Gamma-Ray Emission Revealed at the Western Edge of SNR G344.7-0.1
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Date Issued
2020
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Abstract
We report on the investigation of a very high energy (VHE), Galactic γ-ray source recently discovered at >50 GeV using the Large Area Telescope (LAT) on board the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope (Fermi). This object, 2FHL J1703.4-4145, displays a very hard >50 GeV spectrum with a photon index Γγ ∼ 1.2 in the 2FHL catalog and, as such, is one of the most extreme sources in the 2FHL subsample of Galactic objects. A detailed analysis of the available multiwavelength data shows that this source is located on the western edge of the supernova remnant (SNR) G344.7-0.1, along with extended TeV source, HESS J1702-420. The observations and the spectral energy distribution modeling support a scenario where this γ-ray source is the byproduct of the interaction between the SNR shock and the dense surrounding medium, with escaping cosmic rays (CRs) diffusing into the dense environment and interacting with a large local cloud, generating the observed TeV emission. If confirmed, an interaction between the SNR CRs and a nearby cloud would make 2FHL J1703.4-4145 another promising candidate for efficient particle acceleration of the 2FHL Galactic sample, following the first candidate from our previous investigation of a likely shock-cloud interaction occurring on the western edge of the Vela SNR.
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904
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2
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123
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0004-637X
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2020ApJ...904..123E
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open.access
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