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The detection of very-high-energy gamma rays from supernova remnant shells testifies of the acceleration of particles at strong shocks. Many aspects of the particle acceleration remain however unclear. The study of individual objects is…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-03-20 Pierre Cristofari

We develop a theory to account for the cosmic ray spectrum between 1 GeV and 10^4 GeV following the earlier papers of this series. We use the basic concept that the cosmic ray particles are accelerated in a supernova shock that travels…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Peter L. Biermann , Richard G. Strom

We analyze the results of recent measurements of Galactic cosmic ray (GCRs) energy spectra and the spectra of nonthermal emission from supernova remnants (SNRs) in order to determine their consistency with GCR origin in SNRs. It is shown…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-12-30 E. G. Berezhko

The Vela supernova remnant (SNR) is a complex region containing a number of sources of non-thermal radiation. The inner section of this SNR, within 2 degrees of the pulsar PSR B0833-45, has been observed by the H.E.S.S. gamma-ray…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Aharonian et al.

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

Supernova remnants (SNRs) are prime candidates for efficient particle acceleration up to the knee in the cosmic ray particle spectrum. In this work we present a new method for a systematic search for new TeV-emitting SNR shells in 2864…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 D. Gottschall , M. Capasso , C. Deil , A. Djannati-Atai , A. Donath , P. Eger , V. Marandon , N. Maxted , G. Pühlhofer , M. Renaud , M. Sasaki , R. Terrier , J. Vink

Nonlinear kinetic theory of cosmic ray (CR) acceleration in supernova remnants (SNRs) is used to investigate the properties of Kepler's SNR and, in particular, to predict the gamma-ray spectrum expected from this SNR. Observations of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 E. G. Berezhko , L. T. Ksenofontov , H. J. Voelk

According to the most popular model for the origin of cosmic rays (CRs), supernova remnants (SNRs) are the site where CRs are accelerated. Observations across the electromagnetic spectrum support this picture through the detection of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-01-27 S. Orlando , M. Miceli , S. Ustamujic , A. Tutone , E. Greco , O. Petruk , F. Bocchino , G. Peres

We derive expressions for the time integrated spectrum of Cosmic Rays (CRs) that are accelerated in a decelerating relativistic shock wave and escape ahead of the shock. It is assumed that at any given time the CRs have a power law form,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-01-27 Boaz Katz , Peter Meszaros , Eli Waxman

We aim to elucidate cosmic ray (CR) propagation in the weakly ionized environments of supernova remnants (SNRs) basing our analysis on the cosmic ray cloud (CRC) model developed by \citet{2013ApJ...768...73M} and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-01-15 L. Brahimi , A. Marcowith , V. S. Ptuskin

In the leptonic scenario for TeV emission from a few well-observed shell-type TeV supernova remnants (STTSNRs), very weak magnetic fields are inferred. If fast-mode waves are produced efficiently in the shock downstream, we show that they…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2010-06-02 Zhonghui Fan , Siming Liu , Christopher L. Fryer

In the standard Galactic cosmic-ray (CR) paradigm, protons are accelerated up to ~1 PeV by Galactic sources. While supernova remnants (SNRs) have been traditionally considered as the primary accelerators, recent observations by LHAASO and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-01-22 Yutaka Fujita , Rohta Takahashi , Norita Kawanaka

Galactic supernova remnants (SNRs) are thought to accelerate cosmic rays (CRs) to several PeV energies, but this has yet to be confirmed as general behavior. Although several sources show ~100 TeV gamma rays, their hadronic origin is…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-12-10 Emily Simon , Rebecca Diesing , Damiano Caprioli , Stephen Sclafani

The total cosmic ray electron spectrum (electrons plus positrons) exhibits a break at a particle energy of $\sim 1\rm~TeV$ and extends without any attenuation up to $\rm \sim 20~ TeV $. Synchrotron and inverse Compton energy losses strongly…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-06-05 S. Recchia , S. Gabici , F. A. Aharonian , J. Vink

Spectra of Cosmic Rays (CRs), particularly their features, may hold essential information about astroparticle and fundamental physics. Realizing that both $4$ PeV CR knee and electron's TeV break have nearly identical Lorentz factor, i.e.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-09-03 Chao Jin , Wei Liu , Hong-Bo Hu , Yi-Qing Guo

Analyses of the X-ray data of the five young shell-type supernova remnants Cas A, Kepler, Tycho, SN 1006, and RCW 86 suggest that some of the X-ray emission of these sources is non-thermal. This non-thermal emission is qualitatively…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 G. E. Allen , E. V. Gotthelf , R. Petre

Energetic gamma rays (GeV to TeV photon energy) have been detected toward several supernova remnants (SNR) that are associated with molecular clouds. If the gamma rays are produced mainly by hadronic processes rather than leptonic processes…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-11 F. Schuppan , J. Becker Tjus , J. H. Black , S. Casanova , M. Mandelartz

Calculations of the expected TeV $\gamma$-ray emission, produced by accelerated cosmic rays (CRs) in nuclear collisions, from supernova remnants evolving in a uniform interstellar medium (ISM) are presented. The aim is to study the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Evgeny G. Berezhko , Heinrich J. Voelk

Supernova remnants (SNRs) are thought to be the most plausible 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 2023-10-31 Hiromasa Suzuki , Aya Bamba , Ryo Yamazaki , Yutaka Ohira

Using a semi-analytic model of non-linear diffusive shock acceleration, we model the spectrum of cosmic ray (CR) electrons accelerated by supernova remnants (SNRs). Because electrons experience synchrotron losses in the amplified magnetic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-21 Rebecca Diesing , Damiano Caprioli