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Shock acceleration by the shells of supernova remnants (SNRs) has been hypothesized to be the mechanism that produces the bulk of Galactic Cosmic Rays, possibly up to PeV energies. Some SNRs have been shown to accelerate cosmic rays to TeV…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-08-09 Henrike Fleischhack , the HAWC collaboration , the Fermi-LAT collaboration

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…

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

If supernova remnants (SNRs) are the sites of cosmic-ray acceleration, the associated nuclear interactions should result in observable fluxes of TeV gamma-rays from the nearest SNRs. Measurements of the gamma-ray flux from six nearby,…

We analyze the GeV gamma-ray emission data from the vicinity of the supernova remnant (SNR) HB9 (G160.9+2.6) from the \textit{Fermi}-LAT 12-year observations to quantify the evolution of diffusive shock acceleration (DSA) in the SNR. In the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-05-25 Tomohiko Oka , Wataru Ishizaki

The consequences of a newly suggested value for the SN explosion energy 1.2x10^{51} erg are explored for the case of Tycho's supernova remnant (SNR). A nonlinear kinetic theory of cosmic ray (CR) acceleration in SNRs is employed to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-03-21 H. J. Voelk , E. G. Berezhko , L. T. Ksenofontov

Observations of very-high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray emission from supernova remnants (SNR) established them as sources of accelerated particles up to energies of 100 TeV. The dominant process - leptonic or hadronic - responsible for the VHE…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-07-23 Stephanie Häffner , Ira Jung , Christian Stegmann

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

The nonlinear kinetic model of cosmic ray (CR) acceleration in supernova remnants (SNRs) is used to describe the properties of the remnant of SN 1006. It is shown, that the theory fits the existing data in a satisfactory way within a set of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 E. G. Berezhko , L. T. Ksenofontov , H. J. Voelk

SNRs are likely to be significant sources of Galactic cosmic rays up to the knee. They produce gamma rays in the very-high-energy (E>100 GeV) range mainly via two mechanisms: hadronic interactions of accelerated protons with the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-08-23 Rowan Batzofin , Pierre Cristofari , Kathrin Egberts , Constantin Steppa

Very recent gamma-ray observations of G120.1+1.4 (Tycho's) supernova remnant (SNR) by Fermi-LAT and VERITAS provided new fundamental pieces of information for understanding particle acceleration and non-thermal emission in SNRs. We want to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-28 G. Morlino , D. Caprioli

We examine the hypothesis that some supernova remnants (SNRs) may be responsible for some unidentified gamma-ray sources detected by EGRET instrument aboard the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory. If this is the case, gamma-rays are produced via…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 B. Hnatyk , O. Petruk

We present a simple analytic model for the various contributions to the non-thermal emission from shell type SNRs, and show that this model's results reproduce well the results of previous detailed calculations. We show that the \geq 1 TeV…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Boaz Katz , Eli Waxman

The evidence for particle acceleration in supernova shells comes from electrons whose synchrotron emission is observed in radio and X-rays. Recent observations by the HESS instrument reveal that supernova remnants also emit TeV gamma-rays;…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Troy A. Porter , Igor V. Moskalenko , Andrew W. Strong

We apply the non-linear diffusive shock acceleration theory in order to describe the properties of two supernova remnants, SN 1572 (Tycho) and SN 1604 (Kepler). By analyzing the multi-wavelength spectra, we infer that both Tycho's and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-11 G. Morlino , D. Caprioli

The last ten years a number of observational advances have substantially increased our knowledge of shock phenomena in supernova remnants. This progress has mainly been made possible by the recent improvements in X-ray and Gamma-ray…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Jacco Vink

We investigate the theoretical and observational implications of the acceleration of protons and heavier nuclei in supernova remnants (SNRs). By adopting a semi-analytical technique, we study the non-linear interplay among particle…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-08-23 D. Caprioli , P. Blasi , E. Amato

The emission mechanism for hard $\gamma$-ray spectra from supernova remnants (SNRs) is still a matter of debate. Recent multi-wavelength observations of TeV source HESS J1912+101 show that it is associated with an SNR with an age of $\sim…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-04-07 Houdun Zeng , Yuliang Xin , Shuinai Zhang , Siming Liu

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