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Review

Supernova Remnants in Gamma Rays

by
Andrea Giuliani
1,* and
Martina Cardillo
2
1
INAF—Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica, Via Alfonso Corti 12, 20133 Milano, Italy
2
INAF—Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, Via del Fosso del Cavaliere 100, 00133 Roma, Italy
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Universe 2024, 10(5), 203; https://doi.org/10.3390/universe10050203
Submission received: 29 February 2024 / Revised: 21 April 2024 / Accepted: 25 April 2024 / Published: 1 May 2024
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in Gamma Ray Astrophysics and Future Perspectives)

Abstract

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In the 1960s, the remnants of supernova explosions (SNRs) were indicated as a possible source of galactic cosmic rays through the Diffusive Shock Acceleration (DSA) mechanism. Since then, the observation of gamma-ray emission from relativistic ions in these objects has been one of the main goals of high-energy astrophysics. A few dozen SNRs have been detected at GeV and TeV photon energies in the last two decades. However, these observations have shown a complex phenomenology that is not easy to reduce to the standard paradigm based on DSA acceleration. Although the understanding of these objects has greatly increased, and their nature as efficient electron and proton accelerators has been observed, it remains to be clarified whether these objects are the main contributors to galactic cosmic rays. Here, we review the observations of γ -ray emission from SNRs and the perspectives for the future.

1. Supernova Remnants

1.1. Supernova Remnant Evolution

Supernova explosions can result from two main physical processes related to the life cycle of a star. The first one happens when a star with a mass greater than 8 M reaches the end of its life, and the radiation produced within the nucleus is no longer able to counteract the weight of the star’s envelope. The collapse of the star triggers the material to produce a supernova explosion. Alternatively, a white dwarf in a binary system can exceed the Chandrashekar equilibrium limit (approximately 1.4 M ) due to accretion from its companions and explode in a type Ia supernova. In both cases, the supernova explosion expels a significant amount of matter, ranging from 1 to several solar masses, into the interstellar medium at a speed of 104 km s−1. This corresponds to a kinetic energy of approximately 1051 erg. The main differences between the two scenarios concern the chemical composition of the ejected materials and the interstellar medium (ISM) into which the supernova remnant (SNR) expands.
Over the subsequent 100,000 years, the ejecta will expand, interact with the surrounding medium, and eventually dissolve into it. The evolutionary phases of an SNR can be defined by the type of interaction with the surrounding medium and the ratio between the ejecta mass ( M ej ) and the mass of the swept-up material ( M sw ).
During the free expansion phase, lasting a few hundred years as long as M ej > M sw , the star’s ejecta expands freely into the surrounding medium with an expansion law linear in time, R t . In this phase, the material’s speed exceeds the speed of sound in the surrounding medium, thus creating a shock. The temperature decreases as the gas expands adiabatically: T 3 ( γ 1 ) , where γ is the specific heat ratio.
In the Sedov–Taylor phase, lasting between 20,000 and 40,000 years as long as M ej M sw , the deceleration of the shell becomes significant, and a reverse shock begins to propagate toward the interior of the SNR, heating the gas, which thus becomes visible in the soft X-ray band. The evolution of the remnant is well described by the adiabatic blast-wave solution of Taylor and Sedov [1], and the radius increases with time as R t 2 / 5 .
The forward and reverse shocks formed during the free expansion and Sedov–Taylor phases can accelerate particles (see Section 1.2). The observation of non-thermal radio and γ -ray emissions from SNRs with ages up to a few tens of thousands of years confirms this aspect.
In the radiative phase ( M ej M sw ), the shell expands at a sub-thermal speed. After this phase, the remnant of the supernova dissolves and becomes part of the interstellar medium.
The duration of each phase of an SNR is determined by the interaction between the ejecta and the ISM, which, in turn, depends on the type of circumstellar medium in which the SNR is situated. On the other hand, supernova explosions play a crucial role in shaping the evolution of the ISM and galaxies by injecting a significant amount of energy and momentum and then influencing the process of star formation [2]. Figure 1 shows the young SNR Cas A as seen in the X-ray.

