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Extended GeV-TeV Emission around Gamma-Ray Burst Remnants, and the Case of W49B

We investigate the high-energy photon emission around Gamma-Ray Burst (GRB) remnants caused by ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) from the GRBs. We apply the results to the recent report that the supernova remnant W49B is a GRB remnant…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Kunihito Ioka , Shiho Kobayashi , Peter Meszaros

The low rate of Galactic pevatrons

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

On the TeV Halo Fraction in gamma-ray bright Pulsar Wind Nebulae

The discovery of extended TeV emission around the Geminga and PSR B0656+14 pulsars, with properties consistent with free particle propagation in the interstellar medium (ISM), has sparked considerable discussion on the possible presence of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-04-29 G. Giacinti , A. M. W. Mitchell , R. López-Coto , V. Joshi , R. D. Parsons , J. A. Hinton

Diffusive Cosmic Ray Acceleration at the Galactic Centre

The diffuse TeV emission detected from the inner $\sim2^\circ$ of the Galaxy appears to be strongly correlated with the distribution of molecular gas along the Galactic ridge. Although it is not yet entirely clear whether the origin of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-20 Fulvio Melia , Marco Fatuzzo

Shock Acceleration and Gamma-Ray Emitting Supernova Remnants

Diffusive shock acceleration in the environs of a remnant's expanding shell is a popular candidate for the origin of SNR gamma-rays. In this paper, results from our study of non-linear effects in shock acceleration theory and their impact…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Matthew G. Baring , Donald C. Ellison , Stephen P. Reynolds , Isabelle A. Grenier , Philippe Goret

Kinetic theory of cosmic ray and gamma-ray production in supernova remnants expanding into wind bubbles

Abbreviated Abstract: A kinetic model of particle acceleration in supernova remnants (SNRs) is extended to study the cosmic ray (CR) and associated high energy gamma-ray production during SN shock propagation through the inhomogeneous…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Evgeny G. Berezhko , Heinrich J. Voelk

Diffuse neutrinos from extragalactic supernova remnants: Dominating the 100 TeV IceCube flux

IceCube has measured a diffuse astrophysical flux of TeV-PeV neutrinos. The most plausible sources are unique high energy cosmic ray accelerators like hypernova remnants (HNRs) and remnants from gamma ray bursts in star-burst galaxies,…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-05-19 Sovan Chakraborty , Ignacio Izaguirre

