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PeV neutrinos from wind breakouts of type II supernovae

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena 2019-01-31 v2

Abstract

Recently, the rapid multiwavelength photometry and flash spectra of supernova (SN) 2013fs imply that the progenitor stars of regular type II SNe (SNe II) might be commonly surrounded with a confined dense stellar wind ejected by themselves with large mass loss rate few years before the SNe. Based on the assumption that the pre-SN progenitor stars of SNe II have a SN 2013fs-like wind, with mass loss rate M˙3×103(vw/100kms1)Myr1\dot{M}\sim3\times10^{-3}(v_w/100\rm km\,s^{-1})M_\odot\rm yr^{-1}, we investigate the neutrino emission during the wind breakouts of SN shocks. We find that the regular SNe II can convert a fraction 103\sim10^{-3} of their bulk kinetic energy into neutrino emission, which can contribute a significant fraction of the IceCube-detected neutrino flux at \ga300\ga300 TeV. Moreover, the \la200\la200~TeV IceCube neutrinos can be accounted for by cosmic rays produced by the shocks of all SN remnants, losing energy in their host galaxies, i.e., starburst galaxies. The future follow-up observations of neutrinos by Gen2 and gamma-rays by CTA and LHAASO from nearby individual SNe II, within weeks after the explosions, will test this model.

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@article{arxiv.1801.04389,
  title  = {PeV neutrinos from wind breakouts of type II supernovae},
  author = {Zhuo Li},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1801.04389},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

Accepted version; 7 pages, 2 figures. Significant changes, more extended discussion on uncertainties; max CR energy at small radii corrected; main conclusion unchanged