SEARCH FOR EARLY GAMMA-RAY PRODUCTION IN SUPERNOVAE LOCATED IN A DENSE CIRCUMSTELLAR MEDIUM WITH THE FERMI LAT

Ackermann M, Arcavi I, Baldini L, Ballet J, Barbiellini G, Bastieri D, Bellazzini R, Bissaldi E, Blandford RD, Bonino R, Bottacini E, Brandt TJ, Bregeon J, Bruel P, Buehler R, Buson S, Caliandro GA, Cameron RA, Caragiulo M, Caraveo PA, Cavazzuti E, Cecchi C, Charles E, Chekhtman A, Chiang J, Chiaro G, Ciprini S, Claus R, Cohen-Tanugi J, Cutini S, D'Ammando F, De Angelis A, De Palma F, Desiante R, Di Venere L, Drell PS, Favuzzi C, Fegan SJ, Franckowiak A, Funk S, Fusco P, Gal-Yam A, Gargano F, Gasparrini D, Giglietto N, Giordano F, Giroletti M, Glanzman T, Godfrey G, Grenier IA, Grove JE, Guiriec S, Harding AK, Hayashi K, Hewitt JW, Hill AB, Horan D, Jogler T, Johannesson G, Kocevski D, Kuss M, Larsson S, Lashner J, Latronico L, Li J, Li L, Longo F, Loparco F, Lovellette MN, Lubrano P, Malyshev D, Mayer M, Mazziotta MN, Mcenery JE, Michelson PF, Mizuno T, Monzani ME, Morselli A, Murase K, Nugent P, Nuss E, Ofek E, Ohsugi T, Orienti M, Orlando E, Ormes JF, Paneque D, Pesce-Rollins M, Piron F, Pivato G, Raino S, Rando R, Razzano M, Reimer A, Reimer O, Schulz A, Sgro C, Siskind EJ, Spada F, Spandre G, Spinelli P, Suson DJ, Takahashi H, Thayer JB, Tibaldo L, Torres DF, Troja E, Vianello G, Werner M, Wood KS, Wood M (2015)

Publication Status: Published

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2015

Journal

Publisher: American Astronomical Society

Book Volume: 807

DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/807/2/169

Abstract

Supernovae (SNe) exploding in a dense circumstellar medium (CSM) are hypothesized to accelerate cosmic rays in collisionless shocks and emit GeV gamma-rays and TeV neutrinos on a timescale of several months. We perform the first systematic search for gamma-ray emission in Fermi Large Area Telescope data in the energy range from 100 MeV to 300 GeV from the ensemble of 147 SNe Type IIn exploding in a dense CSM. We search for a gamma-ray excess at each SNe location in a one-year time window. In order to enhance a possible weak signal, we simultaneously study the closest and optically brightest sources of our sample in a joint-likelihood analysis in three different time windows (1 year, 6 months, and 3 months). For the most promising source of the sample, SN 2010jl (PTF 10aaxf), we repeat the analysis with an extended time window lasting 4.5 years. We do not find a significant excess in gamma-rays for any individual source nor for the combined sources and provide model-independent flux upper limits for both cases. In addition, we derive limits on the gamma-ray luminosity and the ratio of gamma-ray-to-optical luminosity ratio as a function of the index of the proton injection spectrum assuming a generic gamma-ray production model. Furthermore, we present detailed flux predictions based on multi-wavelength observations and the corresponding flux upper limit at a 95% confidence level (CL) for the source SN 2010jl (PTF 10aaxf).

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National Institute for Astrophysics / Istituto Nazionale Astrofisica (INAF) Italy (IT) Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network (LCOGT) United States (USA) (US) University of Montpellier / Université Montpellier France (FR) National Institute for Nuclear Physics / Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) Italy (IT) École Polytechnique - Université Paris-Saclay France (FR) Weizmann Institute of Science Israel (IL) Japan Aerospace eXploration Agency (JAXA) Japan (JP) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) United States (USA) (US) Wesleyan University United States (USA) (US) Stanford University United States (USA) (US) Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) United States (USA) (US) University of California, Berkeley United States (USA) (US) Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck / University of Innsbruck Austria (AT) Spanish National Research Council / Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) Spain (ES) Stockholm University / Stockholms universitet Sweden (SE) University of Udine / Università degli Studi di Udine Italy (IT) Italian Space Agency / Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI) Italy (IT) University of Paris 7 - Denis Diderot / Université Paris VII Denis Diderot France (FR) U.S. Naval Research Laboratory United States (USA) (US) University of Iceland (UI) / Háskóli Íslands Iceland (IS) University of Bari Aldo Moro / Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro Italy (IT) University of Padua / Universita degli Studi di Padova Italy (IT) Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY Germany (DE) University of Pisa / Università di Pisa (UniPi) Italy (IT) Hiroshima University Japan (JP) University of Denver United States (USA) (US) NYCB Real-Time Computing, Inc. United States (USA) (US) Purdue University Northwest / Purdue University Calumet United States (USA) (US) George Mason University United States (USA) (US) AlbaNova University Centre / Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan AlbaNova Universitetscentrum Sweden (SE)

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APA:

Ackermann, M., Arcavi, I., Baldini, L., Ballet, J., Barbiellini, G., Bastieri, D.,... Wood, M. (2015). SEARCH FOR EARLY GAMMA-RAY PRODUCTION IN SUPERNOVAE LOCATED IN A DENSE CIRCUMSTELLAR MEDIUM WITH THE FERMI LAT. Astrophysical Journal, 807. https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/807/2/169

MLA:

Ackermann, M., et al. "SEARCH FOR EARLY GAMMA-RAY PRODUCTION IN SUPERNOVAE LOCATED IN A DENSE CIRCUMSTELLAR MEDIUM WITH THE FERMI LAT." Astrophysical Journal 807 (2015).

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