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Recent gamma-ray observations show that middle aged supernova remnants (SNRs) interacting with molecular clouds (MCs) can be sources of both GeV and TeV emission. Based on the MC association, two scenarios have been proposed to explain the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-09-13 Xiaping Tang , Roger A. Chevalier

Using a semianalytical approach based on the thin-shell approximation, we calculate the long-term evolution of supernova remnants (SNRs) while also accounting for the cosmic rays (CRs) accelerated at their blast waves. Our solution…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-09-12 Rebecca Diesing , Damiano Caprioli

We briefly discuss models of energetic particle acceleration by supernova shock in active starforming regions at different stages of their evolution. Strong shocks may strongly amplify magnetic fields due to cosmic ray driven instabilities.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-02-21 A. M. Bykov , P. E. Gladilin , S. M. Osipov

In this work we investigate particle acceleration in supernova remnant shocks within a semi-analytical formalism which self-consistently accounts for particle acceleration, amplification of the magnetic field via streaming instability and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-03-25 Damiano Caprioli

Supernova explosions and their remnants (SNRs) drive important feedback mechanisms that impact considerably the galaxies that host them. Then, the knowledge of the SNRs evolution is of paramount importance in the understanding of the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-06-26 Santiago Jimenez , Guillermo Tenorio-Tagle , Sergiy Silich

Using three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamics simulations, we show that the efficiency of cosmic-ray (CR) production at supernova remnants (SNRs) is over-predicted if it could be estimated based on proper motion measurements of H$\alpha$…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-23 Jiro Shimoda , Tsuyoshi Inoue , Yutaka Ohira , Ryo Yamazaki , Aya Bamba , Jacco Vink

Supernova remnants (SNRs) are thought to be the most promising sources of Galactic cosmic rays. One of the principal questions is whether they are accelerating particles up to the maximum energy of Galactic cosmic rays ($\sim$ PeV). In this…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-01-19 Hiromasa Suzuki , Aya Bamba , Ryo Yamazaki , Yutaka Ohira

We present numerical models for supernova remnant evolution, using a new version of the hydrodynamical code SUPREMNA. We added cosmic ray diffusion equation to the code scheme, employing two-fluid approximation. We investigate the dynamics…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-28 D. Kosenko , S. I. Blinnikov , J. Vink

Multi-wavelength observations of mature supernova remnants (SNRs), especially with recent advances in gamma-ray astronomy, make it possible to constrain energy distribution of energetic particles within these remnants. In consideration of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-01-18 Houdun Zeng , Yuliang Xin , Siming Liu , J. R. Jokipii , Li Zhang , Shuinai Zhang

We investigate the theoretical and observational implications of the acceleration of protons and heavier nuclei in supernova remnants (SNRs). By adopting a semi-analytical technique, we study the non-linear interplay among particle…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-08-23 D. Caprioli , P. Blasi , E. Amato

Shocks of supernova remnants (SNRs) accelerate charged particles up to 100 TeV range via diffusive shock acceleration (DSA) mechanism. It is believed that shocks of SNRs are the main contributors to the pool of Galactic cosmic rays,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-04-05 Jacco Vink , Aya Bamba

The very-high-energy (VHE; E > 100 GeV) gamma-ray emission observed from a number of Supernova remnants (SNRs) indicates particle acceleration to high energies at the shock of the remnants and a potentially significant contribution to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-03-02 Iurii Sushch , Robert Brose , Martin Pohl , Pavlo Plotko , Samata Das

Supernova remnants (SNRs) are often considered as the main sites of acceleration of cosmic rays in our Galaxy, possibly up to the knee. However, their ability to accelerate particles to reach PeV energies is questionable and lacks…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-08-06 Iurii Sushch , Pasquale Blasi , Robert Brose

Supernova remnants (SNRs), the products of stellar explosions, are powerful astrophysical laboratories, which allow us to study the physics of collisionless shocks, thanks to their bright electromagnetic emission. Blast wave shocks…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-02-15 Marco Miceli

Stationary solutions to the problem of particle acceleration at shock waves in the non-linear regime, when the dynamical reaction of the accelerated particles on the shock cannot be neglected, are known to show a prominent energy flux…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 D. Caprioli , P. Blasi , E. Amato

We performed kinetic simulations of diffusive shock acceleration in Type Ia supernova remnants (SNRs) expanding into a uniform interstellar medium (ISM). The preshock gas temperature is the primary parameter that governs the cosmic ray (CR)…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-05-20 Hyesung Kang

Supernova remnants (SNRs) are known to accelerate particles to relativistic energies, on account of their nonthermal emission. The observational progress from radio to gamma-ray observations reveals more and more morphological features that…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-11-03 Robert Brose , Martin Pohl , Iurii Sushch

Supernova remnants (SNRs) are the outcome of supernovae (SNe, either core-collapse or thermonuclear). The remnant results from the interaction between the stellar ejecta and the ambient medium around the progenitor star. Young SNRs are…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-02-18 Gilles Ferrand

Without amplification, magnetic fields in expanding ejecta of young supernova remnants (SNRs) will be orders of magnitude below those required to shock accelerate thermal electrons, or ions, to relativistic energies or to produce radio…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Donald C. Ellison , Anne Decourchelle , Jean Ballet

Observations show that the magnetic field in young supernova remnants (SNRs) is significantly stronger than can be expected from the compression of the circumstellar medium (CSM) by a factor of four expected for strong blast waves.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2009-08-05 K. M. Schure , J. Vink , A. Achterberg , R. Keppens