Ultra-High-Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy

Z Cao, S Chen, R Liu, R Yang - Annual Review of Nuclear and …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Ultra-high-energy (UHE,> 0.1 PeV) γ-ray astronomy is rapidly evolving into an expanding
branch of γ-ray astronomy with the surprising discovery of 12 PeVatrons and the detection of …

Closing in on the origin of Galactic cosmic rays using multimessenger information

JB Tjus, L Merten - Physics Reports, 2020 - Elsevier
In cosmic ray physics extensive progress has been made in recent years, both concerning
theory and observation. The vast details in direct, indirect and secondary detections on the …

Massive stars as major factories of Galactic cosmic rays

F Aharonian, R Yang, E de Oña Wilhelmi - Nature astronomy, 2019 - nature.com
The identification of the main contributors to the locally observed fluxes of cosmic rays is a
prime objective in the resolution of the long-standing enigma of the source of cosmic rays …

X-ray polarization detection of Cassiopeia A with IXPE

J Vink, D Prokhorov, R Ferrazzoli, P Slane… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We report on a∼ 5σ detection of polarized 3–6 keV X-ray emission from the supernova
remnant Cassiopeia A (Cas A) with the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE). The …

[图书][B] Physics and evolution of supernova remnants

J Vink - 2020 - Springer
When I started working on my PhD project on X-ray spectroscopy of supernova remnants in
1995, one of the things that I missed was a good textbook covering the various aspects of …

Multiwavelength variability and correlation studies of Mrk 421 during historically low X-ray and γ-ray activity in 2015–2016

VA Acciari, S Ansoldi, LA Antonelli… - Monthly Notices of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
We report a characterization of the multiband flux variability and correlations of the nearby
(z= 0.031) blazar Markarian 421 (Mrk 421) using data from Metsähovi, Swift, Fermi-LAT …

Cosmic ray production in supernovae

AM Bykov, DC Ellison, A Marcowith, SM Osipov - Space Science Reviews, 2018 - Springer
We give a brief review of the origin and acceleration of cosmic rays (CRs), emphasizing the
production of CRs at different stages of supernova evolution by the first-order Fermi shock …

X-Ray Polarimetry Reveals the Magnetic-field Topology on Sub-parsec Scales in Tycho's Supernova Remnant

R Ferrazzoli, P Slane, D Prokhorov… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Supernova remnants are commonly considered to produce most of the Galactic cosmic rays
via diffusive shock acceleration. However, many questions regarding the physical conditions …

Where are Milky Way's hadronic PeVatrons?

T Sudoh, JF Beacom - Physical Review D, 2023 - APS
Observations of the Milky Way at TeV–PeV energies reveal a bright diffuse flux of hadronic
cosmic rays and also bright point sources of gamma rays. If the gamma-ray sources are …

Population study of Galactic supernova remnants at very high γ-ray energies with HESS

H Abdalla, A Abramowski, F Aharonian… - Astronomy & …, 2018 - aanda.org
Shell-type supernova remnants (SNRs) are considered prime candidates for the
acceleration of Galactic cosmic rays (CRs) up to the knee of the CR spectrum at E≈ 3× 10 …