Radio detection of supernova remnant G310.7-5.4 with $\gamma$-ray counterpart: Abeona SNR

Abstract

G310.7-5.4 is a supernova remnant (SNR) candidate identified as a faint shell in the second epoch Molonglo Galactic Plane Survey (MGPS-2), but this has not been followed up with multi-wavelength observations until now. It is an example of an SNR at high Galactic latitude showing spatially coinciding $\gamma$-ray emission. Here, we make the first detailed investigation of the radio emission from the G310.7-5.4 region, aiming to characterise the radio structure, polarisation measurements and the coinciding GeV emission. We used recent radio continuum observations at 943.5 MHz from the EMU and the POSSUM surveys with ASKAP, as well as 16.5 years of Fermi-LAT observations. We furthermore considered the multiwavelength context of the object by investigating observations previously conducted with other instruments, such as infrared and X-ray surveys. We confirm the SNR candidate as a new supernova remnant, dubbed Abeona. We detect the presence of a faint, extended, bilateral radio shell of the size of around 30' diameter and ASKAP radio flux density of $1.5_{-0.1}^{+1.5}$ Jy with no obvious infrared counterparts. With a radio surface brightness of about $2.4_{-0.1}^{+2.4}\times 10^{-22}$ W m${}^{-2}$ Hz${}^{-1}$ sr${}^{-1}$, this SNR is one of the faintest radio SNRs known. The northern part of the shell shows linearly polarised radio emission, characteristic of synchrotron emission in SNRs. The physical size of the SNR is estimated to be around $42_{-21}^{+42}$ pc, which would give a distance of around $4.9_{-2.5}^{+4.9}$ kpc. Furthermore, the spatially coincident $\gamma$-ray source 4FGL J1413.9-6705 shows an energy flux of $1.26\pm 0.35\times 10^{-6}$ MeV cm${}^{-2}$ s${}^{-1}$ with a significance of 5.7 $\sigma$ between 100 MeV and 100 GeV. The SNR is also put in context with known high-latitude SNRs with $\gamma$-ray counterparts and compared with their observational properties.

11 pages, 4 figures, 3 tables. Accepted in A&A

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