On the search for Galactic supernova remnant PeVatrons with current TeV instruments

Autor:	Cristofari, Pierre, Gabici, Stefano, Terrier, Regis, Humensky, Brian
Rok vydání:	2018
Předmět:	Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Druh dokumentu:	Working Paper
DOI:	10.1093/mnras/sty1589
Popis:	The supernova remnant hypothesis for the origin of Galactic cosmic rays has passed several tests, but the firm identification of a supernova remnant pevatron, considered to be a decisive step to prove the hypothesis, is still missing. While a lot of hope has been placed in next-generation instruments operating in the multi-TeV range, it is possible that current gamma-ray instruments, operating in the TeV range, could pinpoint these objects or, most likely, identify a number of promising targets for instruments of next generation. Starting from the assumption that supernova remnants are indeed the sources of Galactic cosmic rays, and therefore must be pevatrons for some fraction of their lifetime, we investigate the ability of current instruments to detect such objects, or to identify the most promising candidates. Comment: 8 pages, 8 figures
Databáze:	arXiv
Externí odkaz:	http://arxiv.org/abs/1803.09728 Zobrazit plný text záznamu View this record from Arxiv