1.2. Supernova Remnants as Cosmic Accelerators

In the initial two stages of an SNR’s evolution, a shock forms between the ejecta (including swept material) and the local interstellar medium. Additionally, a second shock may develop and propagate toward the center.
Over the past decades, various works have shown how shocks can accelerate particles, including cosmic rays (CRs), and there is a consensus that the dominant process is Diffusive Shock Acceleration (DSA) [4,5]. This process is based on Fermi I-order acceleration [6]. The acceleration index provided by DSA, γ = 3 R R 1 , is strictly correlated with the compression ratio of the shock, R = u d u u , where uu and ud are the upstream and downstream velocities, respectively, related to the shock Mach number. For strong shocks and in the test-particle limit, i.e., when the particle energy is negligible compared to that of the shock, DSA predicts a particle energy distribution with an energy spectral index close to 2. However, the backreaction of CRs on the shock and then also on the surrounding ambient can modify the acceleration spectrum, and if the feedback effects on the shock are not negligible, the spectral index of accelerated particles may become steeper than 2 (for a review of the DSA theory, see [7] and references therein).
If SNRs accelerate cosmic rays (CRs), they should be observed as sources of non-thermal emission. This emission results from the interaction of electrons and hadrons with the surrounding medium. The interaction between electrons and magnetic fields at the site produces synchrotron radiation. If the electron spectral distribution can be described as a power law with index α and maximum energy E max (i.e., f ( E ) E α e x p ( E / E max ) ), the emerging emission has a spectrum with slope γ = ( α + 1 ) / 2 , typically resulting in a hard spectrum. In the spectral energy distribution (SED, see Figure 2), the peak energy of synchrotron radiation can reach the X-ray band for an E max of few TeV. The same electron population interacting with the radiation fields produces emission through the Inverse Compton process. The emission has a spectral shape similar to that of the synchrotron but shifted toward higher energies, typically in the γ -ray band. If a dense medium is present, electrons can also radiate efficiently through Bremsstrahlung, which concurs with the γ -ray emission of the objects.
If hadrons (protons or heavier nuclei) are also accelerated, they scatter inelastically against the nuclei of the medium in the so-called “pp interaction”, producing neutral pions, which rapidly (8.5 × 10−17 s) decay into two γ -ray photons. In addition to protons, secondary electrons (produced by pp interactions) can produce γ -ray emission through IC and Bremsstrahlung (see [8] and references therein).
SNRs have often been suggested as possible sources of CRs for two main reasons: their observed non-thermal emission (from radio to γ -ray) and a substantial match between the average power of supernova explosions in the Galaxy and the power needed to keep the galactic CR population stable. The energy density of CRs in the Galaxy disk is on the order of w CR 1 eV/cm3. In the standard leaky-box approximation, we assume the disk of the Galaxy as a disk with a radius of 15 kpc and a height of 1 kpc, obtaining a total CR energy E C R = w CR × V disk 3.34 × 10 55 erg. Isotope ratios in CRs can be used to estimate the typical permanence time of CRs in the plane of the Galaxy, which is approximately t disk 10 7 years. Therefore, assuming that the galactic CR distribution has reached a steady-state condition, the power needed to maintain the observed CR density is P C R = E C R t d i s k 10 41 erg / s . Whichever process accelerates CRs in the Galaxy, it must therefore have a power of at least PCR. A process with similar power is given by supernova explosions. Assuming that their average rate in our Galaxy is on the order of 1/30 years, we find that P S N 1 10 42 erg / s . The first to notice this similarity were Ginzburg and Syrovatskii [9], who concluded that “SuperNovae alone could maintain the CR population provided that about 10% of their kinetic energy is somehow converted into CRs”. This was the first evidence pointing to supernovae (or, equivalently, SNRs) as prime candidates for CR sources.
The observation of non-thermal emission from SNRs strongly supports the hypothesis that they could be sources of galactic CRs. Indeed, the synchrotron spectra of these objects have been observed in the radio band since the 1960s, showing the presence of magnetic field amplification [10,11,12], and the modification of Balmer lines in the optical band due to CR presence was also observed [13].
The majority of cosmic rays are hadrons. Therefore, evidence supporting the idea that supernova remnants can sustain the galactic cosmic-ray population must come from observations of these objects in the gamma-ray band. This is the only band where a clear indication of their presence can be found. Moreover, the cosmic-ray spectrum suggests that some galactic sources can accelerate particles to at least 1 PeV. This should result in a γ -ray spectrum up to and beyond 100 TeV, with no cutoffs.
For this reason, SNRs have always been a primary focus of γ -ray observations. This includes both the GeV band (approximately 0.1–100 GeV), which is covered by γ -ray satellites, and the TeV band (approximately 0.1–100 TeV), which is covered by Cherenkov telescopes. On the one hand, we now know that even the first γ -ray instruments (SAS-2, COS-B in the 1970s, EGRET on board CGRO in the 1990s) were able to detect these objects. On the other hand, the limited angular resolution of these instruments (and the crowding of the galactic fields) did not allow the γ -ray emission to be associated with SNRs.
The first certain associations were made with Cherenkov instruments; HEGRA observed a source associated with SNR W28, while H.E.S.S. was able to resolve the shell morphology of SNR RX J1713.7-3946 [14].
In recent years, many other classes of sources have been shown to accelerate CRs ([15] and reference therein), and consequently, it is crucial to understand whether the contribution of SNRs is dominant or not.
In this new context, another fundamental channel is neutrino detection. This is an unquestionable hint of CR acceleration since neutrinos can be produced only by the decay of charged pions produced by p-p and p- γ interactions [16]. Looking for neutrino detection in correspondence with PeVatron candidates can confirm the nature of γ -ray-emitting sources [17].

