28 April 2026
Australia/Adelaide timezone

Update: Searching for Escaped Cosmic Rays from Supernova Remnants

28 Apr 2026, 15:50
15m

Speaker

Jemma Pilossof (University of Adelaide)

Description

The detection of gamma-ray emission outside the shell of a supernova remnant (SNR) can be critical evidence for cosmic-ray acceleration in, and escape from, SNRs. In this contribution, we present an analysis of the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) gamma-ray data towards middle-aged Galactic SNR W51C. We perform both a morphological and spectral analysis to search for evidence of gamma-ray emission outside the SNR shell. We also look for a spatial correlation between the observed gamma rays and surrounding molecular clouds.

Author

Jemma Pilossof (University of Adelaide)

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