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Particle acceleration in galactic wind bubbles

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena 2022-05-13 v1

Abstract

Winds are ubiquitous in galaxies and often feature bubble structures. These wind bubbles are characterized by an external forward shock expanding in the surrounding medium and a wind termination shock separating the cool and fast wind from the hot shocked wind. While the forward shock could not be able to accelerate particles efficiently for a long time, at the wind termination shock the necessary conditions for efficient acceleration may be present. We develop a model for particle acceleration at the termination shock of such bubbles analysing the consequences of different possible engines powering the wind. We finally explore the multi-messenger potential of galactic winds in terms of escaping cosmic rays and high-energy gamma rays and neutrinos produced through hadronic interactions.

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@article{arxiv.2205.06078,
  title  = {Particle acceleration in galactic wind bubbles},
  author = {Enrico Peretti},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2205.06078},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

Contribution to the 2022 Very High Energy Phenomena in the Universe session of the 56th Rencontres de Moriond. 8 pages, 5 figures

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