2. SNR in Gamma-Ray Band

Although an exhaustive classification of SNRs in γ -rays is not possible, certain groups of objects have been recognized over time based on their spectrum morphology and multiwavelength behavior [18] (a list of firmly identified SNRs in gamma-ray can be found in Table 1). In young (few thousand years) shell-like SNRs, the γ -ray emission comes from the shell, and often, there is a good morphological correlation between X-ray and γ -ray morphology. Some objects of this class are RX J1713.7-3946, RX J0852.0-4622, RCW 86, and SN 1006. They have similar γ -ray spectra, composed of a hard component (index < 2) peaking around a few TeV, followed by a rapid spectrum decrease. They also show similar γ -ray luminosities [19]. It has been proposed that this class of SNRs is leptonic; in this scenario, the SED can be modeled quite easily with a single electron population emitting in X-rays through a synchrotron and in γ -rays through IC [19]. However, other authors proposed hadronic models for at least some of these objects. For example, the spectrum of RXJ 1713.7-3946 can be explained in terms of hadronic emission, taking into account the clumpiness of the surrounding medium [20].
Another class of sources includes the SNRs interacting with molecular clouds (MCs). A list of SNRs in this class can be found in [21]. In these objects, the γ -rays originate from a region of dense gas that is close to, or in contact with, the SNR. In these systems, typically, the target for the accelerating particles is the gas contained in large MCs (more than 103  M ). Some famous examples are W 44, W 28, IC 443, and W 51C. The γ -ray spectra of these objects have a soft index (>2.5) and are more easily observed in the GeV than in the TeV band. The ages of these SNRs reach several tens of thousands of years, and their γ -ray luminosities are ≥1035 erg/s. These spectra can be interpreted as γ -ray emissions from particles that diffuse in a partially ionized interstellar medium [22]. The interaction between the SNR shock and the MC can be observed through enhanced CO(2-1)/CO(1-0) ratios, OH maser emission at 1720 MHz, and SiO emission [23]. Additionally, this interaction can be traced using the neutral iron line induced by MeV protons in dense gas [24].
Notably, the very young SNRs Tycho and Cas A exhibit properties that are not easily classified within these two categories, with a spectral index that is intermediate between the two.
Table 1. List of SNRs firmly identified with a gamma-ray source. The Columns GeV, TeV, and PeV indicate detection, respectively, in the bands 0.1–100 GeV, 0.1–100 TeV, and >0.1 PeV.
