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We investigate the theoretical and observational implications of the acceleration of protons and heavier nuclei in supernova remnants (SNRs). By adopting a semi-analytical technique, we study the non-linear interplay among particle…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-08-23 D. Caprioli , P. Blasi , E. Amato

Core-collapse supernova (SN) explosions may occur in the highly inhomogeneous molecular clouds (MCs) in which their progenitors were born. We perform a series of 3-dimensional hydrodynamic simulations to model the interaction between an…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-10-17 Dong Zhang , Roger A. Chevalier

Shock waves associated with shell type supernova remnants are considered to be possible sites of cosmic ray acceleration. Since shocks are capable of accelerating electrons in addition to protons one anticipates both species to contribute…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-23 A. Mastichiadis

Microquasar stellar systems emit electromagnetic radiation and high-energy particles. Thanks to their location within our own galaxy, they can be observed in high detail. Still, many of their inner workings remain elusive; hence,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-11-15 Theodoros Smponias

The spectrum of cosmic ray protons and electrons released by supernova remnants throughout their evolution is poorly known, because of the difficulty in accounting for particle escape and confinement in the downstream of a shock front,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-06-23 P. Cristofari , P. Blasi , D. Caprioli

Determination of the explosion type of supernova remnants (SNRs) can be challenging, as SNRs are hundreds to thousands of years old and supernovae (SNe) are classified based on spectral properties days after explosion. Previous studies of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-16 Charee L. Peters , Laura A. Lopez , Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz , Keivan G. Stassun , Enectali Figueroa-Feliciano

Electron injection at high Mach-number nonrelativistic perpendicular shocks is studied here for parameters that are applicable to young SNR shocks. Using high-resolution large-scale two-dimensional fully kinetic particle-in-cell (PIC)…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-06-12 Artem Bohdan , Jacek Niemiec , Martin Pohl , Yosuke Matsumoto , Takanobu Amano , Masahiro Hoshino

We present a complete set of diagnostic tools aimed at reproducing synthetic non-thermal (synchrotron and/or Inverse Compton, IC) emissivity, integrated flux energy, polarization and spectral index simulated maps in comparison to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Delia Volpi , Luca Del Zanna , Elena Amato , Niccolo Bucciantini

Context: Multiwavelength observations of supernova remnants can be explained within the framework of diffusive shock acceleration theory, which allows effective conversion of the explosion energy into cosmic rays. Although the models of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-19 D. Malyshev , S. Gabici , L. O'C. Drury , F. A. Aharonian

We present numerical models for supernova remnant evolution, using a new version of the hydrodynamical code SUPREMNA. We added cosmic ray diffusion equation to the code scheme, employing two-fluid approximation. We investigate the dynamics…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-28 D. Kosenko , S. I. Blinnikov , J. Vink

The structure and morphology of supernova remnants (SNRs) reflect the properties of the parent supernovae (SNe) and the characteristics of the inhomogeneous environments through which the remnants expand. Linking the morphology of SNRs to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-12-29 S. Orlando , A. Wongwathanarat , H. -T. Janka , M. Miceli , M. Ono , S. Nagataki , F. Bocchino , G. Peres

In an effort to better understand the evolution of composite supernova remnants (SNRs) and the eventual fate of relativistic particles injected by their pulsars, we present a multifaceted investigation of the interaction between a pulsar…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-08-06 Tea Temim , Patrick Slane , Christopher Kolb , John Blondin , John P. Hughes , Niccolo Bucciantini

We present the first results from an ongoing work aimed to use supernovae remnants to discriminate among different type Ia supernovae explosion models. We have computed the hydrodynamic interaction of supernova ejecta with the interstellar…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Carles Badenes , Eduardo Bravo

Supernova remnants (SNRs) are likely sources of hadronic particle acceleration within our galaxy, contributing to the galactic cosmic ray flux. Next-generation instruments, such as the Southern Wide-field Gamma-ray Observatory (SWGO), will…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-06-24 Nick Scharrer , Samuel T. Spencer , Vikas Joshi , Alison M. W. Mitchell

A number of modern experiments in high-energy astrophysics produce images of supernova remnants (SNRs) in the TeV and GeV gamma-rays. Either relativistic electrons (due to the inverse-Compton scattering) or protons (due to the pion decays)…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-30 V. Beshley , O. Petruk

Aims. The properties of the Galactic supernova remnant (SNR) RX J0852.0-4622 are theoretically analysed. Methods. An explicitly time-dependent, nonlinear kinetic model of cosmic ray (CR) acceleration in SNRs is used to describe the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-13 E. G. Berezhko , G. Pühlhofer , H. J. Völk

(Abridged) We present the results of three dimensional calculations for the MHD evolution of an adiabatic supernova remnant in both a uniform and turbulent interstellar medium using the RIEMANN framework of Balsara. In the uniform case,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Dinshaw Balsara , Robert A. Benjamin , Donald P. Cox

We present a systematic phenomenological study focused on the time evolution of the non-thermal radiation - from radio waves to gamma rays - emitted by typical supernova remnants via hadronic and leptonic mechanisms, for two classes of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-01-31 Daniele Gaggero , Fabio Zandanel , Pierre Cristofari , Stefano Gabici

Supernova remnants (SNRs) are believed to be the main sources of galactic cosmic rays. Discovery of the non-thermal component in X-ray spectrum of SN 1006 in 1995 and detection of a number of SNRs by H.E.S.S. strengthen the investigation of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-09-13 V. Beshley

Although only a small fraction of stars end their lives as supernovae, all supernovae leave behind a supernova remnant (SNR), an expanding shock wave that interacts with the surrounding medium, heating the gas and seeding the cosmos with…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-04-05 Aya Bamba , Brian J. Williams