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We examine the detectability of $\gamma$-ray emission originating from the radioactive decays of unstable nuclei that are synthesized in relativistic outflows launched in magnetorotational core-collapse supernovae. The observed lines have…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-06-10 Sean Heston , Nick Ekanger , Shunsaku Horiuchi

Observations by the Large Area Telescope (LAT) on the \textit{Fermi} mission of diffuse $\gamma$-rays in a mid-latitude region in the third quadrant (Galactic longitude $l$ from $200\arcdeg$ to $260\arcdeg$ and latitude $| b |$ from…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-12-04 A. A. Abdo

Classical novae are expected to emit gamma rays during their explosions. The most important contribution to the early gamma-ray emission comes from the annihilation with electrons of the positrons generated by the decay of 13N and 18F. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 F. Senziani , G. K. Skinner , P. Jean , M. Hernanz

The gamma-rays from gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are believed to be produced by internal shocks driven by small timescale, ~1 ms, variation in the GRB outflows, and a pair-production spectral cutoff is generally expected around the GeV range.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-01-15 Zhuo Li

Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are one of the most exciting new mysteries of astrophysics. Their origin is still unknown, but recent observations seems to link them to Soft Gamma Repeaters and, in particular, to magnetar giant flares (MGFs). The…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-09-23 Giacomo Principe , Nicola Omodei , Niccolò Di Lalla , Leonardo Di Venere , Francesco Longo

It is widely accepted that the prompt transient signal in the 10 keV - 10 GeV band from gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) arises from multiple shocks internal to the ultra-relativistic expansion. The detailed understanding of the dissipation and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-18 Matthew G. Baring

The prompt emission of gamma-ray bursts probably comes from a highly relativistic wind which converts part of its kinetic energy into radiation via the formation of shocks within the wind itself. Such "internal shocks" can occur if the wind…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Frederic Daigne , Robert Mochkovitch

The middle-aged supernova remnant (SNR) CTB 37A is known to interact with several dense molecular clouds through the detection of shocked ${\rm H_{2}}$ and OH 1720 MHz maser emission. In the present work, we use eight years of $\textit…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-06-24 Soheila Abdollahi , Jean ballet , Yasushi Fukazawa , Hideaki Katagiri , Benjamin Condon

We report the analysis results of X-ray and gamma-ray data of the nova FM Cir taken by Swift and Fermi-LAT. The gamma-ray emission from FM Cir can be identified with a significance level of 3sigma within 40 days after the nova eruption…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-04-16 H. H. Wang , H. D. Yan , L. C. -C. Lin , J. Takata , P. -H. T. Tam

The optical light curve of Type Ia supernovae (SNIa) is powered by thermalized gamma-rays produced by the decay of 56Ni and 56Co, the main radioactive isotopes synthesized by the thermonuclear explosion of a C/O white dwarf. Gamma-rays…

Gamma-ray emission from classical novae is dominated, during the first hours, by positron annihilation resulting from the beta decay of radioactive nuclei. The main contribution comes from the decay of 18F and hence is directly related to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Alain Coc , Margarita Hernanz , Jordi Jose , Jean-Pierre Thibaud

We investigate two potential mechanisms that will produce X-ray and gamma-ray flashes from Type Ia supernovae (SN-Ia). The mechanisms are the breakout of the thermonuclear burning front as it reaches the surface of the white dwarf and the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-14 Peter Hoflich , Bradley E. Schaefer

We present the detections of 19 solar flares detected in high-energy gamma rays (above 100 MeV) with the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) during its first four years of operation. Interestingly, all flares are associated with fairly fast…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-02-22 LAT collaboration

I review X-ray observations of classical and recurrent novae in outburst. Significant X-ray flux is emitted by the nova shell, with a peak luminosity up to 10**35 erg/cm**2/s in the 0.2-10 keV range.In recurrent nova systems, or in novae…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 Marina Orio

Gamma-ray bursts are believed to originate from internal shocks which arise in an irregular relativistic wind. The process has been thought to be inefficient, converting only a few percent of the kinetic energy into gamma-rays. We define…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Shiho Kobayashi , Re'em Sari

We explore a non-stationary outer gap scenario for gamma-ray emission process in pulsar magnetosphere. Electrons/positrons that migrate along the magnetic field line and enter the outer gap from the outer/inner boundaries activate the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-12-16 J. Takata , C. W. Ng , K. S. Cheng

Context. Classical novae are thermonuclear explosions hosted by accreting white dwarfs in stellar binary systems. Material piles up on top of the white dwarf star under mildly degenerate conditions, driving a thermonuclear runaway. The…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-23 Joana Figueira , Jordi Jose , Enrique Garcia-Berro , Simon W. Campbell , Domingo Garcia-Senz , Shazrene Mohamed

Gamma-ray bursts are produced by the dissipation of the kinetic energy of a highly relativistic fireball, via the formation of a collisionless shock. When this happens, Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays up to 10^20 eV are produced. I show in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 Mario Vietri

Relativistic outflows with neutrons inevitably lead to inelastic collisions, and resulting subphotospheric gamma rays may explain prompt emission of gamma-ray bursts. In this model, hadronuclear, quasithermal neutrinos in the 10-100 GeV…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-10-01 Kohta Murase , Kazumi Kashiyama , Peter Meszaros

The phase-transition induced collapse of a neutron star to a more compact configuration (typically a ``strange'' star) and the subsequent core bounce is often invoked as a model for gamma-ray bursts. We present the results of numerical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-02-17 C. L. Fryer , S. E. Woosley