Table 1. List of SNRs firmly identified with a gamma-ray source. The Columns GeV, TeV, and PeV indicate detection, respectively, in the bands 0.1–100 GeV, 0.1–100 TeV, and >0.1 PeV.
NameCommon NameGeVTeVPeV
G004.5+06.8KeplerYes [25]Yes [26]-
G006.4-00.1W28Yes [27]Yes [28]-
G008.7-00.1W30Yes [29]--
G020.0-00.2-Yes [30]--
G023.3-00.3W41Yes [31]Yes [31]-
G024.7+00.6-Yes [30]Yes [32]-
G034.7-00.4W44Yes [33]--
G043.3-00.2W49BYes [34]Yes [35]-
G045.7-00.4-Yes [30]--
G049.2-00.7W51CYes [36]Yes [37]Yes [38]
G074.0-08.5CygnusLoopYes [39]--
G078.2+02.1 γ -CygniYes [40]Yes [41]Yes [38]
G089.0+04.7HB21Yes [42]--
G106.3+02.7-Yes [43]Yes [44]Yes [45]
G109.1-01.0-Yes [46]--
G111.7-02.1CasAYes [47]Yes [48]-
G120.1+01.4TychoYes [49]Yes [50]-
G132.7+01.3HB3Yes [51]--
G160.9+02.6HB9Yes [52]--
G180.0-01.7S147Yes [53]--
G189.1+03.0IC443Yes [54]Yes [55]-
G205.5+00.5Monoceros LoopYes [56]--
G260.4-03.4PuppisAYes [57]--
G266.2-01.2Vela JrYes [58]Yes [59]-
G291.0-00.1-Yes [30]--
G292.0+01.8-Yes [60]--
G296.5+10.0-Yes [61]--
G298.6-00.0-Yes [60]--
G315.4-02.3RCW86Yes [62]Yes [63]-
G321.9-00.3-Yes [64]--
G323.7-01.0HESSJ1534-571-Yes [65]-
G326.3-01.8-Yes [66]--
G327.6+14.6SN1006Yes [67]Yes [68]-
G347.3-00.5RXJ1713.7-3946Yes [69]Yes [70]-
G348.5+00.1CTB37AYes [71]Yes [72]-
G348.7+00.3CTB37BYes [73]Yes [74]-
G349.7+00.2-Yes [75]Yes [76]-
G353.6-00.7HESSJ1731-347Yes [77]Yes [78]-
G355.4+00.7-Yes [30]--
G357.7-00.1MSH 17-39Yes [79]--

2.1. Cas A

Cas A is one of the youngest known SNRs in the Galaxy, with an estimated age of about 350 years. It is the remnant of a Type IIb supernova [80] that likely passed through a red supergiant phase [81]. The remnant is located at a distance of 3.4 ± 0.4 kpc [82].
In the γ -ray band, this SNR was extensively observed by Fermi-LAT [47], MAGIC [83], and Veritas [84], covering an energy range from 100 MeV to about 10 TeV (see Figure 3). A single-zone hadronic component can accurately model the GeV-TeV spectrum (see Figure 3). The population of protons is described by a power law with an index of 2.17 and a cutoff energy of 17 TeV [85]. However, the contribution of a leptonic component cannot be ruled out.
Given the observational evidence for a reverse shock in Cas A [86,87], a two-zone model with both forward and reverse shocks has been adopted for multiwavelength emission in many works. Moreover, multiwavelength observations indicate an asymmetric profile that could be modeled as a jet-like feature superposed onto an expanding spherical shell. The jet-like structure can produce a γ -ray emission detectable at 100 TeV by LHAASO, CTA, and ASTRI Mini-Array [88].

