Gamma-Ray Emission from Supernova Remnants and Surrounding Molecular Clouds
arXiv:1610.06234 · doi:10.1063/1.4968887
Abstract
Galactic cosmic rays are believed to be accelerated at supernova remnant shocks. Gamma-ray observations of both supernova remnants and associated molecular clouds have been used in several occasions to test (so far quite successfully) this popular hypothesis. Despite that, a conclusive solution to the problem of cosmic ray origin is still missing, and further observational and theoretical efforts are needed. In this paper, the current status of these investigations is briefly reviewed.
Invited talk at GAMMA2016. 12 pages, 7 figures
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