2018A&A...612A...5H


Query : 2018A&A...612A...5H

2018A&A...612A...5H - Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 612A, 5-5 (2018/4-1)

The supernova remnant W49B as seen with H.E.S.S. and Fermi-LAT.

HESS COLLABORATION, ABDALLA H., ABRAMOWSKI A., AHARONIAN F., AIT BENKHALI F., AKHPERJANIAN A.G., ANDERSSON T., ANGUNER E.O., ARRIETA M., AUBERT P., BACKES M., BALZER A., BARNARD M., BECHERINI Y., BECKER TJUS J., BERGE D., BERNHARD S., BERNLOHR K., BLACKWELL R., BOTTCHER M., BOISSON C., BOLMONT J., BORDAS P., BREGEON J., BRUN F., BRUN P., BRYAN M., BULIK T., CAPASSO M., CARR J., CASANOVA S., CERRUTI M., CHAKRABORTY N., CHALME-CALVET R., CHAVES R.C.G., CHEN A., CHEVALIER J., CHRETIEN M., COLAFRANCESCO S., COLOGNA G., CONDON B., CONRAD J., CUI Y., DAVIDS I.D., DECOCK J., DEGRANGE B., DEIL C., DEVIN J., DEWILT P., DIRSON L., DJANNATI-ATAI A., DOMAINKO W., DONATH A., DRURY L.O., DUBUS G., DUTSON K., DYKS J., EDWARDS T., EGBERTS K., EGER P., ERNENWEIN J.-P., ESCHBACH S., FARNIER C., FEGAN S., FERNANDES M.V., FIASSON A., FONTAINE G., FORSTER A., FUNK S., FUSSLING M., GABICI S., GAJDUS M., GALLANT Y.A., GARRIGOUX T., GIAVITTO G., GIEBELS B., GLICENSTEIN J.F., GOTTSCHALL D., GOYAL A., GRONDIN M.-H., HADASCH D., HAHN J., HAUPT M., HAWKES J., HEINZELMANN G., HENRI G., HERMANN G., HERVET O., HINTON J.A., HOFMANN W., HOISCHEN C., HOLLER M., HORNS D., IVASCENKO A., JACHOLKOWSKA A., JAMROZY M., JANIAK M., JANKOWSKY D., JANKOWSKY F., JINGO M., JOGLER T., JOUVIN L., JUNG-RICHARDT I., KASTENDIECK M.A., KATARZYNSKI K., KATZ U., KERSZBERG D., KHELIFI B., KIEFFER M., KING J., KLEPSER S., KLOCHKOV D., KLUZNIAK W., KOLITZUS D., KOMIN N., KOSACK K., KRAKAU S., KRAUS M., KRAYZEL F., KRUGER P.P., LAFFON H., LAMANNA G., LAU J., LEES J.-P., LEFAUCHEUR J., LEFRANC V., LEMIERE A., LEMOINE-GOUMARD M., LENAIN J.-P., LESER E., LOHSE T., LORENTZ M., LIU R., LOPEZ-COTO R., LYPOVA I., MARANDON V., MARCOWITH A., MARIAUD C., MARX R., MAURIN G., MAXTED N., MAYER M., MEINTJES P.J., MEYER M., MITCHELL A.M.W., MODERSKI R., MOHAMED M., MOHRMANN L., MORA K., MOULIN E., MURACH T., DE NAUROIS M., NIEDERWANGER F., NIEMIEC J., OAKES L., O'BRIEN P., ODAKA H., OTTL S., OHM S., OSTROWSKI M., OYA I., PADOVANI M., PANTER M., PARSONS R.D., PEKEUR N.W., PELLETIER G., PERENNES C., PETRUCCI P.-O., PEYAUD B., PIEL Q., PITA S., POON H., PROKHOROV D., PROKOPH H., PUHLHOFER G., PUNCH M., QUIRRENBACH A., RAAB S., REIMER A., REIMER O., RENAUD M., DE LOS REYES R., RIEGER F., ROMOLI C., ROSIER-LEES S., ROWELL G., RUDAK B., RULTEN C.B., SAHAKIAN V., SALEK D., SANCHEZ D.A., SANTANGELO A., SASAKI M., SCHLICKEISER R., SCHUSSLER F., SCHULZ A., SCHWANKE U., SCHWEMMER S., SETTIMO M., SEYFFERT A.S., SHAFI N., SHILON I., SIMONI R., SOL H., SPANIER F., SPENGLER G., SPIES F., STAWARZ L., STEENKAMP R., STEGMANN C., STINZING F., STYCZ K., SUSHCH I., TAVERNET J.-P., TAVERNIER T., TAYLOR A.M., TERRIER R., TIBALDO L., TIZIANI D., TLUCZYKONT M., TRICHARD C., TUFFS R., UCHIYAMA Y., VAN DER WALT D.J., VAN ELDIK C., VAN RENSBURG C., VAN SOELEN B., VASILEIADIS G., VEH J., VENTER C., VIANA A., VINCENT P., VINK J., VOISIN F., VOLK H.J., VUILLAUME T., WADIASINGH Z., WAGNER S.J., WAGNER P., WAGNER R.M., WHITE R., WIERZCHOLSKA A., WILLMANN P., WORNLEIN A., WOUTERS D., YANG R., ZABALZA V., ZABOROV D., ZACHARIAS M., ZDZIARSKI A.A., ZECH A., ZEFI F., ZIEGLER A., ZYWUCKA N. (The Fermi-LAT Collaboration) and KATSUTA J.