2.2. Tycho SNR

Tycho’s SNR is the remnant of the Type Ia SN 1572 registered by Tycho Brahe, and it has a distance of about 3 kpc. It is one of the youngest known SNRs, with an age of 450 yrs, and it is still in its ejecta-dominated phase, with a shock velocity of about 4000 km s−1.
X-ray observations by the Chandra Observatory have revealed synchrotron X-ray filaments at the shock location [89] with a very high variability [90], a clear indication of the presence of an amplified magnetic field, one of the main conditions to reach VHEs.
In the γ -ray observations, there is also no clear evidence of the presence of a cutoff because the last VERITAS results have large error bars that cannot confirm it [91,92]. Its power-law spectrum, with an index E 2.3 , in agreement with the theoretical expectation [93], points toward a hadronic origin of this emission.
Very recent results obtained in X-ray polarization by IXPE [94] show a dominant radial magnetic field, in agreement with the radio polarization one and the one found in CasA [95] (see Figure 4). The polarization degree is about 12%, indicating the presence of such an order in the magnetic field that, however, cannot exclude the presence of turbulence.
These features make the Tycho SNR one of the main SNR candidate PeVatrons in the CR context and one of the best studied. However, LHAASO does not include this source in its list of candidate PeVatrons, and the most recent theoretical discussions [96,97] showed that the SNR could reach PeV energies only in the first 100 yrs of their evolution.
Only a future generation of IACTS with an effective area and a sensitivity better than those currently available will be able to better constrain the spectrum at VHEs and hence confirm or disprove the PeVatron nature of Tycho.

2.3. G 106.3+02.7

Among the first high-significance PeVatrons published by the LHAASO collaboration [15,45], there was only one source associated with an SNR: LHAASO J2226+6057, correlated with VER J2227+608/HAWC J2227+610 [98]. Its estimated age is about 10,000 years at a distance of 800 pc.
Its VHE/UHE emission could be explained by two kinds of sources: the SNR G106.3+2.7 with the associated MC in the “tail” of the TeV emission, and the Boomerang PWN, associated with the PSR J2229+6141, collocated in the “head”. The low resolution of the UHE detection by HAWC [99], Tibet ASg [100], and finally, LHAASO [45] does not allow us to say whether the γ -ray emission is from the head or the tail region.
After the second LHAASO publication [38], in which more than one SNR is a PeVatron candidate, the chance that the VHE/UHE emission comes from the SNR G106.3+2.7 is taken into account more rigorously. This remnant was discovered by the Northern Galactic plane survey in the radio band by the DRAO [101] with a comet-shaped morphology. A recent Fermi-LAT GeV analysis showed that only the tail seems to emit at the highest energies detectable by the LAT instrument (10–500 GeV), explaining the whole emission with a hadronic model from the SNR/MC interaction [102]. A hadronic origin was also declared the most likely by the MAGIC collaboration, which resolved, for the first time, the VHE/UHE emission (see Figure 5), detecting E > 10 TeV only from the tail region [103,104]. Several studies and analyses are ongoing to disentangle the contribution from the two possible sources (for a review, see [15]). However, the real origin of the hadronic emission will only be understood with an in-depth analysis of the microphysics of the region.
In the future, the very good angular resolution of ASTRI Mini-Array [105,106] and CTA [107] could resolve the VHE emission location. Unfortunately, current estimations of the neutrino flux expected in the case of hadronic emission cannot be detected at the IceCube sensitivity [108].

