A view of supernova remnant CTB 37A with the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope Original Research Article

Supernovae and their remnants have long been favored as cosmic ray accelerators. Recent data from the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has given us an improved window into such sources, including the remnant CTB 37A. Using the Fermi Large Area Telescope, we found significant gamma-ray emission coincident with the remnant, which also emits in radio, X-ray, and very high energy gamma-rays. We modeled the multiwavelength spectrum using a combination of hadronic and leptonic emission with reasonable parameter values and determined that CTB 37A is a potential cosmic ray accelerator commensurate with direct observations. By assembling statistically significant populations of such objects, we will be able to more fully illuminate the mystery of cosmic ray origins.