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Search for TeV Gamma Rays from the SNR RXJ1713.7-3946

The shell type SNR RXJ1713.7-3946 is a new SNR discovered by the ROSAT all sky survey. Recently, strong non-thermal X-ray emission from the northwest part of the remnant was detected by the ASCA satellite. This synchrotron X-ray emission…

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

Discovery of TeV Gamma Rays from SN1006: Further Evidence for the SNR Origin of Cosmic Rays

This paper reports the first discovery of TeV gamma-ray emission from a supernova remnant made with the CANGAROO 3.8 m Telescope. TeV gamma rays were detected at the sky position and extension coincident with the north-east (NE) rim of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-04-04 T. Tanimori , Y. Hayami , S. Kamei , S. A. Dazeley , P. G. Edwards , S. Gunji , S. Hara , T. Hara , J. Holder , A. Kawachi , T. Kifune , R. Kita , T. Konishi , A. Masaike , Y. Matsubara , T. Matsuoka , Y. Mizumoto , M. Mori , M. Moriya , H. Muraishi , Y. Muraki , T. Naito , K. Nishijima , S. Oda , S. Ogio , J. R. Patterson , M. D. Roberts , G. P. Rowell , K. Sakurazawa , T. Sako , Y. Sato , R. Susukita , A. Suzuki , R. Suzuki , T. Tamura , G. J. Thornton , S. Yanagita , T. Yoshida , T. Yoshikoshi

Detection of TeV gamma-ray Emission from the Shell-Type Supernova Remnant RX J0852.0-4622 with H.E.S.S

We report the detection of TeV gamma-rays from the shell-type supernova remnant RX J0852.0-4622 with data of 3.2 h of live time recorded with H.E.S.S. in February 2004. An excess of (700 +/- 60) events from the whole remnant with a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-27 H. E. S. S. collaboration , : , F. Aharonian

Discovery of TeV Gamma-ray Emission Toward Supernova Remnant SNR G78.2+2.1

We report the discovery of an unidentified, extended source of very-high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray emission, VER J2019+407, within the radio shell of the supernova remnant SNR G78.2+2.1, using 21.4 hours of data taken by the VERITAS gamma-ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-16 E. Aliu , S. Archambault , T. Arlen , T. Aune , M. Beilicke , W. Benbow , R. Bird , A. Bouvier , S. M. Bradbury , J. H. Buckley , V. Bugaev , K. Byrum , A. Cannon , A. Cesarini , L. Ciupik , E. Collins-Hughes , M. P. Connolly , W. Cui , R. Dickherber , C. Duke , J. Dumm , V. V. Dwarkadas , M. Errando , A. Falcone , S. Federici , Q. Feng , J. P. Finley , G. Finnegan , L. Fortson , A. Furniss , N. Galante , D. Gall , G. H. Gillanders , S. Godambe , E. V. Gotthelf , S. Griffin , J. Grube , G. Gyuk , D. Hanna , J. Holder , H. Huan , G. Hughes , T. B. Humensky , P. Kaaret , N. Karlsson , M. Kertzman , Y. Khassen , D. Kieda , H. Krawczynski , F. Krennrich , M. J. Lang , K. Lee , A. S Madhavan , G. Maier , P. Majumdar , S. McArthur , A. McCann , J. Millis , P. Moriarty , R. Mukherjee , T. Nelson , A. O'Faoláin de Bhróithe , R. A. Ong , M. Orr , A. N. Otte , D. Pandel , N. Park , J. S. Perkins , M. Pohl , A. Popkow , H. Prokoph , J. Quinn , K. Ragan , L. C. Reyes , P. T. Reynolds , E. Roache , H. J. Rose , J. Ruppel , D. B. Saxon , M. Schroedter , G. H. Sembroski , G. D. Şentürk , C. Skole , I. Telezhinsky , G. Tešić , M. Theiling , S. Thibadeau , K. Tsurusaki , J. Tyler , A. Varlotta , V. V. Vassiliev , S. Vincent , S. P. Wakely , J. E. Ward , T. C. Weekes , A. Weinstein , T. Weisgarber , R. Welsing , D. A. Williams , B. Zitzer

A joint spectro-imaging analysis of the XMM-Newton and HESS observations of the supernova remnant RX J1713.7-3946

The supernova remnant (SNR) RX J1713.7-3946 (also known as G347.3-0.5) is part of the class of remnants dominated by synchrotron emission in X-rays. It is also one of the few shell-type SNRs observed at TeV energies allowing to investigate…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-13 F. Acero , J. Ballet , A. Decourchelle , M. Lemoine-Goumard , M. Ortega , E. Giacani , G. Dubner , G. Cassam-Chenai