2.4. RX J1713.7-3946

The “standard candle” in the debate about the hadronic or leptonic origin of the γ -ray emission from an SNR is the source RX J1713.7-3946 (G 347.3-0.5), because its GeV-TeV emission [14,69] can be reproduced with both types of models. Its age is about 1625 yrs with a distance of d 1 kpc [109,110] and an extension of R s 0.6 deg [14].
The leptonic scenario is supported by the lack of thermal X-ray emission [111,112] and by the very good correlation between its X-ray shell [113,114] and TeV γ -ray emission. The very hard spectrum at GeV energy detected by Fermi-LAT [69] seemed a clear indication of an Inverse Compton-dominant emission (see Figure 6).
However, a more in-depth analysis of the environment in which the SNR is expanding stressed its non-homogeneous nature [115], particularly the presence of dense cloud cores in the northwestern part of the remnant, where there is enhanced X-ray emission. This could be a hint of the presence of an amplified magnetic field due to a shock–cloud interaction. The clumpy nature of the RX J1713.7-3946 environment was taken into account to explain the source γ -ray spectrum with a hadronic scenario [116,117,118,119,120].
For this ambiguity, RX J1713.7-3946 is the perfect candidate for the search for neutrino emission [121,122,123]. Indeed, after the recent results of LHAASO, it is now certain that the only way we have to finally distinguish hadronic from leptonic γ -ray emission is the detection of neutrinos correlated with VHE γ -ray.
Figure 6. Left—The recent H.E.S.S. map of RXJ1713.7-3946, a glowing shell of γ -ray emission coincident with the outer shock of the SNR (from [124]). Right—The differential spectrum of the source obtained with H.E.S.S. and Fermi–LAT observations. The dotted (yellow) and dot-dashed (yellow) lines correspond to the gamma rays from re-accelerated electrons and protons. The dashed blue line corresponds to freshly accelerated protons. The solid black line is the sum of gamma rays from freshly accelerated protons and re-accelerated electrons (from [120]).
Figure 6. Left—The recent H.E.S.S. map of RXJ1713.7-3946, a glowing shell of γ -ray emission coincident with the outer shock of the SNR (from [124]). Right—The differential spectrum of the source obtained with H.E.S.S. and Fermi–LAT observations. The dotted (yellow) and dot-dashed (yellow) lines correspond to the gamma rays from re-accelerated electrons and protons. The dashed blue line corresponds to freshly accelerated protons. The solid black line is the sum of gamma rays from freshly accelerated protons and re-accelerated electrons (from [120]).
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2.5. IC 443

IC 443 is a middle-aged SNR (the age is thought to be about 30,000 yr [125]) that belongs to the class of interacting SNRs; a system of MCs surrounds it [126].
In correspondence to the SNR-MC interaction region, γ -ray emission was detected in the TeV band by MAGIC [127] and VERITAS [55] and in the GeV band by AGILE [54] and Fermi [128] (see Figure 7). The association between γ -ray emission and MCs and the spectral features typical of pion decays indicate its hadronic origin [129].
In the work in [131], an H+3 column density near IC 443 was measured, and a high ionization rate of 2 × 1015 s−1, five times larger than the typical galactic values, was found. A bright blob-like enhancement of the Fe I K α line located in the northwest and at the center of IC 443 was discovered [24], likely due to low-energy CR protons accelerated in the SNR leaking into the MCs and ionizing the Fe atoms therein.
A mass of about 1100 M for the ambient gas in the [6.5, 1.5] km s−1 range was estimated. This estimation depends on the adopted 12CO/13CO isotopic ratio. Still, it is established that a total molecular mass of 0.9–3.1 × 103 M is available to interact with CRs via pion decay in a more extended region.

2.6. W 44

W44 is an interacting SNR lying at a distance of ∼3 kpc with an estimated age of ∼20,000 years. Close to the remnant, there is a giant MC; the SNR-MC interaction is shown by the observation of OH maser emissions and a high 12CO(J = 2-1)-to-12CO(J = 1-0) ratio [132]. In the radio wavelength, W 44 appears as a bright source that extends tens of arcmins. The radio spectrum is a featureless power law in the range 0.02–10.7 GHz, with evidence of spectral variations across the shell [133,134] and with no evident polarization [135]. In X-ray, this SNR is filled with thermal emission, indicating the presence of ionized gas [136].
In the GeV band, W 44 is one of the brightest sources in the sky. The link between the γ -ray emission and the SNR was proposed, for the first time, in the work in [137] on the basis of EGRET data.
It was the first SNR in whose spectrum AGILE [33,138] and Fermi [129] detected a pion bump (see Figure 8). Beyond a few GeV, the spectrum becomes very soft. Moreover, Fermi-LAT has identified two hot spots outside the SNR, aligned with it. These hot spots are believed to be the result of the anisotropic diffusion of CRs from the SNR, taking the form of CR clouds [139,140].

