Potential PeVatron supernova remnant G106. 3+ 2.7 seen in the highest-energy gamma rays

Nature Astronomy, 2021 - nature.com
Cosmic rays (protons and other atomic nuclei) are believed to gain energies of
petaelectronvolts (PeV) and beyond at astrophysical particle accelerators called 'PeVatrons' …

Gamma-ray pulsar halos in the Galaxy

K Fang - Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Pulsar halos are extended gamma-ray structures generated by electrons and positrons
escaping from pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe), considered a new class of gamma-ray sources …

Gamma-rays from molecular clouds illuminated by cosmic rays escaping from interacting supernova remnants

Y Ohira, K Murase, R Yamazaki - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Recently, the gamma-ray telescopes AGILE and Fermi observed several middle-aged
supernova remnants (SNRs) interacting with molecular clouds. It is likely that their gamma …

Cosmic-ray diffusion suppression in star-forming regions inhibits clump formation in gas-rich galaxies

VA Semenov, AV Kravtsov… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Observations of the γ-ray emission around star clusters, isolated supernova remnants, and
pulsar wind nebulae indicate that the cosmic-ray (CR) diffusion coefficient near acceleration …

HAWC J2227+ 610 and its association with G106. 3+ 2.7, a new potential Galactic PeVatron

A Albert, R Alfaro, C Alvarez… - The Astrophysical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the detection of very-high-energy gamma-ray emission above 100 TeV from
HAWC J2227+ 610 with the High-Altitude Water Cherenov Gamma-Ray Observatory …

Where are Milky Way's hadronic PeVatrons?

T Sudoh, JF Beacom - Physical Review D, 2023 - APS
Observations of the Milky Way at TeV–PeV energies reveal a bright diffuse flux of hadronic
cosmic rays and also bright point sources of gamma rays. If the gamma-ray sources are …

Escape-limited model of cosmic-ray acceleration revisited

Y Ohira, K Murase, R Yamazaki - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2010 - aanda.org
Context. The spectrum of cosmic rays (CRs) is affected by their escape from an acceleration
site. This may be observed not only in the gamma-ray spectrum of young supernova …

Wild at Heart: the particle astrophysics of the Galactic Centre

RM Crocker, DI Jones, F Aharonian… - Monthly Notices of …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
We consider the high-energy astrophysics of the inner∼ 200 pc of the Galaxy. Our
modelling of this region shows that the supernovae exploding here every few thousand …

Fermi large area telescope observations of supernova remnants interacting with molecular clouds

D Castro, P Slane - The Astrophysical Journal, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
We report the detection of γ-ray emission coincident with four supernova remnants (SNRs)
using data from the Large Area Telescope on board the Fermi Gamma-ray Space …

Observational Constraints on Cosmic-Ray Escape from Ultrahigh-energy Accelerators

Q Luce, S Marafico, J Biteau, A Condorelli… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Interactions of ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) accelerated in specific astrophysical
environments have been shown to shape the energy production rate of nuclei differently …