Gamma-Ray Emission from the Shell of Supernova Remnant W44 Revealed by the Fermi LAT

Abdo AA, Ackermann M, Ajello M, Baldini L, Ballet J, Barbiellini G, Baring MG, Bastieri D, Baughman BM, Bechtol K, Bellazzini R, Berenji B, Blandford RD, Bloom ED, Bonamente E, Borgland AW, Bregeon J, Brez A, Brigida M, Bruel P, Burnett TH, Buson S, Caliandro GA, Cameron RA, Caraveo PA, Casandjian JM, Cecchi C, Celik O, Chekhtman A, Cheung CC, Chiang J, Ciprini S, Claus R, Cognard I, Cohen-Tanugi J, Cominsky LR, Conrad J, Cutini S, Dermer CD, De Angelis A, De Palma F, Digel SW, Do Couto E Silva E, Drell PS, Dubois R, Dumora D, Espinoza CM, Farnier C, Favuzzi C, Fegan SJ, Focke WB, Fortin P, Frailis M, Fukazawa Y, Funk S, Fusco P, Gargano F, Gasparrini D, Gehrels N, Germani S, Giavitto G, Giebels B, Giglietto N, Giordano F, Glanzman T, Godfrey G, Grenier IA, Grondin MH, Grove JE, Guillemot L, Guiriec S, Hanabata Y, Harding AK, Hayashida M, Hays E, Hughes RE, Jackson MS, Johannesson G, Johnson AS, Johnson TJ, Johnson WN, Kamae T, Katagiri H, Kataoka J, Katsuta J, Kawai N, Kerr M, Knoedlseder J, Kocian ML, Kramer M, Kuss MW, Lande J, Latronico L, Lemoine-Goumard M, Longo F, Loparco F, Lott B, Lovellette MN, Lubrano P, Lyne AG, Madejski GM, Makeev A, Mazziotta MN, Mcenery JE, Meurer C, Michelson PF, Mitthumsiri W, Mizuno T, Monte C, Monzani ME, Morselli A, Moskalenko IV, Murgia S, Nakamori T, Nolan PL, Norris JP, Noutsos A, Nuss E, Ohsugi T, Omodei N, Orlando E, Ormes JF, Paneque D, Parent D, Pelassa V, Pepe M, Pesce-Rollins M, Piron F, Porter TA, Raino S, Rando R, Razzano M, Reimer A, Reimer O, Reposeur T, Rochester LS, Rodriguez AY, Romani RW, Roth M, Ryde F, Sadrozinski HFW, Sanchez D, Sander A, Parkinson PMS, Scargle JD, Sgro C, Siskind EJ, Smith DA, Smith PD, Spandre G, Spinelli P, Stappers BW, Stecker FW, Strickman MS, Suson DJ, Tajima H, Takahashi HH, Takahashi T, Tanaka T, Thayer JB, Thayer JG, Theureau G, Thompson DJ, Tibaldo L, Tibolla O, Torres DF, Tosti G, Tramacere A, Uchiyama Y, Usher TL, Vasileiou V, Venter C, Vilchez N, Vitale V, Waite AP, Wang P, Winer BL, Wood KS, Yamazaki R, Ylinen T, Ziegler M (2010)


Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2010

Journal

Book Volume: 327

Pages Range: 1103-1106

Journal Issue: 5969

DOI: 10.1126/science.1182787

Abstract

Recent observations of supernova remnants (SNRs) hint that they accelerate cosmic rays to energies close to similar to 10(15) electron volts. However, the nature of the particles that produce the emission remains ambiguous. We report observations of SNR W44 with the Fermi Large Area Telescope at energies between 2 x 10(8) electron volts and 3 x 10(11) electron volts. The detection of a source with a morphology corresponding to the SNR shell implies that the emission is produced by particles accelerated there. The gamma-ray spectrum is well modeled with emission from protons and nuclei. Its steepening above similar to 10(9) electron volts provides a probe with which to study how particle acceleration responds to environmental effects such as shock propagation in dense clouds and how accelerated particles are released into interstellar space.

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U.S. Naval Research Laboratory US United States (USA) (US) Stanford University US United States (USA) (US) National Institute for Nuclear Physics / Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) IT Italy (IT) University of Paris 7 - Denis Diderot / Université Paris VII Denis Diderot FR France (FR) Rice University US United States (USA) (US) Ohio State University US United States (USA) (US) University of Bari Aldo Moro / Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro IT Italy (IT) École Polytechnique - Université Paris-Saclay FR France (FR) University of Washington US United States (USA) (US) University of Padua / Universita degli Studi di Padova IT Italy (IT) National Institute for Astrophysics / Istituto Nazionale Astrofisica (INAF) IT Italy (IT) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) US United States (USA) (US) National Center for Scientific Research / Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) FR France (FR) University of Montpellier / Université Montpellier FR France (FR) Sonoma State University US United States (USA) (US) Stockholm University / Stockholms universitet SE Sweden (SE) Italian Space Agency / Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI) IT Italy (IT) University of Udine / Università degli Studi di Udine IT Italy (IT) Institut national de physique nucléaire et de physique des particules (IN2P3) FR France (FR) University of Manchester GB United Kingdom (GB) Hiroshima University / 広島大学 JP Japan (JP) Tokyo Institute of Technology JP Japan (JP) University of Denver US United States (USA) (US) Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik (MPE) / Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics DE Germany (DE) University of California Santa Cruz US United States (USA) (US) AlbaNova University Centre / Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan AlbaNova Universitetscentrum SE Sweden (SE) NYCB Real-Time Computing, Inc. US United States (USA) (US) University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) US United States (USA) (US) Japan Aerospace eXploration Agency (JAXA) JP Japan (JP) Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier FR France (FR) Purdue University Northwest / Purdue University Calumet US United States (USA) (US) Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik (MPIK) / Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics DE Germany (DE) Spanish National Research Council / Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) ES Spain (ES)

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APA:

Abdo, A.A., Ackermann, M., Ajello, M., Baldini, L., Ballet, J., Barbiellini, G.,... Ziegler, M. (2010). Gamma-Ray Emission from the Shell of Supernova Remnant W44 Revealed by the Fermi LAT. Science, 327(5969), 1103-1106. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1182787

MLA:

Abdo, A. A., et al. "Gamma-Ray Emission from the Shell of Supernova Remnant W44 Revealed by the Fermi LAT." Science 327.5969 (2010): 1103-1106.

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