Published January 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

Contribution to the cosmic ray flux from Geminga and Tycho's Supernovae

  • 1. P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute, Leninsky prospect 53, Moscow, 119991 (Russian Federation)

Description

TeV energies gamma-rays, measurable by the imaging Cherenkov technique, are the most interesting for searching for hadronic CRs in SNRs because they provide information about CRs of the highest possible energies 1013-1014 eV. Direct information about high-energy CR population in SNRs can be obtained from gamma-ray observation. High-energy gamma-rays are produced by electronic and hadronic CR components in Inverse Compton (IC) scattering and in hadronic collisions leading to pion production and subsequent decay. SNRs of type Ib and II are more numerous in our Galaxy. According to the theoretical prediction about 20 SNRs should be visible in the TeV gamma-ray range whereas only two have been detected up to now by SHALON, namely Tycho's SNR and Geminga

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2007.11.051

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2007.11.051;
PII
S0920-5632(07)00848-1;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Physics. B, Proceedings Supplements
Journal Volume
175-176
Journal Page Range
p. 455-458
ISSN
0920-5632
CODEN
NPBSE7

Conference

Title
14. international symposium on very high energy cosmic ray interactions
Dates
15-22 Aug 2006
Place
Weihai (China)

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