Fermi-LAT Observation of Supernova Remnant S147 - IN2P3 - Institut national de physique nucléaire et de physique des particules Access content directly
Journal Articles The Astrophysical Journal Year : 2012

Fermi-LAT Observation of Supernova Remnant S147

J. Katsuta
  • Function : Author
Y. Uchiyama
  • Function : Author
T. Tanaka
H. Tajima
  • Function : Author
K. Bechtol
  • Function : Author
S. Funk
  • Function : Author
J. Lande
  • Function : Author
Y. Hanabata
  • Function : Author
M. Lemoine-Goumard
T. Takahashi
  • Function : Author

Abstract

We present an analysis of gamma-ray data obtained with the Large Area Telescope (LAT) onboard the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope in the region around SNR S147 (G180.0-1.7). A spatially extended gamma-ray source detected in an energy range of 0.2--10 GeV is found to coincide with SNR S147. We confirm its spatial extension at >5sigma confidence level. The gamma-ray flux is (3.8 \pm 0.6) x 10^{-8} photons cm^{-2} s^{-1}, corresponding to a luminosity of 1.3 x 10^{34} (d/1.3 kpc)^2 erg s^{-1} in this energy range. The gamma-ray emission exhibits a possible spatial correlation with prominent Halpha filaments of S147. There is no indication that the gamma-ray emission comes from the associated pulsar PSR J0538+2817. The gamma-ray spectrum integrated over the remnant is likely dominated by the decay of neutral pi mesons produced through the proton--proton collisions in the filaments. Reacceleration of pre-existing CRs and subsequent adiabatic compression in the filaments is sufficient to provide the required energy density of high-energy protons.

Dates and versions

in2p3-00719356 , version 1 (19-07-2012)

Identifiers

Cite

J. Katsuta, Y. Uchiyama, T. Tanaka, H. Tajima, K. Bechtol, et al.. Fermi-LAT Observation of Supernova Remnant S147. The Astrophysical Journal, 2012, 752, pp.135. ⟨10.1088/0004-637X/752/2/135⟩. ⟨in2p3-00719356⟩
30 View
0 Download

Altmetric

Share

Gmail Facebook Twitter LinkedIn More