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We outline the main features of nuclei acceleration at supernova remnant forward shocks, stressing the crucial role played by self-amplified magnetic fields in determining the energy spectrum observed in this class of sources. In…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-12 Damiano Caprioli

Within the interstellar medium, supernovae are thought to be the prevailing agents in driving turbulence. Until recently, their effects on magnetic field amplification in disk galaxies remained uncertain. Analytical models based on the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Oliver Gressel , Udo Ziegler , Detlef Elstner

We investigate the influence of magnetic field amplification on the core-collapse supernovae in highly magnetized progenitors through three-dimensional simulations. By considering rotating models, we observe a strong correlation between the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-12-22 Jin Matsumoto , Tomoya Takiwaki , Kei Kotake

Nuclear shell burning in the final stages of the lives of massive stars is accompanied by strong turbulent convection. The resulting fluctuations aid supernova explosion by amplifying the non-radial flow in the post-shock region. In this…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-03 Ernazar Abdikamalov , Azamat Zhaksylykov , David Radice , Shapagat Berdibek

Context. Galactic cosmic rays are widely assumed to arise from diffusive shock acceleration, specifically at shocks in supernova remnants (SNRs). These shocks expand in a complex environment, particularly in the core-collapse scenario as…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-05-25 Samata Das , Robert Brose , Dominique M. -A. Meyer , Martin Pohl , Iurii Sushch , Pavlo Plotko

Gamma-rays from hadronic collisions are expected from supernova remnants (SNRs) located near molecular clouds. The temperature on the shock interacting with the dense environment quickly reaches $10^5$ K. The radiative losses of plasma…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-01-27 O. Petruk , T. Kuzyo , V. Beshley

We present preliminary results of Particle-In-Cell simulations of magnetic turbulence production by isotropic cosmic-ray ions streaming upstream of supernova remnant shocks. The studies aim at testing the MHD predictions by Bell (2004,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Jacek Niemiec , Martin Pohl

Supernovae are the dominant energy source for driving turbulence within the interstellar plasma. Until recently, their effects on magnetic field amplification in disk galaxies remained a matter of speculation. By means of self-consistent…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Oliver Gressel , Udo Ziegler , Detlef Elstner , Günther Rüdiger

Magnetic fields in galaxies are believed to be the result of dynamo amplification of initially weak seed fields, reaching equipartition strength inside the interstellar medium. The small-scale dynamo appears to be a viable mechanism to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-08-16 Michael Rieder , Romain Teyssier

Magnetic fields on the order of 100 $\mu$G observed in young supernova remnants cannot be amplified by shock compression alone. To investigate the amplification caused by turbulent dynamo, we perform three-dimensional MHD simulations of the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-12-28 Yue Hu , Siyao Xu , James M. Stone , Alex Lazarian

A supernova (SN) explosion drives stellar debris into the circumstellar material (CSM) filling a region on a scale of parsecs with X-ray emitting plasma. The velocities involved in supernova remnants (SNRs), thousands of km/s, can be…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-20 Daniel Dewey

Efficient acceleration of cosmic rays (via the mechanism of diffusive shock acceleration) requires turbulent, amplified magnetic fields in the shock's upstream region. We present results of multidimensional particle-in-cell simulations…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-11-20 Thomas Stroman , Martin Pohl , Jacek Niemiec

Using observations from the literature, we show that the non-thermal radio luminosity (L) of supernova remnants (SNRs) is a strong function of the average gas surface density (Sigma) of the galaxy in which the remnants reside, from normal…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-13 Todd A. Thompson , Eliot Quataert , Norman Murray

The merger of binary neutron stars (BNSs) can lead to large amplifications of the magnetic field due to the development of turbulence and instabilities in the fluid, such as the Kelvin-Helmholtz shear instability, which drive small-scale…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-09-09 Bruno Giacomazzo , Jonathan Zrake , Paul Duffell , Andrew I. MacFadyen , Rosalba Perna

A significant fraction of the energy density of the interstellar medium is in the form of high-energy charged particles (cosmic rays). The origin of these particles remains uncertain. Although it is generally accepted that the only sources…

Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-27 H. E. S. S. Collaboration , : , F. Aharonian

A number of studies suggest that shock acceleration with particle feedback and very efficient magnetic-field amplification combined with Alfv\'{e}nic drift are needed to explain the rather soft radio spectrum and the narrow rims observed…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-07-22 A. Wilhelm , I. Telezhinsky , V. V. Dwarkadas , M. Pohl

We investigate the attainable maximum energy of particles accelerated in the core-collapse supernova remnant (SNR) shock propagating in the free wind region with the Parker-spiral magnetic field, current sheet, and the wind termination…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-01-06 Shoma F. Kamijima , Yutaka Ohira

Diffusive shock acceleration in the environs of a remnant's expanding shell is a popular candidate for the origin of SNR gamma-rays. In this paper, results from our study of non-linear effects in shock acceleration theory and their impact…

Over the past decade, $\gamma$-ray observations of supernova remnants (SNRs) and accurate cosmic-ray (CR) spectral measurements have significantly advanced our understanding of particle acceleration in SNRs. In combination with…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-10 Xiao Zhang , Siming Liu

Context. The influence of magnetic fields on stellar core collapse and explosion is not well explored. It depends on the possibility to amplify the pre-collapse fields. Without rotation this can happen by compression, convection, the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-17 Martin Obergaulinger , Hans-Thomas Janka