A new SNR with TeV shell-type morphology: HESS J1731-347

The recent discovery of the radio shell-type supernova remnant (SNR), G353.6-0.7, in spatial coincidence with the unidentified TeV source HESS J1731-347 has motivated further observations of the source with the High Energy Stereoscopic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-28 HESS Collaboration , A. Abramowski , F. Acero , F. Aharonian , A. G. Akhperjanian , G. Anton , A. Balzer , A. Barnacka , U. Barres de Almeida , A. R. Bazer-Bachi , Y. Becherini , J. Becker , B. Behera , K. Bernlöhr , A. Bochow , C. Boisson , J. Bolmont , P. Bordas , V. Borrel , J. Brucker , F. Brun , P. Brun , T. Bulik , I. Büsching , S. Carrigan , S. Casanova , M. Cerruti , P. M. Chadwick , A. Charbonnier , R. C. G. Chaves , A. Cheesebrough , L. -M. Chounet , A. C. Clapson , G. Coignet , J. Conrad , M. Dalton , M. K. Daniel , I. D. Davids , B. Degrange , C. Deil , H. J. Dickinson , A. Djannati-Ataï , W. Domainko , L. O'C. Drury , F. Dubois , G. Dubus , J. Dyks , M. Dyrda , K. Egberts , P. Eger , P. Espigat , L. Fallon , C. Farnier , S. Fegan , F. Feinstein , M. V. Fernandes , A. Fiasson , G. Fontaine , A. Förster , M. Füßling , Y. A. Gallant , H. Gast , L. Gérard , D. Gerbig , B. Giebels , J. F. Glicenstein , B. Glück , P. Goret , D. Göring , S. Häffner , J. D. Hague , D. Hampf , M. Hauser , S. Heinz , G. Heinzelmann , G. Henri , G. Hermann , J. A. Hinton , A. Hoffmann , W. Hofmann , P. Hofverberg , M. Holler , D. Horns , A. Jacholkowska , O. C. de Jager , C. Jahn , M. Jamrozy , I. Jung , M. A. Kastendieck , K. Katarzynski , U. Katz , S. Kaufmann , D. Keogh , D. Khangulyan , B. Khélifi , D. Klochkov , W. Kluzniak , T. Kneiske , Nu. Komin , K. Kosack , R. Kossakowski , H. Laffon , G. Lamanna , D. Lennarz , T. Löhse , A. Lopatin , C. -C. Lu , V. Marandon , A. Marcowith , J. Masbou , D. Maurin , N. Maxted , T. J. L. McComb , M. C. Medina , J. Méhault , R. Moderski , E. Moulin , C. L. Naumann , M. Naumann-Godo , M. de Naurois , D. Nedbal , D. Nekrassov , N. Nguyen , B. Nicholas , J. Niemiec , S. J. Nolan , S. Ohm , J-P. Olive , E. de Oña Wilhelmi , B. Opitz , M. Ostrowski , M. Panter , M. Paz Arribas , G. Pedaletti , G. Pelletier , P. -O. Petrucci , S. Pita , G. Pühlhofer , M. Punch , A. Quirrenbach , M. Raue , S. M. Rayner , A. Reimer , O. Reimer , M. Renaud , R. de los Reyes , F. Rieger , J. Ripken , L. Rob , S. Rosier-Lees , G. Rowell , B. Rudak , C. B. Rulten , J. Ruppel , F. Ryde , V. Sahakian , A. Santangelo , R. Schlickeiser , F. M. Schöck , A. Schulz , U. Schwanke , S. Schwarzburg , S. Schwemmer , M. Sikora , J. L. Skilton , H. Sol , G. Spengle , L. Stawarz , R. Steenkamp , C. Stegmann , F. Stinzing , K. Stycz , I. Sushch , A. Szostek , J. -P. Tavernet , R. Terrier , O. Tibolla3 , M. Tluczykont , K. Valerius , C. van Eldik , G. Vasileiadis , C. Venter , J. P. Vialle , A. Viana , P. Vincent , M. Vivier , H. J. Völk , F. Volpe , S. Vorobiov , M. Vorster , S. J. Wagner , M. Ward , A. Wierzcholska , M. Zacharias , A. Zajczyk , A. A. Zdziarski , A. Zech , H. -S. Zechlin

