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In spite of their key role in galaxy evolution and several decades of observational efforts, the census of supernova remnants (SNRs) in our Galaxy remains incomplete. Theoretical predictions based on the local supernova rate estimate the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-10-16 K. Tsalapatas , M. Arias , T. Shimwell , K. Rajwade , M. J. Hardcastle , A. Drabent

The theoretical fundamentals of formation of the supernova remnant (SNR) continuum radio spectra are presented in this review. Mainly based on the Fermi 1 theory - also known as diffuse shock acceleration (DSA) - the different shapes…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-22 Dejan Urošević

Using a semi-analytic model of non-linear diffusive shock acceleration, we model the spectrum of cosmic ray (CR) electrons accelerated by supernova remnants (SNRs). Because electrons experience synchrotron losses in the amplified magnetic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-21 Rebecca Diesing , Damiano Caprioli

The discovery of the youngest Galactic supernova remnant (SNR) G1.9+0.3 has allowed a look at a stage of SNR evolution never before observed. We analyze the 50 ks Chandra observation with particular regard to spectral variations. The very…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2009-11-13 S. P. Reynolds , K. J. Borkowski , D. A. Green , U. Hwang , I. Harrus , R. Petre

Observations of supernova remnants (SNRs) are a powerful tool for investigating the later stages of stellar evolution, the properties of the ambient interstellar medium, and the physics of particle acceleration and shocks. For a fraction of…

We report multifrequency observations with the NRAO Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) of the compact radio sources J0128+6306 and J0547+2721, which are viewed through the supernova remnants G127.1+0.5 and S147, respectively. Observations were…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Laura G. Spitler , Steven R. Spangler

Radio images of supernova remnants in the framework of diffusion model are discussed. The distribution profiles of synchrotron radiation intensity for spherical injection source of relativistic electrons are reduced at different…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-12-11 A. V. Karnaushenko , E. Yu. Bannikova , V. M. Kontorovich

Our statistics on Galactic supernova remnants (SNRs) shows that the electrons temperature ($T$) of hard X-ray and the shock waves traveling velocity ($\upsilon$) decreases with ages ($t$) for all-sort remnants. However, the shock waves…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-10-18 Jian-Wen Xu , Ya-Peng Hu

The supernova remnant (SNR) G315.4$-$2.3 (MSH 14$-$63 or RCW 86) exhibits strong emission across the electromagnetic spectrum. Radio polarization observations probe magnetic fields and will help to understand the evolution of the SNR. We…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-04-22 X. Chen , X. Sun , J. F. Kaczmarek , B. M. Gaensler , P. Slane , J. L. West

Supernova remnants (SNRs) are likely sources of hadronic particle acceleration within our galaxy, contributing to the galactic cosmic ray flux. Next-generation instruments, such as the Southern Wide-field Gamma-ray Observatory (SWGO), will…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-06-24 Nick Scharrer , Samuel T. Spencer , Vikas Joshi , Alison M. W. Mitchell

Supernova remnants (SNRs) have a variety of overall morphology as well as rich structures over a wide range of scales. Quantitative study of these structures can potentially reveal fluctuations of density and magnetic field originating from…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-11-26 Preetha Saha , Somnath Bharadwaj , Nirupam Roy , Samir Choudhuri , Debatri Chattopadhyay

Supernovae and their remnants are believed to be prodigious sources of Galactic cosmic rays and interstellar dust. Understanding the mechanisms behind their surprisingly high production rate is helped by the study of nearby young supernova…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-17 L. Staveley-Smith , T. M. Potter , G. Zanardo , B. M. Gaensler , C. -Y. Ng

The radio spectra of many shell-type supernova remnants show deviations from those expected on theoretical grounds. In this paper we determine the effect of stochastic reacceleration on the spectra of electrons in the GeV band and at lower…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-01-28 M. Pohl , A. Wilhelm , I. Telezhinsky

Tycho's SNR is the remnant of the type Ia supernova explosion SN1572. In this work we present new low-frequency radio observations with the LOFAR Low-Band and High-Band Antennae, centred at 58 MHz and 143 MHz, and with an angular resolution…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-01-08 Maria Arias , Jacco Vink , Ping Zhou , Francesco de Gasperin , Martin J. Hardcastle , Tim W. Shimwell

In this paper, the integrated continuum radio spectrum of supernova remnant (SNR) W44 was analyzed up to 70 GHz, testing the different emission models that can be responsible for its particular shape. The observations by the Planck space…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-12-02 D. Onić

Over the past decade, $\gamma$-ray observations of supernova remnants (SNRs) and accurate cosmic-ray (CR) spectral measurements have significantly advanced our understanding of particle acceleration in SNRs. In combination with…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-10 Xiao Zhang , Siming Liu

Supernova Remnants (SNRs) exhibit spectra featured by synchrotron radio emission arising from the relativistic electrons, and high-energy emission from both leptonic (Bremsstrahlung and Inverse Compton) and hadronic processes (${\pi}^0$…

We present observations between 14.2 and 17.9 GHz of 12 reported supernova remnants (SNRs) made with the Arcminute Microkelvin Imager Small Array (AMI SA). In conjunction with data from the literature at lower radio frequencies, we…

Cutoff energy in a synchrotron radiation spectrum of a supernova remnant (SNR) contains a key parameter of ongoing particle acceleration. We systematically analyze 11 young SNRs, including all historical SNRs, to measure the cutoff energy,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-02-18 Naomi Tsuji , Yasunobu Uchiyama , Dmitry Khangulyan , Felix Aharonian

A new faint and large shell-type radio Supernova Remnant (SNR) G108.2-0.6 has been discovered in the Canadian Galactic Plane Survey (CGPS). The SNR shows an elliptical shell-type structure at 1420 MHz, and has a 408-1420 MHz TT-plot…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 W. W. Tian , D. A. Leahy , T. J. Foster