Supernova remnants: The Crab Nebula, Cassiopeia A, and Tycho as sources of cosmic rays in our galaxy

We present the results of our observations of two types of Galactic supernova remnants with the ShALON mirror Cherenkov telescope: the plerion Crab Nebula and the shell-type supernova remnants Cassiopeia A and Tycho. The experimental data have confirmed the prediction of the theory about the hadroni...

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Published in:Astronomy letters 2011-09, Vol.37 (9), p.621-634
Main Authors: Sinitsyna, V. G., Sinitsyna, V. Yu
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Astronomy
Astrophysics
Astrophysics and Astroparticles
Cosmic rays
Nebulae
Observations and Techniques
Physics
Physics and Astronomy
Stars & galaxies
Supernovae
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Summary:We present the results of our observations of two types of Galactic supernova remnants with the ShALON mirror Cherenkov telescope: the plerion Crab Nebula and the shell-type supernova remnants Cassiopeia A and Tycho. The experimental data have confirmed the prediction of the theory about the hadronic generation mechanism of very high energy (0.8–100 TeV) gamma rays in Tycho’s supernova remnant. The data obtained suggest that the very high energy gamma-ray emission in the objects being discussed is different in origin.
ISSN:1063-7737
1562-6873
DOI:10.1134/S0320010811080055