Tag: #gammarays

Fermi Releases Most Sensitive Low‑Energy Gamma‑Ray Catalog, Identifying 60 New Sources

Fermi-LAT's 2FLE catalog lists 450 sources between 20–200 MeV, including 60 previously unseen gamma-ray sources, helping close the MeV gap.

#astronomy, #gammarays, #fermilat, #astrophysics

Fermi Detects Delayed Gamma Rays from Superluminous Supernova SN 2017egm, Supporting Magnetar Power Source

Fermi's LAT saw months-delayed GeV gamma rays from SN 2017egm, offering rare evidence the explosion was powered by a newborn magnetar.

#astronomy, #supernova, #gammarays, #magnetar

Preprint suggests two supernova remnants may accelerate cosmic rays to PeV energies

A LHAASO preprint reports gamma rays up to hundreds of TeV from two supernova remnants, which authors interpret as evidence they accelerated hadronic cosmic rays to PeV energies.

#cosmicrays, #lhaaso, #supernova, #gammarays, #astrophysics

Study: Cygnus X-3 Emits Petaelectronvolt Gamma Rays, Hinting at Galactic 'PeVatron'

LHAASO reports variable gamma rays up to petaelectronvolt energies from Cygnus X-3, suggesting the microquasar may be a Galactic PeVatron.

#astrophysics, #gammarays, #cosmicrays, #lhaaso, #cygnusx3