Abstract
Gamma-ray astronomy probes the most extreme and violent events in the Universe. This young, but rapidly blooming, field has witnessed a giant leap in the past decade thanks to the advance of space- and ground-based instruments allowing us to study the non-thermal Universe in the GeV–TeV energy range. The major arrays of atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (VERITAS, MAGIC and H.E.S.S.) are now providing us with an unprecedented view of the very high-energy sky powered by almost 200 TeV astrophysical sources. The 6th International Symposium on High-Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy (Gamma2016) has gathered scientists from around the world to discuss major observational and theoretical aspects of the field. This review summarizes the Galactic science results presented at Gamma2016, and provides an outlook for the future. This is an observational overview, with focus on supernova remnants (SNRs), pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe) and binaries: after all SNRs and PWNe form the largest population of TeV sources in our Galaxy.
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