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The Cygnus Loop is among the brightest and best studied evolved Galactic supernova remnants. However, its distance has remained uncertain thus undermining quantitative understanding about many of its fundamental properties. Here we present…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-10-10 Robert A. Fesen , Kathryn E. Weil , Ignacio A. Cisneros , William P. Blair , John C. Raymond

Diffusive shock acceleration by the shockwaves in supernova remnants (SNRs) is widely accepted as the dominant source for Galactic cosmic rays. However, it is unknown what determines the maximum energy of accelerated particles. The…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-01-25 Yoshio Tsubone , Makoto Sawada , Aya Bamba , Satoru Katsuda , Jacco Vink

Because cosmic rays are charged particles scrambled by magnetic fields, combining direct measurements with other observations is crucial to understanding their origin and propagation. As energetic particles traverse matter and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 L. Tibaldo

Supernova remnants (SNRs) are believed to be the major contributors to Galactic cosmic rays. The detection of non-thermal emission from SNRs demonstrates the presence of energetic particles, but direct signatures of protons and other ions…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-11 Gilles Ferrand , Anne Decourchelle , Samar Safi-Harb

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

Large-scale radio continuum surveys have good potential for discovering new Galactic supernova remnants (SNRs). Surveys of the Galactic plane are often limited in the Galactic latitude of |b| ~ 5 degree. SNRs at high latitudes, such as the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-09-05 X. Y. Gao , J. L. Han

Current gamma-ray observatories have made substantial advances in the study of potential cosmic ray accelerators such as supernova remnants (SNRs), but the study of cosmic rays in flight from their parent accelerators remains a topic of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 Joshua V. Cardenzana

Charge exchange (CX) is an important process in shock physics since it indicates an interaction between downstream ions and ambient neutral hydrogen, suggesting a presence of a collisionless shock. We present a high-resolution spectroscopy…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-02-13 H. Uchida , S. Katsuda , H. Tsunemi , K. Mori , L. Gu , R. S. Cumbee , R. Petre , T. Tanaka

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 2019-08-13 Amanda Weinstein

We report on NuSTAR observations of the mixed morphology supernova remnant (SNR) W49B, focusing on its nonthermal emission. Whereas radio observations as well as recent gamma-ray observations evidenced particle acceleration in this SNR,…

We report the detection of GeV \gamma-ray emission from the supernova remnant Puppis A with the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope. Puppis A is among the faintest supernova remnants yet detected at GeV energies, with a luminosity of only…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-11 J. W. Hewitt , M. -H. Grondin , M. Lemoine-Goumard , T. Reposeur , J. Ballet , T. Tanaka

If supernova remnants (SNRs) are the sites of cosmic-ray acceleration, the associated nuclear interactions should result in observable fluxes of TeV gamma-rays from the nearest SNRs. Measurements of the gamma-ray flux from six nearby,…

We present results from X-ray analysis of a Galactic middle-aged supernova remnant (SNR) G156.2+5.7 which is bright and largely extended in X-ray wavelengths, showing a clear circular shape (radius about 50'). Using the Suzaku satellite, we…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-13 Satoru Katsuda , Robert Petre , Una Hwang , Hiroya Yamaguchi , Koji Mori , Hiroshi Tsunemi

The shell-type supernova remnant (SNR) RCW 86, possibly associated with the historical supernova SN 185, with its relatively large size (about 40' in diameter) and the presence of non-thermal X-rays is a promising target for gamma-ray…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 HESS Collaboration , F. Aharonian

We report a study of extended $\gamma$-ray emission with the Large Area Telescope (LAT) onboard the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, which is likely to be the second case of a $\gamma$-ray detection from a star-forming region (SFR) in our…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-05-03 Junichiro Katsuta , Yasunobu Uchiyama , Stefan Funk

Context. Supernova remnants (SNRs) are thought to be the primary candidates for the sources of Galactic cosmic rays. According to the diffusive shock acceleration theory, SNR shocks produce a power-law spectrum with an index of s = 2,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-12 I. Telezhinsky , V. V. Dwarkadas , M. Pohl

The nonlinear kinetic model of cosmic ray (CR) acceleration in supernova remnants (SNRs) is used to describe the relevant properties of Cassiopeia A (Cas A). In order to reproduce the SNR's observed size, expansion rate and thermal X-ray…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-23 E. G. Berezhko , G. Puehlhofer , H. J. Voelk

We present observations of the young Supernova remnant (SNR) RX J1713.7-3946 with the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT). We clearly detect a source positionally coincident with the SNR. The source is extended with a best-fit extension of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-05-25 A. A. Abdo , Fermi LAT Collaboration

According to the most popular model for the origin of cosmic rays (CRs), supernova remnants (SNRs) are the site where CRs are accelerated. Observations across the electromagnetic spectrum support this picture through the detection of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-01-27 S. Orlando , M. Miceli , S. Ustamujic , A. Tutone , E. Greco , O. Petruk , F. Bocchino , G. Peres

We present far-infrared (FIR) spectroscopy of supernova remnants (SNRs) based on the archival data of the Infrared Space Observatory ($ISO$) taken with the Long Wavelength Spectrometer (LWS). Our sample includes previously unpublished…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-11-24 Matthew J. Millard , Aravind P. Ravi , Jeonghee Rho , Sangwook Park