ACERO, Fabio; LEMOINE-GOUMARD, Marianne; BALLET, Jean

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ACERO, Fabio
Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation [AIM (UMR7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112)]

LEMOINE-GOUMARD, Marianne
Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan [CENBG]

BALLET, Jean
Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation [AIM (UMR7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112)]

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The Kepler supernova remnant (SNR) is the only historic supernova remnant lacking a detection at GeV and TeV energies which probe particle acceleration. A recent analysis of Fermi-LAT data reported a likely GeV gamma-ray candidate in the direction of the SNR. Using approximately the same dataset but with an optimized analysis configuration, we confirm the gamma-ray candidate to a solid $>6\sigma$ detection and report a spectral index of $2.14 \pm 0.12_{\rm stat} \pm 0.15_{\rm syst}$ for an energy flux above 100 MeV of $(3.1 \pm 0.6_{\rm stat} \pm 0.3_{\rm syst}) \times 10^{-12}$ erg~cm$^{-2}$~s$^{-1}$. The gamma-ray excess is not significantly extended and is fully compatible with the radio, infrared or X-ray spatial distribution of the SNR. We successfully characterized this multi-wavelength emission with a model in which accelerated particles interact with the dense circumstellar material in the North-West portion of the SNR and radiate GeV gamma-rays through $\pi^{o}$ decay. The X-ray synchrotron and inverse-Compton (IC) emission mostly stem from the fast shocks in the southern regions with a magnetic field B$\sim$100 $\mu$G or higher. Depending on the exact magnetic field amplitude, the TeV emission could arise from either the South region (IC dominated) or the interaction region ($\pi^{o}$ decay dominated).< Réduire

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synchrotron

TeV

magnetic field

supernova

gamma ray

radio wave

GeV

X-ray: spatial distribution

particle: acceleration

vertex: primary

energy: flux

power spectrum

infrared

GLAST

solids

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Characterization of the GeV emission from the Kepler supernova remnant

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