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We present a detailed investigation of the $\gamma$-ray emission in the vicinity of the supernova remnant (SNR) W28 (G6.4$-$0.1) observed by the Large Area Telescope (LAT) onboard the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. We detected significant…

The HAWC Collaboration has recently reported the detection of bright and spatially extended multi-TeV gamma-ray emission from Geminga, Monogem, and a handful of other nearby, middle-aged pulsars. The angular profile of the emission observed…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-10-17 Dan Hooper , Tim Linden

The recent detection of the Geminga PWN by HAWC in the multi-TeV band allows us to infer precious information about the transport of pairs in the immediate surroundings of the pulsar and on the spectrum of pairs contributed by a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-06-28 Benedikt Schroer , Carmelo Evoli , Pasquale Blasi

TeV haloes are a recently discovered class of very high energy gamma-ray emitters. These sources consist of extended regions of multi-TeV emission, originally observed around the two well-known and nearby pulsars, Geminga and PSR B0656+14…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-09-04 Elena Amato , Sarah Recchia

Recent discovery of the X-ray neutral iron line (Fe I K\alpha at 6.40 keV) around several supernova remnants (SNRs) show that MeV cosmic-ray (CR) protons are distributed around the SNRs and are interacting with neutral gas there. We propose…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-27 Ken Makino , Yutaka Fujita , Kumiko Nobukawa , Hironori Matsumoto , Yutaka Ohira

In the standard Galactic cosmic-ray (CR) paradigm, protons are accelerated up to ~1 PeV by Galactic sources. While supernova remnants (SNRs) have been traditionally considered as the primary accelerators, recent observations by LHAASO and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-01-22 Yutaka Fujita , Rohta Takahashi , Norita Kawanaka

SNR G106.3+2.7 is a complex TeV emitting source whose emission is still poorly understood. It has especially been at the center of numerous discussions on its potential for being a supernova remnant (SNR) PeVatron, since its gamma-ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-31 P. Cristofari , G. Emery , T. Lubrano di Vavaria , H. Costantini , F. Cassol , M. -S. Carrasco , B. Le Nagat Neher

The supernova remnant (SNR) HESS J1731-347 is a young SNR which displays a non-thermal X-ray and TeV shell structure. A molecular cloud at a distance of 3.2 kpc is spatially coincident with the western part of the SNR, and it is likely hit…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-12-20 Yudong Cui , Ruizhi Yang , Xinbo He , P. H. Thomas Tam , Gerd Puehlhofer

Supernova Remnants (SNRs) are believed to be the main source of Galactic cosmic rays (CR). The strong SNR shocks provide ideal acceleration sites for particles of at least 10^14 eV/nucleon. Radio continuum studies of SNRs carried out with…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-11-08 G. Dubner

The origin of the radiation observed in the region of the supernova remnant RX J1713.7-3946, one of the brightest TeV emitters, has been debated since its discovery. The existence of atomic and molecular clouds in this object supports the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-06-03 Reimar Leike , Silvia Celli , Alberto Krone-Martins , Celine Boehm , Martin Glatzle , Yasou Fukui , Hidetoshi Sano , Gavin Rowell

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

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

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

In the 1960s, the remnants of supernova explosions (SNRs) were indicated as a possible source of galactic cosmic rays through the Diffusive Shock Acceleration (DSA) mechanism. Since then, the observation of gamma-ray emission from…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-05-28 Andrea Giuliani , Martina Cardillo

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

In an earlier paper, the effect of the nearby known supernova remnants (SNRs) on the local cosmic-rays (CRs) was studied, considering different possible forms of the particle injection time. The present work is a continuation of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Satyendra Thoudam

Observations of the middle-aged supernova remnants IC 443, W28 and W51C indicate that the brightnesses at GeV and TeV energies are correlated with each other and with regions of molecular clump interaction, but not with the radio…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-19 Xiaping Tang , Roger A. Chevalier

The supernova remnant (SNR) G51.26+0.11 was recently discovered and little is known about its properties and environment. Using data from the \emph{Fermi} Large Area Telescope we study the GeV emission seen in the direction of G51.26+0.11…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-11-17 Miguel Araya

Context. Supernova remnants (SNRs) are thought to be the main source of Galactic cosmic rays (CRs) up to the "knee" in CR spectrum. During the evolution of a SNR, the bulk of the CRs are confined inside the SNR shell. The highest-energy…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-03 I. Telezhinsky , V. V. Dwarkadas , M. Pohl

If cosmic rays with energies <100 TeV originate in the galaxy and are accelerated in shock waves in shell-type supernova remnants (SNRs), gamma-rays will be produced as the result of proton and electron interactions with the local…