

The discovery of bright gamma-ray emission coincident with supernova remnant (SNR) W51C is reported using the Large Area Telescope (LAT) on board the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. W51C is a middle-aged remnant (~10^4 yr) with intense…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-08-27 Fermi LAT collaboration

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

W49B is a supernova remnant (SNR) discovered over 60 years ago in early radio surveys. It has since been observed over the entire wavelength range, with the X-ray morphology resembling a centrally-filled SNR. The nature of its progenitor…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-12-09 Jared Siegel , Vikram V. Dwarkadas , Kari A. Frank , David N. Burrows

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

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 (SNRs) have been regarded for many decades as the sources of Galactic cosmic rays (CRs) up to a few PeV. However, only with the advent of Fermi-LAT it has been possible to detect - at least in some SNRs - \gamma-rays…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-03-12 Damiano Caprioli

Supernova remnants (SNRs) are the most attractive candidates for the acceleration sites of Galactic cosmic rays. We report the detection of GeV $\gamma$-ray emission with the Pass 8 events recorded by Fermi Large Area Telescope (Fermi-LAT)…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-01-29 Yu-Liang Xin , Yun-Feng Liang , Xiang Li , Qiang Yuan , Si-Ming Liu , Da-Ming Wei

We report the detection of gamma-ray emission coincident with four supernova remnants (SNRs) using data from the Large Area Telescope on board the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. G349.7+0.2, CTB 37A, 3C 391 and G8.7-0.1 are supernova…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-18 Daniel Castro , Patrick Slane

Hadronic $\gamma$-ray sources associated with supernova remnants (SNRs) can serve as stopwatches for the escape of cosmic rays from SNRs, which gradually develops from highest-energy particles to lowest-energy particles with time. In this…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-03-15 Paul K. H. Yeung , Aya Bamba , Hidetoshi Sano

We report the detection of high-energy $\gamma$-ray emission in the vicinity of G172.8+1.5, which is debated as a Supernova remnant (SNR) or an ionized hydrogen (H$_{\rm{II}}$) region. Using 16-yr Pass 8 data from Fermi Large Area Telescope…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-10-03 Yuan Li , Gwenael Giacinti , Siming Liu

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

We report the discovery of high-energy $\gamma$-ray emission in the vicinity of G213.0-0.6, which is debated as a supernova remnant (SNR) or an ionized hydrogen (H$_{\rm{II}}$) region. Using 16-yr Pass 8 data from Fermi Large Area Telescope…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-08-22 Yuan Li , Gwenael Giacinti , Siming Liu

We present an analysis of the gamma-ray data obtained with the Large Area Telescope (LAT) onboard the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope in the direction of SNR W49B (G43.3-0.2). A bright unresolved gamma-ray source detected at a significance…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-19 LAT Collaboration

A novel $\gamma$-ray supernova remnant (SNR) G206.9+2.3 is first reported in this study. We arrived at this conclusion after analyzing 12.4 years of observation data of the Fermi Large Area Telescope (Fermi-LAT). The photon flux of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-05-21 Yunchuan Xiang , Zejun Jiang

CTB 109 (G109.1-1.0) is a Galactic supernova remnant (SNR) with a hemispherical shell morphology in X-rays and in the radio band. In this work we report the detection of {\gamma}-ray emission coincident with CTB 109, using 37 months of data…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-05 Daniel Castro , Patrick Slane , Donald C. Ellison , Daniel J. Patnaude

The W49 region hosts two bright radio sources: the star forming region W49A and the supernova remnant W49B. The 10^6 M_odot Giant Molecular Cloud W49A is one of the most luminous giant radio HII regions in our Galaxy and hosts several…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 Francois Brun , Mathieu de Naurois , Werner Hofmann , Svenja Carrigan , Arache Djannati-Ataï , Stefan Ohm

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…

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