Speaker
Dr
Ira Jung
(ECAP, University Erlangen, Germany)
Description
The detection of very-high-energy gamma-rays from supernova remnants (SNR) has
proven, that particles are accelerated in shock waves of the SNRs up to energies of
about 100 TeV. Theoretical models predict, that SNRs can accelerate particles up to
energies of several 10^15 TeV within the first 1000 years after the supernova
explosion. Due to this short time span, the number of SNRs at this stage of their
evolution is rare and hard to detect. To prolong the detection time, gamma-ray
emission of molecular clouds produced via proton-proton interactions illuminated by
escaped high-energy particles (protons) from the SNR can be used. The talk will report
on H.E.S.S. observations of molecular cloud and SNR associations and their possible
interpretation.
Primary author
Dr
Ira Jung
(ECAP, University Erlangen, Germany)
