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We present a model of gamma-ray emission from core-collapse supernovae originating from the explosions of massive young stars. The fast forward shock of the supernova remnant (SNR) can accelerate particles by diffusive shock acceleration…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-27 Donald C. Ellison , Andrei M. Bykov

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

We explore how wave-particle interactions affect diffusive shock acceleration (DSA) at astrophysical shocks by performing time-dependent kinetic simulations, in which phenomenological models for magnetic field amplification (MFA), Alfvenic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-11 Hyesung Kang

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

The spectra of high-energy protons and nuclei accelerated by supernova remnant shocks are calculated taking into account magnetic field amplification and Alfvenic drift both upstream and downstream of the shock for different types of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 V. S. Ptuskin , V. N. Zirakashvili , E. S. Seo

Supernova remnants are often presented as the most probable sources of Galactic cosmic rays. This idea is supported by the accumulation of evidence that particle acceleration is happening at supernova remnant shocks. Observations in the TeV…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-03-20 P. Cristofari , S. Gabici , T. B. Humensky , M. Santander , R. Terrier , E. Parizot , S. Casanova

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

The escape process of particles accelerated at supernova remnant (SNR) shocks is one of the poorly understood aspects of the shock acceleration theory. Here we adopt a phenomenological approach to study the particle escape and its impact on…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-10-23 Silvia Celli , Giovanni Morlino , Stefano Gabici , Felix Aharonian

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

The hypothesis that the entire cosmic ray spectrum, from $\lesssim1\,{\rm GeV}$ to $\gtrsim100\,{\rm EeV}$ energy, can be accounted for by diffusive shock acceleration on increasingly large scales is critically examined. Specifically, it is…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-09-19 Roger Blandford , Paul Simeon , Noémie Globus , Payel Mukhopadhyay , Enrico Peretti , Kirk S. S. Barrow

We investigate the process of particle acceleration at the termination shock that develops in the bubble excavated by winds of star clusters in the interstellar medium. We develop a theory of diffusive shock acceleration at such shock and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-08-05 Giovanni Morlino

Estimating the cosmic-ray acceleration efficiency $ \epsilon $ in supernova remnants (SNRs) through observations is a challenging task in general. Based on the Rankine-Hugoniot shock conditions, we find an anticorrelation between $ \epsilon…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-12-21 Yiran Zhang , Siming Liu

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

The instability in the cosmic-ray (CR) precursor of a SN shock is studied. The level of turbulence in this region determines the maximum energy of accelerated CRs. The consideration is not limited by the case of weak turbulence. It is…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 V. S. Ptuskin , V. N. Zirakashvili

Laboratory experiments to explore plasma conditions and stimulated particle acceleration can illuminate aspects of the cosmic particle acceleration process. Here we discuss the cosmic-ray candidate source object variety, and what has been…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-12-15 Roland Diehl

In situ particle acceleration is probably occuring in cluster radio haloes. This is suggested by the uniformity and extent of the haloes, given that spatial diffusion is slow and that radiative losses limit particle lifetimes. Stochastic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-25 J. A. Eilek , J. C. Weatherall

We examine the first order Fermi acceleration on the presumption that supernova remnant shocks cross ambient magnetic fields with various angles. These oblique shocks accelerate particles more efficiently than the parallel shocks and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 K. Kobayakawa , Y. S. Honda , T. Samura

A new numerical model of the nonlinear diffusive shock acceleration is presented. It is used for modeling of particle acceleration in supernova remnants. The model contains coupled spherically symmetric hydrodynamic equations and the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-30 V. N. Zirakashvili , V. S. Ptuskin

The spectra of high-energy protons and nuclei accelerated by supernova remnant shocks are calculated taking into account magnetic field amplification and Alfvenic drift for different types of SNRs during their evolution. The overall energy…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-12-31 V. S. Ptuskin , E. S. Seo , V. N. Zirakashvili

Cosmic ray (CR) spectra, both measured upon their arrival at the Earth's atmosphere and inferred from the emission in supernova remnants (SNRs), appear to be significantly steeper than the "standard" diffusive shock acceleration (DSA)…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-11-06 Adrian Hanusch , Tatyana V. Liseykina , Mikhail Malkov , Felix Aharonian