Abstract (from CDS):

The supernova remnant (SNR) W49B originated from a core-collapse supernova that occurred between one and four thousand years ago, and subsequently evolved into a mixed-morphology remnant, which is interacting with molecular clouds (MC). Gamma-ray observations of SNR-MC associations are a powerful tool to constrain the origin of Galactic cosmic rays, as they can probe the acceleration of hadrons through their interaction with the surrounding medium and subsequent emission of non-thermal photons. We report the detection of a γ-ray source coincident with W49B at very high energies (VHE; E>100GeV) with the H.E.S.S. Cherenkov telescopes together with a study of the source with five years of Fermi-LAT high-energy γ-ray (0.06-300GeV) data. The smoothly connected, combined source spectrum, measured from 60MeV to multi-TeV energies, shows two significant spectral breaks at 304±20MeV and 8.4–2.5+2.2GeV; the latter is constrained by the joint fit from the two instruments. The detected spectral features are similar to those observed in several other SNR-MC associations and are found to be indicative of γ-ray emission produced through neutral-pion decay.

Abstract Copyright: © ESO 2018

Journal keyword(s): gamma rays: general - ISM: supernova remnants - ISM: clouds

VizieR on-line data: <Available at CDS (J/A+A/612/A5): list.dat hessmap.fit>

Simbad objects: 13

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Number of rows : 13
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA
ICRS (J2000)
DEC
Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2024
#notes
1 M 1 SNR 05 34 30.9 +22 00 53           ~ 6245 1
2 IC 443 SNR 06 17 00.0000000 +22 34 11.998901           ~ 1250 1
3 ESO 134-11 HII 14 40 29 -62 38.7           ~ 566 1
4 Cl Westerlund 1 Cl* 16 47 02.4 -45 51 07           ~ 582 0
5 SNR G347.3-00.5 SNR 17 12 27 -39 41.2     12.27     ~ 730 1
6 SNR G348.5+00.1 SNR 17 14 31.780 -38 28 34.50           ~ 224 3
7 SNR G349.7+00.2 SNR 17 18 10.160 -37 18 53.80           ~ 191 0
8 SNR G006.4-00.1 SNR 18 00 31.2011719 -23 25 48.001099           ~ 749 1
9 SNR G034.6-00.5 SNR 18 56 10.650 +01 13 21.30           ~ 973 2
10 W 49a SFR 19 10 15.7 +09 06 05           ~ 309 2
11 W 49 SFR 19 10 20 +09 07.7           ~ 582 1
12 W 49b SNR 19 11 09.000 +09 06 24.00           ~ 468 1
13 SNR G049.1-00.1 SNR 19 23 19.300 +14 09 21.00           ~ 288 0

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