Supernova Remnants in the UWISH2 and UWIFE Surveys

We report the preliminary results for the detection of H₂ and [Fe II] line features around the Galactic supernova remnants (SNRs) from the UWISH2 and UWIFE surveys that cover the first galactic quadrant of 7°<l<65° and |b|<1.3°. By this time, we have found a total of 17 H₂-emitting and 14 [Fe II]-emitting SNRs in the coverage, and more than a half of them are detected in both H₂ and [Fe II] emissions, which implies that the environment of these SNRs might be complex and composed of multi-phase medium. In this paper, we present our identification strategy and some preliminary results including H₂ and [Fe II] luminosity distributions.