Year: 1999
Type: preprint
Abstract: 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 interstellar medium, and by inverse Compton emission from electrons scattering soft photon fields. We report on observations of two supernova remnants with the Whipple Observatory's 10 m gamma-ray telescope. No significant detections have been made and upper limits on the >500 GeV flux are reported. Non-thermal X-ray emission detected from one of these remnants (Cassiopeia A) has been interpreted as synchrotron emission from electrons in the ambient magnetic fields. Gamma-ray emission detected from the Monoceros/Rosette Nebula region has been interpreted as evidence of cosmic-ray acceleration. We interpret our results in the context of these observations.
Source: arXiv (Cornell University)
Authors: Whipple Collaboration, Lessard, R. W., Bond, I. H., Boyle, P. J., Bradbury, S. M., Buckley, J. H., Burdett, A. M., Carter-Lewis, D. A., Catanese, M., Cawley, M. F., Dunlea, S., D'Vali, M., Fegan, D. J., Fegan, S. J., Finley, J. P., Gaidos, J. A., Hall, T. A., Hillas, A. M., Horan, D., Knapp, J., Krennrich, F., Bohec, S. Le, Masterson, C., Quinn, J., Rose, H. J., Samuelson, F. W., Sembroski, G. H., Vassiliev, V. V., Weekes, T. C.
Institutions: Purdue University West Lafayette, University of Leeds, University College Dublin, Washington University in St. Louis, Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian, Iowa State University, National University of Ireland, Maynooth
Language: English
Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W3149350264