W44 is a well-known Supernova Remnant (SNR) observed in high-energy gamma-rays, widely studied to investigate cosmic ray (CR) acceleration. Several analyses of the W44 surroundings showed the presence of a gamma-ray emission offset from the radio SNR shell. This emission is thought to originate from escaped high-energy CRs. We present a detailed analysis of the W44 region as seen by Fermi-LAT, focusing on the spatial and spectral characteristics of both W44 SNR and its surroundings. The spatial analysis was limited to energies above 1 GeV in order to exploit the improved angular resolution of the instrument, deriving a detailed description of the region morphology. The spectral analysis was extended down to 100 MeV, favouring the hadronic origin of gamma-rays. Observations of the North-Western region of W44 were conducted with the MAGIC telescopes in the very-high-energy gamma-ray band. We analysed MAGIC data above 130 GeV exploiting the spatial information derived from the Fermi-LAT analysis above 1 GeV. Here we show the results of both analyses and the combined Fermi-LAT and MAGIC spectra. An interpretation model was developed, assuming that the gamma-ray emission from the surroundings is due to clouds located near W44 and illuminated by CRs escaping along the SNR’s magnetic field lines, thus obtaining constraining information on the diffusion coefficient of the escaped CRs.

Cosmic Rays origin studies in the W 44 region with Fermi-LAT and MAGIC observations

Di Tria, Riccardo;Di Venere, Leonardo;Giordano, Francesco;Pantaleo, Francesca Romana;
2024-01-01

Abstract

W44 is a well-known Supernova Remnant (SNR) observed in high-energy gamma-rays, widely studied to investigate cosmic ray (CR) acceleration. Several analyses of the W44 surroundings showed the presence of a gamma-ray emission offset from the radio SNR shell. This emission is thought to originate from escaped high-energy CRs. We present a detailed analysis of the W44 region as seen by Fermi-LAT, focusing on the spatial and spectral characteristics of both W44 SNR and its surroundings. The spatial analysis was limited to energies above 1 GeV in order to exploit the improved angular resolution of the instrument, deriving a detailed description of the region morphology. The spectral analysis was extended down to 100 MeV, favouring the hadronic origin of gamma-rays. Observations of the North-Western region of W44 were conducted with the MAGIC telescopes in the very-high-energy gamma-ray band. We analysed MAGIC data above 130 GeV exploiting the spatial information derived from the Fermi-LAT analysis above 1 GeV. Here we show the results of both analyses and the combined Fermi-LAT and MAGIC spectra. An interpretation model was developed, assuming that the gamma-ray emission from the surroundings is due to clouds located near W44 and illuminated by CRs escaping along the SNR’s magnetic field lines, thus obtaining constraining information on the diffusion coefficient of the escaped CRs.
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