2.7. Gamma Cygni

The SNR Gamma Cygni is an SNR in the constellation of Cygnus; it has an age of about 11,000 years and is characterized by a mixed morphology (a combination of a shell-like structure and a centrally filled interior) and a possible interaction with MCs. The γ -ray spectrum has been observed from a few tens of MeV to hundreds of Tev by AGILE [141], Fermi-LAT, Veritas [142], MAGIC [143] (see Figure 9), HAWC [144], and LHAASO [38].
The spectrum seems to classify this source as an interacting type of SNR. The target of the accelerated protons would be given by the gas contained in the associated MCs. These are observed in the radio band with a characteristic speed of 40–50 km s−1 and collect a mass of approximately 104  M . The recent LHAASO observation of emission up to energies of about 300 TeV makes this object interesting for understanding the ability of an SNR to accelerate particles up to VHEs.

2.8. W 28

W 28 is an SNR that provides a unique opportunity to investigate the diffusion of CRs in an astrophysical environment. It is approximately 30,000 years old and lies at an estimated distance between 2 and 3.5 kpc. In continuous radio, it has a crescent shape, and the non-thermal spectrum indicates the presence of relativistic electrons in the shell [145]. W 28 provides a unique opportunity to investigate the diffusion of CRs in an astrophysical environment. Indeed, two giant MCs with masses of a few 104  M appear near the SNR at compatible distances [146]. One cloud partially overlaps with the SNR shell, while the other is located approximately 0.5 degrees away from the shell. The system can be modeled as having one cloud in direct contact with the SNR shock and another cloud about 10–15 parsecs away, assuming that the three objects are at the same distance and interacting with each other. Evidence of an SNR-MC system interaction comes from observations of maser emission and high ionization levels [147].
W 28 was one of the first SNRs to be indicated as a γ -ray source in the Cos B data [148]. H.E.S.S. [28], AGILE [27], and Fermi-LAT [149] observations of this object measured a γ -ray spectrum that is typical of an interacting SNR, namely, a peak below 1 GeV and a very soft spectrum above it. It is interesting to note that the peak of the γ -ray spectrum in the cloud in direct contact with the shell is at different energies than the one estimated from the other clouds. This suggests that diffusion can have an important role in this system.

3. Conclusions

For the past fifty years, SNRs have been one of the main targets of γ -ray missions. Today, about thirty SNRs have been observed with certainty in γ -rays by satellites in the GeV band, by Cherenkov telescopes in the TeV band, and more recently, by hybrid detectors like LHAASO and HAWC in the PeV band. Their study has provided answers but also raised questions. For instance, their ability to accelerate CRs (electrons and hadrons) has been demonstrated. At the same time, their spectra and morphologies have proved to be non-trivial to interpret. Another open question concerns the maximum energy at which SNRs can accelerate particles. Some of these objects have an observed spectrum that extends beyond 100 TeV, confirming that these objects may be capable of accelerating particles up to about 1 PeV. However, they represent a small minority of both the LHAASO sources and the SNRs observed in the γ -ray regime. Overall, after almost half a century of study, it is still unclear whether or not their contribution to galactic CR acceleration is dominant compared to other sources. To answer these questions, a new generation of γ -ray instruments will come into operation in the next few years, in particular, instruments such as ASTRI Mini-Array and CTA, which will make it possible to better interpret the VHE/UHE observations that LHAASO, HAWC, and then the future SWGO will make of these objects and will finally allow us to know which astrophysical system supplies the Galaxy with its CR population.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization, A.G.; resources, M.C. and A.G.; writing—original draft preparation, A.G.; writing—review and editing, M.C. and A.G. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

Funding

This research received no external funding.

