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We analyze the results of recent measurements of Galactic cosmic ray (GCRs) energy spectra and the spectra of nonthermal emission from supernova remnants (SNRs) in order to determine their consistency with GCR origin in SNRs. It is shown…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-12-30 E. G. Berezhko

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

The Vela supernova remnant (SNR) is a complex region containing a number of sources of non-thermal radiation. The inner section of this SNR, within 2 degrees of the pulsar PSR B0833-45, has been observed by the H.E.S.S. gamma-ray…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Aharonian et al.

The properties of the - presumably - youngest Galactic supernova remnant (SNR) G1.9+0.3 are investigated within the framework of nonlinear kinetic theory of cosmic ray acceleration in SNRs. The observed angular size and expansion speed as…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-03-07 L. T. Ksenofontov , H. J. Voelk , E. G. Berezhko

The Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory recently detected TeV emission from the low-luminosity active galactic nucleus (LLAGN) NGC 4278. Integral-field spectroscopy with MEGARA revealed ionized outflows on hundred-parsec scales with…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-09-10 Alberto Domínguez

The diffuse gamma radiation arising from the interaction of cosmic ray particles with matter and radiation in the Galaxy is one of the few probes available to study the origin of the cosmic rays. Milagro is a water Cherenkov detector that…

With almost 15 years of data taken by the Large Area Telescope (LAT) onboard the Fermi satellite we discovered an extended source of GeV emission in the region of the very-high-energy (TeV) source 1LHAASO J1945+2424. This TeV source is more…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-12-05 Miguel Araya , J. A. Álvarez-Quesada

HESS J1534-571 is a very high energy gamma-ray source that was discovered by the H.E.S.S. observatory and reported as one of several new sources with a shell-like morphology at TeV energies, matching in size and location with the supernova…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-07-05 Miguel Araya

We report on the first detection of GeV high-energy gamma-ray emission from a young supernova remnant with the Large Area Telescope aboard the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. These observations reveal a source with no discernible spatial…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 A. Abdo

The majority of Galactic TeV gamma-ray sources are pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe) and supernova remnants (SNRs), and the most common association for unidentified sources is PWN. Many of these sources were discovered in TeV by imaging air…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 C. M. Hui , H. Zhou

Energetic gamma rays (GeV to TeV photon energy) have been detected toward several supernova remnants (SNR) that are associated with molecular clouds. If the gamma rays are produced mainly by hadronic processes rather than leptonic processes…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-11 F. Schuppan , J. Becker Tjus , J. H. Black , S. Casanova , M. Mandelartz

Recent cosmic-ray measurements by the ATIC, CREAM and PAMELA experiments have found an apparent hardening of the energy spectrum at TeV energies. Although the origin of the hardening is not clearly understood, possible explanations include…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-08-07 Satyendra Thoudam , Jörg R. Hörandel

Diffuse gamma-ray emission has long been established as the most prominent feature in the GeV sky. Although the imaging atmospheric Cherenkov technique has been successful in revealing a large population of discrete TeV gamma-ray sources, a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-15 K. Egberts , F. Brun , S. Casanova , W. Hofmann , M. de Naurois , O. Reimer , Q. Weitzel , Y. Fukui

It is widely believed that Galactic Cosmic Rays (CR) are accelerated in Supernova Remnants (SNRs) through the process of diffusive shock acceleration. In this scenario, particles should be accelerated up to energies around 1 PeV (the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-15 D. Guberman , J. Cortina , E. de Oña Wilhelmi , D. Galindo , A. Moralejo

We report the detection of GeV $\gamma$-ray emission from supernova remnant HESS J1731-347 using 9 years of {\it Fermi} Large Area Telescope data. We find a slightly extended GeV source in the direction of HESS J1731-347. The spectrum above…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-01-31 Xiao-Lei Guo , Yu-Liang Xin , Neng-Hui Liao , Qiang Yuan , Wei-Hong Gao , Yi-Zhong Fan

Supernova remnants (SNRs) are likely to be significant sources of cosmic rays up to the knee of the local cosmic-ray (CR) spectrum. They produce gamma-rays in the very-high-energy (VHE) ($E>0.1$ TeV) range via: hadronic interactions with…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-07-24 Rowan Batzofin , Pierre Cristofari , Kathrin Egberts , Constantin Steppa , Dominique Meyer

We present analytical and numerical studies of models of supernova-remnant (SNR) blast waves expanding into uniform media and interacting with a denser cavity wall, in one spatial dimension. We predict the nonthermal emission from such…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-01-23 Zhu Tang , Stephen P. Reynolds , Sean M. Ressler

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

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 10^51 ergs released in a supernova have far reaching consequences in the galaxy, determining elemental abundances, accelerating cosmic rays, and affecting the makeup of the interstellar medium. Recently the spectra of several supernova…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Kristy K. Dyer , Stephen P. Reynolds , Kazik J. Borkowski , Robert Petre