Search for TeV Gamma-Rays from Shell-Type Supernova Remnants

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…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Whipple Collaboration , R. W. Lessard , I. H. Bond , P. J. Boyle , S. M. Bradbury , J. H. Buckley , A. M. Burdett , D. A. Carter-Lewis , M. Catanese , M. F. Cawley , S. Dunlea , M. D'Vali , D. J. Fegan , S. J. Fegan , J. P. Finley , J. A. Gaidos , T. A. Hall , A. M. Hillas , D. Horan , J. Knapp , F. Krennrich , S. Le Bohec , C. Masterson , J. Quinn , H. J. Rose , F. W. Samuelson , G. H. Sembroski , V. V. Vassiliev , T. C. Weekes

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

Analysis of GeV-band gamma-ray emission from SNR RX J1713.7-3946

RX J1713.7-3946 is the brightest shell-type Supernova remnant (SNR) of the TeV gamma-ray sky. Earlier Fermi-LAT results on low-energy gamma-ray emission suggested that, despite large uncertainties in the background determination, the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-04-29 S. Federici , M. Pohl , I. Telezhinsky , A. Wilhelm , V. V. Dwarkadas

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

Study of TeV shell supernova remnants at gamma-ray energies

The breakthrough developments of Cherenkov telescopes in the last decade have led to angular resolution of 0.1{\deg} and an unprecedented sensitivity. This has allowed the current generation of Cherenkov telescopes to discover a population…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-08-05 F. Acero , M. Lemoine-Goumard , M. Renaud , J. Ballet , J. W. Hewitt , R. Rousseau , T. Tanaka

Primary particle acceleration above 100 TeV in the shell-type Supernova Remnant RX J1713.7-3946 with deep H.E.S.S. observations

We present deep H.E.S.S. observations of the supernova remnant (SNR) RX J1713.7-3946. Combining data of three years - from 2003 to 2005 - we obtain significantly increased statistics and energy coverage as compared to earlier 2003 & 2004…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 The HESS Collaboration , F. Aharonian

A detailed spectral and morphological study of the gamma-ray supernova remnant RX J1713.7-3946 with H.E.S.S

We present results from deep observations of the Galactic shell-type supernova remnant (SNR) RX J1713.7-3946 (also known as G347.3-0.5) conducted with the complete H.E.S.S. array in 2004. Detailed morphological and spatially resolved…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 The HESS Collaboration , F. Aharonian

XMM-Newton observations of the TeV-discovered supernova remnant HESS J1534-571

We report the results obtained from XMM-Newton observations of the TeV-detected supernova remnant (SNR) HESS J1534-571. We focus on the nature of the cosmic-ray particle content in the SNR, which is revealed by its $\gamma$-ray emission. No…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-11-08 N. T. Nguyen-Dang , G. Pühlhofer , M. Sasaki , A. Bamba , V. Doroshenko , A. Santangelo

Nonthermal emission properties of the northwestern rim of supernova remnant RX J0852-4622

The supernova remnant (SNR) RX J0852-4622 (Vela Jr., G266.6-1.2) is one of the most important SNRs for investigating the acceleration of multi-TeV particles and the origin of Galactic cosmic rays because of its strong synchrotron X-ray and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-12 Tetsuichi Kishishita , Junko Hiraga , Yasunobu Uchiyama

The Likely Fermi detection of the supernova remnant SN 1006

We report the likely detection of gamma-ray emission from the northeast shell region of the historical supernova remnant (SNR) SN 1006. Having analyzed 7 years of Fermi LAT Pass 8 data for the region of SN 1006, we found a GeV gamma-ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-06-01 Yi Xing , Zhongxiang Wang , Xiao Zhang , Yang Chen

Characterization of the GeV emission from the Kepler supernova remnant

The Kepler supernova remnant (SNR) is the only historic supernova remnant lacking a detection at GeV and TeV energies which probe particle acceleration. A recent analysis of Fermi-LAT data reported a likely GeV gamma-ray candidate in the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-05-04 Fabio Acero , Marianne Lemoine-Goumard , Jean Ballet

Particle Acceleration and Gamma-Ray Production in Shell Remnants

A number of nearby Northern Hemisphere shell-type Supernova Remnants (SNRs) has been observed in TeV gamma rays, but none of them could be detected so far. This failure calls for a critical reevaluation of the theoretical arguments for…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 H. J. Volk

Discovery of a Radio Supernova Remnant and Non-thermal X-rays Coincident with the TeV Source HESS J1813-178

We present the discovery of non-thermal radio and X-ray emission positionally coincident with the TeV $\gamma$-ray source HESS J1813--178. We demonstrate that the non-thermal radio emission is due to a young shell-type supernova remnant…

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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

Primary particle acceleration above 100 TeV in the shell-type Supernova Remnant RX J1713.7--3946 with deep H.E.S.S. observations

The shell-type supernova remnant RX J1713.7--3946 was observed during three years with the H.E.S.S. Cherenkov telescope system. The first observation campaign in 2003 yielded the first-ever resolved TeV gamma-ray image. Follow-up…

Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-27 S Collaboration , D. Berge , F. Aharonian , W. Hofmann , M. Lemoine-Goumard , O. Reimer , G. Rowell , H. J. Voelk