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Diffusive shock acceleration in supernova remnants (SNRs) is considered one of the prime mechanisms for Galactic Cosmic Ray (GCR) acceleration. It is still unclear, however, whether SNRs can contribute to GCR spectrum up to the ``knee''…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-12-06 Victor Doroshenko , Gerd Pühlhofer , Andrea Santangelo

The properties of the Galactic supernova remnant SN 1006 are theoretically reanalysed. Nonlinear kinetic theory is used to determine the acceleration efficiency of cosmic rays (CRs) in the supernova remnant SN 1006. The known range of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-03-22 E. G. Berezhko , L. T. Ksenofontov , H. J. Voelk

H-alpha emission from supernova remnants (SNRs) implies the existence of neutral hydrogens in the ambient medium. In the precursor of an SNR shock modified by cosmic rays (CRs), upstream plasmas are pushed by the CR pressure, but neutral…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-14 Yutaka Ohira , Fumio Takahara

Galactic cosmic rays are widely believed to be accelerated in expanding shock waves initiated by supernova explosions. The theory of diffusive shock acceleration of cosmic rays is now well established, but two fundamental questions remain…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-07-25 Vincent Tatischeff

We consider diffusive shock acceleration in supernova remnants throughout their evolution including a radiative stage. It is found that a more efficient acceleration and fast exit of particles at the radiative stage results in the hardening…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-01-05 V. N. Zirakashvili , V. S. Ptuskin

Diffusive shock acceleration by the shockwaves in supernova remnants (SNRs) is widely accepted as the dominant source for Galactic cosmic rays. However, it is unknown what determines the maximum energy of accelerated particles. The…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-01-25 Yoshio Tsubone , Makoto Sawada , Aya Bamba , Satoru Katsuda , Jacco Vink

Context: Cosmic rays are thought to be accelerated at supernova remnant (SNR) shocks, but conclusive evidence is lacking. Aims: New data from ground-based gamma-ray telescopes and the Large Area Telescope on the Fermi Gamma-ray Space…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-11 C. D. Dermer , G. Powale

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

Core collapse supernovae (CCSNe) produce fast shocks which pervade the dense circum-stellar medium (CSM) of the stellar progenitor. Cosmic rays (CRs) if accelerated at these shocks can induce the growth of electromagnetic fluctuations in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-07-18 Alexandre Marcowith , Vikram Dwarkadas , Matthieu Renaud , Vincent Tatischeff , Gwenael Giacinti

Nonlinear kinetic theory of cosmic ray (CR) acceleration in supernova remnants is employed to calculate CR spectra. The magnetic field in SNRs is assumed to be significantly amplified by the efficiently accelerating nuclear CR component. It…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 E. G. Berezhko , H. J. Voelk

It is shown that the nonlinear kinetic model of cosmic ray (CR) acceleration in supernova remnants (SNRs) fits the shell-type nonthermal X-ray morphology, obtained in Chandra observations, in a satisfactory way. The set of empirical…

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

We present a library of numerical models of cosmic-ray accelerating supernova remnants (SNRs) evolving through a homogeneous ambient medium. We analyse distributions of the different energy components and diffusive shock acceleration…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-22 D. Kosenko , G. Ferrand , A. Decourchelle

We compute the energy spectra of antideuterons and antihelium in cosmic rays (CRs) in a scenario where hadronic interactions inside supernova remnants (SNRs) can produce a diffusively-shock-accelerated "source component" of secondary…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-07-31 Nicola Tomassetti , Alberto Oliva

We simulate time-dependent particle acceleration in the blast wave of a young supernova remnant (SNR), using a Monte Carlo approach for the diffusion and acceleration of the particles, coupled to an MHD code. We calculate the distribution…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-18 K. M. Schure , A. Achterberg , R. Keppens , Jacco Vink

Young supernova remnants are thought to be the sites where cosmic ray acceleration occurs by the mechanism of diffusive shock acceleration. The maximum energy gained in this process is conventionally extimated to have a value close to, but…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 L. O'C. Drury , E. van der Swaluw , O. Carroll

Supernova remnants (SNRs) are believed to be the source of Galactic cosmic rays (CRs). SNR shocks accelerate CR protons and electrons which reveal key insights into the non-thermal physics by means of their synchrotron and $\gamma$-ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-12-08 Georg Winner , Christoph Pfrommer , Philipp Girichidis , Maria Werhahn , Matteo Pais

We examine the test-particle solution for diffusive shock acceleration, based on simple models for thermal leakage injection and Alfv'enic drift. The critical injection rate, \xi_c, above which the cosmic ray (CR) pressure becomes…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-19 Hyesung Kang , Dongsu Ryu

Spectrum and chemical composition of cosmic rays accelerated in supernova remnants are studied on a basis of kinetic approach. The cosmic ray transport equation with the Bohm diffusion coefficient has been numerically solved…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-02-03 E. G. Berezhko , G. F. Krymsky , V. K. Yelshin , L. T. Ksenofontov

An overview is given of multiwavelength observations of young supernova remnants, with a focus on the observational signatures of efficient cosmic ray acceleration. Some of the effects that may be attributed to efficient cosmic ray…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Jacco Vink

The much-anticipated proof of cosmic ray (CR) acceleration in supernova remnants (SNR) must hinge on full consistency of acceleration theory with the observations; direct proof is impossible because of the orbit scrambling of CR particles.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2012-03-19 M. A. Malkov , P. H. Diamond , R. Z. Sagdeev