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Kes 41 is among the Galactic supernova remnants (SNRs) proposed to be physically linked to $\gamma$-ray emission at GeV energies. Although not conclusively, the nature of the $\gamma$-ray photons has been explained by means of hadronic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-03-31 Leonardo Supan , Gabriela Castelletti , Alberto D. Supanitsky , Michael G. Burton

Supernova remnants (SNRs) have long been considered to be the dominant source of Galactic cosmic rays, which implied that they provided most of the energy to power cosmic rays as well as being PeVatrons. The lack of evidence for PeV cosmic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-12-27 Jacco Vink

Energetic gamma rays (GeV to TeV photon energy) have been detected toward several supernova remnants (SNR) associated with molecular clouds. If the gamma rays are produced mainly by hadronic processes rather than leptonic processes like…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-05-16 F. Schuppan , J. K. Becker , J. H. Black , S. Casanova

We analyze the results of recent measurements of Galactic cosmic ray (GCRs) energy spectra and the spectra of nonthermal emission from supernova remnants (SNRs) in order to determine their consistency with GCR origin in SNRs. It is shown…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-12-30 E. G. Berezhko

The supernova remnant Kes 73 and/or the magnetar 1E 1841-045 at its center can deposit a large amount of energy to the surroundings and is potentially responsible for particle acceleration. Using the data taken with the Fermi Large Area…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-03-08 Paul K. H. Yeung , Albert K. H. Kong , P. H. Thomas Tam , C. Y. Hui , Jumpei Takata , K. S. Cheng

The Vela supernova remnant (SNR), G263.9-3.3, and its pulsar wind nebula (PWN), Vela X, is one of the closest such systems, and it has been studied using observations across the electromagnetic spectrum. SNRs are known sources of gamma rays…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-04-21 Miguel Araya , Santiago Ramírez , Diego Bueso , Braulio J. Solano-Rojas

Although supernova remnants remain the main suspects as sources of Galactic cosmic rays up to the knee, the supernova paradigm still has many loose ends. The weakest point in this construction is the possibility that individual supernova…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-07-29 P. Cristofari , P. Blasi , E. Amato

The origin of Galactic Cosmic Rays (CRs) and the possibility of Supernova Remnants (SNRs) being potential CR accelerators is still an open debate. The charged CRs can be detected indirectly by the {\gamma}-ray observatories through the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-04-21 Pooja Sharma , Ziwei Ou , Charles Henry-Cadrot , Coline Dubos , Tiina Suomijärvi

Analysis of gamma-ray emission from the supernova remnant G78.2+2.1 ($\gamma$ Cygni) with 7.2 years of cumulative data from the Fermi-LAT telescope shows a distinct hard, bright and extended component to the north of the shell coincident…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-07-27 Nissim Fraija , Miguel Araya

The properties of the - presumably - youngest Galactic supernova remnant (SNR) G1.9+0.3 are investigated within the framework of nonlinear kinetic theory of cosmic ray acceleration in SNRs. The observed angular size and expansion speed as…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-03-07 L. T. Ksenofontov , H. J. Voelk , E. G. Berezhko

We report the likely GeV $\gamma$-ray emission from the composite supernova remnant (SNR) COMP G327.1+1.1 by analyzing $\sim$12.2 years of the \textit{Fermi} Large Area Telescope (\textit{Fermi}-LAT) Pass 8 data. We found the features of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-05-19 Yunchuan Xiang , Yi Xing , Zejun Jiang

Recent cosmic-ray measurements have found an anomaly in the cosmic-ray energy spectrum at GeV-TeV energies. Although the origin of the anomaly is not clearly understood, suggested explanations include effect of cosmic-ray source spectrum,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-19 Satyendra Thoudam , Jörg R. Hörandel

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

Star-forming and starburst galaxies are considered as one of the viable candidate sources of the high-energy cosmic neutrino background detected in IceCube. We revisit contributions of supernova remnants (SNRs) and hypernova remnants (HNRs)…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-09-27 Di Xiao , Peter Mészáros , Kohta Murase , Zi-gao Dai

The precise measurements of energy spectra and anisotropy could help us uncover the local cosmic-ray accelerators. Our recent works have shown that spectral hardening above $200$ GeV in the energy spectra and transition of large-scale…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-02-16 Bing Zhao , Wei Liu , Qiang Yuan , Hong-Bo Hu , Xiao-Jun Bi , Han-Rong Wu , Xun-Xiu Zhou , Yi-Qing Guo

Supernova remnants (SNRs) are widely considered the most likely source of cosmic rays below the knee ($10^{15}$ eV). Studies of GeV and TeV gamma-ray emission in the vicinity of SNRs, in combination with multi-wavelength observations, can…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 Amanda Weinstein

The supernova paradigm for the origin of galactic cosmic rays can be tested using multifrequency observations of both non-thermal and thermal emission from supernova remnants. The smoking gun of hadronic acceleration in these sources can,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2010-01-05 G. Morlino , P. Blasi , E. Amato

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

The gamma Cygni supernova remnant (SNR) is a middle-aged, Sedov-phase SNR in the Cygnus region. It is a known source of non-thermal emission at radio, X-ray, and gamma-ray energies. Very-high energy (VHE, >100 GeV) gamma-ray emission from…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-07-22 Henrike Fleischhack