Observations of Supernova Remnants with the Sardinia Radio Telescope [HEAP]

http://arxiv.org/abs/1609.03882


In the frame of the Astronomical Validation activities for the 64m Sardinia Radio Telescope, we performed 5-22 GHz imaging observations of the complex-morphology supernova remnants (SNRs) W44 and IC443. We adopted innovative observing and mapping techniques providing unprecedented accuracy for single-dish imaging of SNRs at these frequencies, revealing morphological details typically available only at lower frequencies through interferometry observations. High-frequency studies of SNRs in the radio range are useful to better characterize the spatially-resolved spectra and the physical parameters of different regions of the SNRs interacting with the ISM. Furthermore, synchrotron-emitting electrons in the high-frequency radio band are also responsible for the observed high-energy phenomenology as -e.g.- Inverse Compton and bremsstrahlung emission components observed in gamma-rays, to be disentangled from hadron emission contribution (providing constraints on the origin of cosmic rays).

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E. Egron, A. Pellizzoni, S. Loru, et. al.
Wed, 14 Sep 16
64/75

Comments: 3 pages, 1 figure, Conference: “Supernova Remnants: An Odyssey in Space after Stellar death”