Acceleration of cosmic rays and gamma-ray emission from supernova remnants in the Galaxy

• Published in: Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Vol. 434; no. 4; pp. 2748 - 2760
• Main Authors: Cristofari, P., Gabici, S., Casanova, S., Terrier, R., Parizot, E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Oxford University Press 01.10.2013; Oxford University Press (OUP): Policy P - Oxford Open Option A
• Subjects: Astrophysics; Cosmic rays; High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena; Physics; Protons; Sciences of the Universe; Star & galaxy formation; Supernovae; cosmic rays; ISM: supernova remnants

Galactic cosmic rays are believed to be accelerated at supernova remnant shocks. Though very popular and robust, this conjecture still needs a conclusive proof. The strongest support to this idea is probably the fact that supernova remnants are observed in gamma-rays, which are indeed expected as th...