Search for $\gamma$-ray emission from SNRs in the Large Magellanic Cloud: a new cluster analysis at energies above 4 GeV

Abstract

A search for $\gamma$-ray emission from SNRs in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) based on the detection of concentrations in the arrival direction Fermi-LAT images of photons at energies higher than 10 GeV found significant evidence for 9 of these sources. This analysis was based on data collected in the time window since August 4 2008 to August, 4 2020 (12 years). In the present contribution, we report results of a new search extended using a 15-year long (up to August, 4 2023) data set and to a broad energy range (higher than 4 GeV). The longer baseline and the softer energy lower limit are required to further understand the relation between the X-ray and gamma ray SNRs in the LMC, and to investigate the completness of the sample at low luminosities. Two different methods of clustering analysis were applied: Minimum Spanning Tree (MST), and the combination of Density-Based Spatial Clustering of Applications with Noise (DBSCAN) and DENsity-based CLUstEring (DENCLUE) algorithms. We confirm all previous detections and found positive indications for at least 8 new clusters with a spatial correspondence with other SNRs, increasing thus the number of remnants in LMC candidate or detected in the high energy $\gamma$-rays to 16 sources. This study extends previous analyses of $\gamma$-ray emission from SNRs in the LMC by incorporating a longer observational baseline and a broader energy range. The improved dataset and advanced clustering techniques enhance our understanding of the connection between X-ray and $\gamma$-ray SNRs, providing new insights into their high-energy properties, and contributing to assessing the completeness of the sample at lower luminosities.