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We investigate the $s$-wave $KN$ scattering up to next-to-leading order within a renormalizable framework of covariant chiral effective field theory. Using time-ordered perturbation theory, the scattering amplitude is obtained by treating…

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Radio, X-ray, and gamma-ray observations provide us with strong evidence of particle acceleration to multi-TeV energies in various astrophysical sources. Diffusive shock acceleration is one of the most successful models explaining the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 G. Vannoni , S. Gabici , F. A. Aharonian

We discuss the new surprising observational results that indicate quite convincingly that the prompt emission of Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) is due to synchrotron radiation produced by a particle distribution that has a low energy cut-off. The…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-04-29 G. Ghisellini , G. Ghirlanda , G. Oganesyan , S. Ascenzi , L. Nava , A. Celotti , O. S. Salafia , E. M. Ravasio , M. Ronchi

Chandra observations of knots and hot spots in spatially resolved X-ray jets of radio galaxies show that the X-ray fluxes often lie above an extrapolation from the radio-to-optical continuum fluxes. We show that combined synchrotron and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Charles D. Dermer , Armen M. Atoyan

Observations of radiative cooling in a synchrotron source offer a possibility to further constrain its properties. Inverse Compton cooling is indicated in the radio spectra during the early phases of SN\,2020oi. It is shown that contrary to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-09-08 C. -I. Bjornsson

We calculate synchrotron radiation in three-dimensional pseudo-Newtonian magnetohydrodynamic simulations of radiatively inefficient accretion flows. We show that the emission is highly variable at optically thin frequencies, with order of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Joshua E. Goldston , Eliot Quataert , Igor V. Igumenshchev

Understanding the role of magnetic fields in star-forming regions is of fundamental importance. In the near future, the exceptional sensitivity of SKA will offer a unique opportunity to evaluate the magnetic field strength in molecular…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-12-12 Marco Padovani , Daniele Galli

We have examined cutoffs and pile-ups due to various processes in the spectra of particles produced by shock acceleration, and found that, even in the absence of energy losses, the shape of the spectrum of accelerated particles at energies…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-12 R. J. Protheroe , Todor Stanev

Blazars exhibit flares with a doubling time scale on the order of minutes. Such rapid flares are theoretically challenging and several {models} have been put forward to explain the fast variability. In this paper we continue the discussion…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-22 Michael Zacharias

Energetic GeV photons expected from the closest and the most energetic Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) provide an unique opportunity to study the very-high-energy emission as well as the possible correlations with lower energy bands in realistic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-09-19 Nissim Fraija , P. Veres , B. Betancourt Kamenetskaia , A. Galvan-Gamez , M. G. Dainotti , Simone Dichiara , R. L. Becerra

The inverse Compton (IC) scattering of relativistic electrons is one of the major gamma-ray production mechanisms in different environments. Often the target photons for the IC scattering are dominated by black (or grey) body radiation. In…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-17 Dmitry Khangulyan , Felix A. Aharonian , Stanislav R. Kelner

The strong variability of blazars can be characterized by power spectral densities (PSDs) and Fourier frequency-dependent time lags. In previous work, we created a new theoretical formalism for describing the PSDs and time lags produced via…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-08-19 Justin D. Finke , Peter A. Becker

The Fermi Large Area Telescope (Fermi-LAT) Collaboration reported the Second Gamma-ray Burst Catalog (2FLGC), which comprises a subset of 29 bursts with photon energies above 10 GeV. Although the standard synchrotron forward-shock model has…

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We report the time-resolved spectral analysis of a bright near-infrared and moderate X-ray flare of Sgr A*. We obtained light curves in the $M$-, $K$-, and $H$-bands in the mid- and near-infrared and in the $2-8~\mathrm{keV}$ and…

Synchrotron radiation from accelerated electrons above the photosphere of a relativistic ejecta is a natural candidate for the dominant process for the prompt GRB emission. There is however a tension between the predicted low-energy…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-01-29 Frédéric Daigne , Željka Bošnjak

We investigate the dynamics and radiation from a relativistic blast-wave which decelerates as it sweeps up ambient matter. The bulk kinetic energy of the blast-wave shell is converted into internal energy by the process of accreting…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 J. Chiang , C. D. Dermer

We report the results obtained by a systematic, broadband (0.5--150 keV) X-ray spectral analysis of moderately obscured (Compton-thin; $22 \leq \log N_{\rm H} < 24$) active galactic nuclei (AGNs) observed with Suzaku and Swift/Burst Alert…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-08-03 Taiki Kawamuro , Yoshihiro Ueda , Fumie Tazaki , Claudio Ricci , Yuichi Terashima

Unsteady activity of gamma-ray burst sources leads to internal shocks in their emergent relativistic wind. We study the emission spectra from such shocks, assuming that they produce a power-law distribution of relativistic electrons and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Ravi Pilla , Abraham Loeb

Elastic scattering on nucleons, \nu N -> N \nu, is the dominant supernova (SN) opacity source for \mu and \tau neutrinos. The dominant energy- and number-changing processes were thought to be \nu e^- -> e^- \nu and \nu\bar \nu <-> e^+ e^-…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Steen Hannestad , Georg Raffelt

Previous work on calculating energy spectra from Compton scattering events has either neglected considering the pulsed structure of the incident laser beam, or has calculated these effects in an approximate way subject to criticism. In this…