Fermi Large Area Telescope detection of a break in the gamma-ray spectrum of the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A [Fermi-LAT detection of a break in the gamma-ray spectrum of the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A]
Abstract
Here, we report on observations of the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A in the energy range from 100 MeV to 100 GeV using 44 months of observations from the Large Area Telescope on board the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope. We perform a detailed spectral analysis of this source and report on a low-energy break in the spectrum at $$1.72^{+1.35}_{-0.89}$$ GeV. By comparing the results with models for the gamma-ray emission, we find that hadronic emission is preferred for the GeV energy range.
- Authors:
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- Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA (United States). SLAC National Accelerator Lab.
- Univ. of Iceland, Reykjavik (Iceland)
- 3-34-1 Nishi-Ikebukuro, Tokyo (Japan)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1356549
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-76SF00515
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- The Astrophysical Journal
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 779; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 0004-637X
- Publisher:
- Institute of Physics (IOP)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS; acceleration of particles; gamma rays: general; ISM: supernova remnants; radiation mechanisms: non-thermal; supernovae: individual (Cassiopeia A)
Citation Formats
Yuan, Yajie, Funk, Stefan, Jóhannesson, Gülauger, Lande, Joshua, Tibaldo, Luigi, and Uchiyama, Yasunobu. Fermi Large Area Telescope detection of a break in the gamma-ray spectrum of the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A [Fermi-LAT detection of a break in the gamma-ray spectrum of the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A]. United States: N. p., 2013.
Web. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/779/2/117.
Yuan, Yajie, Funk, Stefan, Jóhannesson, Gülauger, Lande, Joshua, Tibaldo, Luigi, & Uchiyama, Yasunobu. Fermi Large Area Telescope detection of a break in the gamma-ray spectrum of the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A [Fermi-LAT detection of a break in the gamma-ray spectrum of the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A]. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/779/2/117
Yuan, Yajie, Funk, Stefan, Jóhannesson, Gülauger, Lande, Joshua, Tibaldo, Luigi, and Uchiyama, Yasunobu. Mon .
"Fermi Large Area Telescope detection of a break in the gamma-ray spectrum of the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A [Fermi-LAT detection of a break in the gamma-ray spectrum of the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A]". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/779/2/117. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1356549.
@article{osti_1356549,
title = {Fermi Large Area Telescope detection of a break in the gamma-ray spectrum of the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A [Fermi-LAT detection of a break in the gamma-ray spectrum of the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A]},
author = {Yuan, Yajie and Funk, Stefan and Jóhannesson, Gülauger and Lande, Joshua and Tibaldo, Luigi and Uchiyama, Yasunobu},
abstractNote = {Here, we report on observations of the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A in the energy range from 100 MeV to 100 GeV using 44 months of observations from the Large Area Telescope on board the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope. We perform a detailed spectral analysis of this source and report on a low-energy break in the spectrum at $1.72^{+1.35}_{-0.89}$ GeV. By comparing the results with models for the gamma-ray emission, we find that hadronic emission is preferred for the GeV energy range.},
doi = {10.1088/0004-637X/779/2/117},
journal = {The Astrophysical Journal},
number = 2,
volume = 779,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Dec 02 00:00:00 EST 2013},
month = {Mon Dec 02 00:00:00 EST 2013}
}
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