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Nonlinear model of diffusive shock acceleration is used for investigation of the particle acceleration in old supernova remnants W28 and W44. We modeled the hydrodynamical evolution of the remnants, shock modification and streaming…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-01-17 V. N. Zirakashvili , V. S. Ptuskin

Relativistic collisionless shocks are believed to be efficient particle accelerators. Nonlinear outcome of the interaction of accelerated particles that run ahead of the shock, the so-called "precursor", with the unperturbed plasma of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-28 Ehud Nakar , Antoine Bret , Milos Milosavljevic

We present test-particle simulations of electrons during a nonlinear MHD simulation of a type-I edge localized mode (ELM) to explore the effect of an eruptive plasma filament on the kinetic level. The electrons are moderately heated and…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2022-11-23 Heinz Isliker , Andres Cathey , Matthias Hoelzl , Stanislas Pamela , Loukas Vlahos

Starforming factories in galaxies produce compact clusters and loose associations of young massive stars. Fast radiation-driven winds and supernovae input their huge kinetic power into the interstellar medium in the form of highly…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-11-17 Andrei Bykov

We discuss the physics of stochastic particle acceleration in relativistic magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence, combining numerical simulations of test-particle acceleration in synthetic wave turbulence spectra with detailed analytical…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-07-06 Camilia Demidem , Martin Lemoine , Fabien Casse

The Crab Nebula is one of the most efficient accelerators in the Galaxy and the only galactic source showing direct evidence of PeV particles. In spite of this, the physical process behind such effective acceleration is still a deep…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-24 Barbara Olmi , Luca Del Zanna , Elena Amato , Niccolò Bucciantini

We have developed a Monte Carlo technique for self-consistently calculating the hydrodynamic structure of oblique, steady-state shocks, together with the first-order Fermi acceleration process and associated non-thermal particle…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 Donald C. Ellison , Matthew G. Baring , Frank C. Jones

Supernova remnants are believed to be the major contributors to Galactic cosmic rays. In this paper, we explore how the non-thermal emission from young remnants can be used to probe the production of energetic particles at the shock (both…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-19 Gilles Ferrand , Anne Decourchelle , Samar Safi-Harb

Multiwavelength observations, from radio to X-rays, have revealed the presence of multiphase high-velocity gas near the center of the Milky Way likely associated with powerful galactic outflows. This region offers a unique laboratory to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-01-12 Andrea Afruni , Enrico M. Di Teodoro , Lucia Armillotta , Callum A. Lynn , Naomi M. McClure-Griffiths

The aim of this work is to investigate and characterise non-thermal particle behaviour in a three-dimensional (3D) magnetohydrodynamical (MHD) model of unstable multi-threaded flaring coronal loops. We have used a numerical scheme which…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-03-21 J. Threlfall , A. W. Hood , P. K. Browning

According to magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) models, the rotational energy of a rapidly spinning neutron star is carried away by a relativistic wind and deposited at a large distance, in the nebula, downstream of the wind termination shock. The…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-11-29 Iwona Mochol

While collisionless plasmas are ubiquitously present near astrophysical compact objects, the impact that their composition has on the high-energy emission is presently unknown. We present the first investigation of particle-acceleration…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-04-09 Claudio Meringolo , Mario Imbrogno , Alejandro Cruz-Osorio , Sergio Servidio , Luciano Rezzolla

The sharp magnetic discontinuities which naturally appear in solar magnetic flux tubes driven by turbulent photospheric motions are associated with intense currents. \citet{Par83} proposed that these currents can become unstable to a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Kaspar Arzner , Loukas Vlahos

Different hydrodynamic regimes for the gaseous outflows generated by multiple supernovae explosions and stellar winds occurring within compact and massive star clusters are discussed. It is shown that there exists the threshold energy that…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 S. Silich , G. Tenorio-Tagle , C. Munoz-Tunon , J. Palous

Fast collisionless shocks in cosmic plasmas convert their kinetic energy flow into the hot downstream thermal plasma with a substantial fraction of energy going into a broad spectrum of superthermal charged particles and magnetic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-04-05 Andrei M. Bykov , Donald C. Ellison , Sergei M. Osipov

Magnetic reconnection is a primary driver of particle acceleration processes in space and astrophysical plasmas. Understanding how particles are accelerated and the resulting particle energy spectra is among the central topics in…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2021-06-16 Xiaocan Li , Fan Guo , Yi-Hsin Liu

The interaction between the strong winds in stellar colliding-wind binary (CWB) systems produces two shock fronts, delimiting the wind collision region (WCR). There, particles are expected to be accelerated mainly via diffusive shock…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-01-30 Emanuele Grimaldo , Anita Reimer , Ralf Kissmann , Felix Niederwanger , Klaus Reitberger

The role of MHD turbulence in the cosmic ray acceleration process in a volume with a reconnecting magnetic field is studied by means of Monte Carlo simulations. We performed modelling of proton acceleration with the 3D analytic model of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Tomasz Kobak , Michal Ostrowski

We suggest a physical mechanism whereby the acceleration time of cosmic rays by shock waves can be significantly reduced. This creates the possibility of particle acceleration beyond the knee energy at ~10^15eV. The acceleration results…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 M. A. Malkov , P. H. Diamond

A number of supernova remnants (SNRs) show nonthermal X-rays assumed to be synchrotron emission from shock accelerated TeV electrons. The existence of these TeV electrons strongly suggests that the shocks in SNRs are sources of galactic…

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