Fermi Large Area Telescope Detection Of The Young Supernova Remnant Tycho

Giordano, F.; Naumann-Godo, M.; Ballet, J.; Bechtol, K.; Funk, S.; Lande, J.; Mazziotta, M. N.; Rainò, S.; Tanaka, T.; Tibolla, O.; Uchiyama, Y.

doi:10.1088/2041-8205/744/1/L2

Fermi Large Area Telescope Detection Of The Young Supernova Remnant Tycho

Journal Article · Wed Dec 07 00:00:00 EST 2011 · The Astrophysical Journal. Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/744/1/L2· OSTI ID:1356770

Giordano, F. ^[1]; Naumann-Godo, M. ^[2]; Ballet, J. ^[2]; Bechtol, K. ^[3]; Funk, S. ^[3]; Lande, J. ^[3]; Mazziotta, M. N. ^[4]; Rainò, S. ^[4]; Tanaka, T. ^[3]; Tibolla, O. ^[5]; Uchiyama, Y. ^[3]

Univ. del Politecnico di Bari (Italy); Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Bari (Italy)
Univ. Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette (France)
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Bari (Italy)
Univ. of Wurzburg (Germany)

After almost three years of data taking in sky survey mode, the Fermi -LAT has detected γ-ray emission toward the Tycho’s Supernova Remnant (SNR). The Tycho SNR is among the youngest remnants in the Galaxy, originating from a Type Ia Supernova in AD 1572. The γ-ray integral flux from 400 MeV up to 100 GeV has been measured to be (3.5±1.1stat±0.7syst)×10^-9 cm^-2s^-1 with a photon index of 2.3±0.2stat±0.1syst. A simple model consistent with TeV, X-ray and radio data is sufficient to explain the observed emission as originating from π⁰-decays as a result of cosmicray acceleration and interaction with the ambient medium.

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Research Organization:: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515

OSTI ID:: 1356770

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 22047260

Journal Information:: The Astrophysical Journal. Letters, Journal Name: The Astrophysical Journal. Letters Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 744; ISSN 2041-8205

Publisher:: Institute of Physics (IOP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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