Investigation of Galactic supernova remnants and their environment in 26.6{\deg} < l < 30.6{\deg}, $\vert b \vert \leq$ 1.25{\deg} using radio surveys

TL;DR

This study uses multi-frequency radio surveys to identify new supernova remnants in a specific Galactic region, confirming four candidates and discovering related structures, addressing the incompleteness of known SNRs.

Contribution

The paper introduces a spectral index mapping method across multiple radio surveys to confirm new SNR candidates and analyze their environments.

Findings

Confirmed four new SNR candidates.

Discovered an expanding molecular superbubble.

Identified a long Hα filament overlapping with a candidate.

Abstract

The problem of missing Galactic supernova remnants (SNRs) refers to the issue that the currently known Galactic SNRs are significantly incomplete compared to the theoretical prediction. To expand the sample of Galactic SNRs, we use GLEAM and THOR+VGPS data across four wavebands ranging from 118 to 1420 MHz to drive a spectral index map covering the region within 26.6{\deg} < l < 30.6{\deg}, $\vert b \vert \leq$ 1.25{\deg}, where numerous SNR candidates were recently found. By using the spectral index map of the sky region and detailed analysis of the spectral indices of individual sources, we confirmed four SNR candidates, namely G26.75+0.73, G27.06+0.04, G28.36+0.21, and G28.78$-$0.44, as SNRs. Additionally, we discovered an expanding molecular superbubble located in this region, discussed pulsars associated with SNR candidates, and discovered a long H$\alpha$ filament that spatially overlaps with the candidate G29.38+0.10. We suggest that the problem of missing Galactic SNRs not only arises from observation limitations, but also could be due to the low-density environments of some SNRs, and the different SN explosion properties.