Extended TeV Halos May Commonly Exist around Middle-Aged Pulsars

Extended gamma-ray emission around isolated pulsars at TeV energies, also known as TeV halos, have been found around a handful of middle-aged pulsars. The halos are significantly more extended than their pulsar wind nebulae but much smaller…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-05-02 A. Albert , R. Alfaro , C. Alvarez , J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez , D. Avila Rojas , H. A. Ayala Solares , R. Babu , E. Belmont-Moreno , A. Bernal , K. S. Caballero-Mora , T. Capistrán , A. Carramiñana , S. Casanova , U. Cotti , J. Cotzomi , S. Coutiño de León , E. De la Fuente , D. Depaoli , P. Desiati , N. Di Lalla , R. Diaz Hernandez , B. L. Dingus , M. A. DuVernois , J. C. Díaz-Vélez , K. Engel , C. Espinoza , K. L. Fan , N. Fraija , J. A. García-González , F. Garfias , H. Goksu , M. M. González , J. A. Goodman , S. Groetsch , J. P. Harding , S. Hernández-Cadena , I. Herzog , D. Huang , F. Hueyotl-Zahuantitla , A. Iriarte , S. Kaufmann , D. Kieda , J. Lee , H. León Vargas , J. T. Linnemann , A. L. Longinotti , G. Luis-Raya , K. Malone , O. Martinez , J. MartínezCastro , J. A. Matthews , P. Miranda-Romagnoli , J. A. Morales-Soto , E. Moreno , M. Mostafá , M. Najafi , A. Nayerhoda , L. Nellen , M. U. Nisa , N. Omodei , Y. Pérez Araujo , E. G. Pérez-Pérez , C. D. Rho , D. Rosa-González , E. Ruiz-Velasco , H. Salazar , D. Salazar-Gallegos , A. Sandoval , M. Schneider , J. Serna-Franco , Y. Son , R. W. Springer , O. Tibolla , K. Tollefson , I. Torres , R. Torres-Escobedo , R. Turner , F. Ureña-Mena , E. Varela , L. Villaseñor , X. Wang , E. Willox , H. Zhou , C. de León

Gamma-ray Emission from the S147 Region: Indication of Escaping Cosmic Rays Interacting with Molecular Clouds

We present a detailed analysis of $\gamma$-ray emission from the middle-aged supernova remnant (SNR) S147 (G180.0$-$1.7) using approximately 16.5 years of Fermi-LAT data. Spatially, a new extended $\gamma$-ray component distinct from the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-01-29 Huan Yang , Bing Liu , Houdun Zeng , Xiaoyuan Huang

Broad-band nonthermal emission from molecular clouds illuminated by cosmic rays from nearby supernova remnants

Molecular clouds are expected to emit non-thermal radiation due to cosmic ray interactions in the dense magnetized gas. Such emission is amplified if a cloud is located close to an accelerator of cosmic rays and if energetic particles can…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-13 Stefano Gabici , Felix A. Aharonian , Sabrina Casanova

Constraints on the distribution of supernova remnants with Galactocentric radius

Supernova remnants (SNRs) in the Galaxy are an important source of energy injection into the interstellar medium, and also of cosmic rays. Currently there are 294 known SNRs in the Galaxy, and their distribution with Galactocentric radius…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-10-14 D. A. Green

A 7mm line survey of the shocked and disrupted molecular gas towards the W28 field TeV gamma-ray sources

We present 7mm Mopra observations of the dense molecular gas towards the W28 supernova remnant (SNR) field, following a previous 12mm line survey of this region. These observations take advantage of the 7mm beam size to probe the dense and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-30 B. P. Nicholas , G. Rowell , M. G. Burton , A. J. Walsh , Y. Fukui , A. Kawamura , N. I. Maxted

Evidence for TeV gamma-ray emission from the shell type SNR RXJ1713.7-3946

We report the results of TeV gamma-ray observations of the shell type SNR RXJ1713.7-3946 (G347.3-0.5). The discovery of strong non-thermal X-ray emission from the northwest part of the remnant strongly suggests the existence of electrons…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 H. Muraishi , T. Tanimori , S. Yanagita , T. Yoshida , M. Moriya , T. Kifune , S. A. Dazeley , P. G. Edwards , S. Gunji , S. Hara , T. Hara , A. Kawachi , H. Kubo , Y. Matsubara , Y. Mizumoto , M. Mori , Y. Muraki , T. Naito , K. Nishijima , J. R. Patterson , G. P. Rowell , T. Sako , K. Sakurazawa , R. Susukita , T. Tamura , T. Yoshikoshi

Revisiting the Contributions of Supernova and Hypernova Remnants to the Diffuse High-Energy Backgrounds: Constraints on Very-High-Redshift Injections

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

Possible Evidence for Cosmic-Ray Acceleration in the Type Ia SNR RCW 86: Spatial Correlation between TeV Gamma rays and Interstellar Atomic Protons