Acknowledgments

We are grateful to the reviewers for their useful comments, which have enhanced the quality of our review. This research has made use of the TeVCat online source catalog (http://tevcat.uchicago.edu) and the SNRcat online catalog (http://snrcat.physics.umanitoba.ca), both accessed on 1 January 2024.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

Abbreviations

The following abbreviations are used in this manuscript:
ALPsAxion-like particles
AS- γ Air shower γ -ray array
ASTRIAstrofisica con Specchi a Tecnologia Replicante Italiana
C.L.Confidence Limit
CTAOČerenkov Telescope Array Observatory
DMDark matter
EASExtended air shower arrays
ESAEuropean Space Agency
EBLExtra-galactic background light
E-HBLExtreme high-peaked BL Lacs
eROSITAExtended Roentgen survey with an imaging telescope array
FOVField of view
FRFanaroff–Riley galaxies
FSRQFlat-spectrum radio quasar
GASPGLAST-AGILE Support Programme
GRBGamma-ray burst
GWGravitational wave
HAWCHigh-Altitude Water Čerenkov Observatory
HBHadron Beam
HBLHigh-peaked BL Lacs
HEHigh energy
H.E.S.S.High-Energy Stereoscopic System
IACInstituto de Astrofísica de Canarias
IACTImaging Atmospheric Čerenkov Telescope arrays
IBLIntermediate-peaked BL Lacs
IGMFInter-galactic magnetic field
IRInfra-red
IXPEImaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer
LHAASOLarge High-Altitude Air Shower Observatory
LIVLorentz invariance violation
LSTLarge-sized telescope
MAGICMajor Atmospheric Gamma-Ray Imaging Čerenkov telescopes
MSTMedium-sized telescope
NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
SBGStar-bursting galaxies
SCSchwarzschild–Couder
SIIStellar intensity interferometry
SRTSardinia radio telescope
SSTSmall-sized telescope
TNGTelescopio Nazionale Galileo
VERITASVery Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System
VHEVery high energy
WEBTWhole-Earth Blazar Telescope

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Figure 1. Cas A image in X-ray band as observed by the Chandra X-ray Observatory telescope [3].
Figure 1. Cas A image in X-ray band as observed by the Chandra X-ray Observatory telescope [3].
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Figure 2. Example of SED given by synchrotron, IC and pion decay process.
Figure 2. Example of SED given by synchrotron, IC and pion decay process.
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Figure 3. The Cas A spectrum, as seen by Fermi and Veritas (Figure from [85]). The dashed line represents a hadronic model for this source.
Figure 3. The Cas A spectrum, as seen by Fermi and Veritas (Figure from [85]). The dashed line represents a hadronic model for this source.
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Figure 4. The polarization map of the Tycho SNR. The color scale gives the χ 2 values for the polarization signal in the 3–6 keV energy band smoothed with a Gaussian kernel. Superimposed in green are the Chandra 4–6 keV contours (figure from [94]).
Figure 4. The polarization map of the Tycho SNR. The color scale gives the χ 2 values for the polarization signal in the 3–6 keV energy band smoothed with a Gaussian kernel. Superimposed in green are the Chandra 4–6 keV contours (figure from [94]).
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Figure 5. Energy-dependent pre-trial significance maps of the SNR G106.3+2.7 observed with the MAGIC telescopes at different energy ranges (from [104]).
Figure 5. Energy-dependent pre-trial significance maps of the SNR G106.3+2.7 observed with the MAGIC telescopes at different energy ranges (from [104]).
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Figure 7. Morphology and spectrum of IC 443 (from [130]).
Figure 7. Morphology and spectrum of IC 443 (from [130]).
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Figure 8. Gamma-ray spectrum of SNR W44 as seen by AGILE and Fermi. Hadronic and leptonic components are indicated.
Figure 8. Gamma-ray spectrum of SNR W44 as seen by AGILE and Fermi. Hadronic and leptonic components are indicated.
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Figure 9. Gamma Cygni as seen by MAGIC [143]. The color map indicates the gamma-ray emission, while the radio shell is shown by the blue contour.
Figure 9. Gamma Cygni as seen by MAGIC [143]. The color map indicates the gamma-ray emission, while the radio shell is shown by the blue contour.
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