Gilles Ferrand, Samar Safi-Harb
We present the first public database of high-energy observations of all known
Galactic supernova remnants (SNRs). In section 1 we introduce the rationale for
this work motivated primarily by studying particle acceleration in SNRs, and
which aims at bridging the already existing census of Galactic SNRs (primarily
made at radio wavelengths) with the ever-growing but diverse observations of
these objects at high-energies (in the X-ray and gamma-ray regimes). In section
2 we show how users can browse the database using a dedicated web front-end
(http://www.physics.umanitoba.ca/snr/SNRcat). In section 3 we give some basic
statistics about the records we have collected so far, which provides a summary
of our current view of Galactic SNRs. Finally, in section 4, we discuss some
possible extensions of this work. We believe that this catalogue will be useful
to both observers and theorists, and timely with the synergy in
radio/high-energy SNR studies as well as the upcoming new high-energy missions.
A feedback form provided on the website will allow users to provide comments or
input, thus helping us keep the database up-to-date with the latest
observations.
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http://arxiv.org/abs/1202.0245
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