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2016ApJ...831..106K - Astrophys. J., 831, 106-106 (2016/November-1)

Fermi/LAT study of gamma-ray emission in the direction of the Monoceros Loop supernova remnant.

KATAGIRI H., SUGIYAMA S., ACKERMANN M., BALLET J., CASANDJIAN J.M., HANABATA Y., HEWITT J.W., KERR M., KUBO H., LEMOINE-GOUMARD M. and RAY P.S.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present an analysis of the gamma-ray measurements by the Large Area Telescope on board the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope in the region of the supernova remnant (SNR) Monoceros Loop (G205.5+0.5). The brightest gamma-ray peak is spatially correlated with the Rosette Nebula, which is a molecular cloud complex adjacent to the southeast edge of the SNR. After subtraction of this emission by spatial modeling, the gamma-ray emission from the SNR emerges, which is extended and fit by a Gaussian spatial template. The gamma-ray spectra are significantly better reproduced by a curved shape than a simple power law. The luminosities between 0.2 and 300 GeV are ∼4×1034 erg s–1 for the SNR and ∼3×1034 erg s–1 for the Rosette Nebula, respectively. We argue that the gamma-rays likely originate from the interactions of particles accelerated in the SNR. The decay of neutral pions produced in nucleon-nucleon interactions of accelerated hadrons with interstellar gas provides a reasonable explanation for the gamma-ray emission of both the Rosette Nebula and the Monoceros SNR.

Abstract Copyright: © 2016. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.

Journal keyword(s): acceleration of particles - cosmic rays - gamma-rays: ISM - ISM: individual objects: the Monoceros Loop - ISM: supernova remnants

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