We present a detailed morphological study of TeV gamma rays, synchrotron radiation, and interstellar gas in the young Type Ia supernova remnant (SNR) RCW 86. We find that the interstellar atomic gas shows good spatial correlation with the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-05-02 H. Sano , G. Rowell , E. M. Reynoso , I. Jung-Richardt , Y. Yamane , T. Nagaya , S. Yoshiike , K. Hayashi , K. Torii , N. Maxted , I. Mitsuishi , T. Inoue , S. Inutsuka , H. Yamamoto , K. Tachihara , Y. Fukui

Discovery of X-ray Emission from the Galactic Supernova Remnant G32.8-0.1 with Suzaku

We present the first dedicated X-ray study of the supernova remnant (SNR) G32.8-0.1 (Kes 78) with Suzaku. X-ray emission from the whole SNR shell has been detected for the first time. The X-ray morphology is well correlated with the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-02-17 Aya Bamba , Yukikatsu Terada , John Hewitt , Robert Petre , Lorella Angelini , Samar Safi-Harb , Ping Zhou , Fabrizio Bocchino , Makoto Sawada

High-energy studies of the 3HWC J1954+286 region: likely Gamma-ray detection of the supernova remnant G65.1+0.6

We carry out high-energy studies of the region of the Galactic TeV source 3HWC J1954+286, whose location coincides with those of PSR~J1954+2836 and supernova remnant (SNR) G65.1+0.6. Analyzing the GeV $\gamma$-ray data obtained with the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-05-25 Y. Xing , D. Zheng , Z. Wang , X. Zhang , Y. Chen , G. Xiang

Discovery of TeV Gamma Ray Emission from Tycho's Supernova Remnant

We report the discovery of TeV gamma-ray emission from the Type Ia supernova remnant (SNR) G120.1+1.4, known as Tycho's supernova remnant. Observations performed in the period 2008-2010 with the VERITAS ground-based gamma-ray observatory…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-03-19 V. A. Acciari , E. Aliu , T. Arlen , T. Aune , M. Beilicke , W. Benbow , S. M. Bradbury , J. H. Buckley , V. Bugaev , K. Byrum , A. Cannon , A. Cesarini , L. Ciupik , E. Collins-Hughes , W. Cui , R. Dickherber , C. Duke , M. Errando , J. P. Finley , G. Finnegan , L. Fortson , A. Furniss , N. Galante , D. Gall , G. H. Gillanders , S. Godambe , S. Griffin , J. Grube , R. Guenette , G. Gyuk , D. Hanna , J. Holder , J. P. Hughes , C. M. Hui , T. B. Humensky , P. Kaaret , N. Karlsson , M. Kertzman , D. Kieda , H. Krawczynski , F. Krennrich , M. J. Lang , S. LeBohec , A. S Madhavan , G. Maier , P. Majumdar , S. McArthur , A. McCann , P. Moriarty , R. Mukherjee , R. A. Ong , M. Orr , A. N. Otte , D. Pandel , N. Park , J. S. Perkins , M. Pohl , J. Quinn , K. Ragan , L. C. Reyes , P. T. Reynolds , E. Roache , H. J. Rose , D. B. Saxon , M. Schroedter , G. H. Sembroski , G. Demet Senturk , P. Slane , A. W. Smith , G. Tešić , M. Theiling , S. Thibadeau , K. Tsurusaki , A. Varlotta , V. V. Vassiliev , S. Vincent , M. Vivier , S. P. Wakely , J. E. Ward , T. C. Weekes , A. Weinstein , T. Weisgarber , D. A. Williams , M. Wood , B. Zitzer

Does the SN rate explain the very high energy cosmic rays in the central 200 pc of our Galaxy?

The H.E.S.S. collaboration revealed the presence of a very high energy (VHE) diffuse emission in the inner 100pc of the Galaxy in close correlation with the Central Molecular Zone (CMZ). Recently, they deduced from this emission a…

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