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Observations of young supernova remnants (SNRs) in X-rays and gamma-rays have provided conclusive evidence for particle acceleration to at least TeV energies. Analysis of high spatial resolution X-ray maps of young SNRs has indicated that…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-10-12 Andrei M. Bykov , Yury A. Uvarov , Patrick Slane , Donald C. Ellison

Large-scale shocks formed by clustered feedback of young OB stars are considered an important source of mechanical energy for the ISM and a trigger of molecular cloud formation. Their interaction sites are locations where kinetic energy and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-03-08 Evangelia Ntormousi , Joanne R. Dawson , Patrick Hennebelle , Katharina Fierlinger

Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence is of key importance in many high-energy astrophysical systems, where MHD instabilities can amplify local magnetic field over very short time scales. Specifically, the magnetorotational instability (MRI)…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-03-30 Philipp Mösta , Christian D. Ott , David Radice , Luke F. Roberts , Erik Schnetter , Roland Haas

The interaction between a pulsar wind nebula (PWN) and its host supernova remnant (SNR) can produce a vast array of observable structures. Asymmetry present within these structures derives from the complexity of the composite system, where…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-07-26 Christopher Kolb , John Blondin , Patrick Slane , Tea Temim

Diffusive shock acceleration in supernova remnants (SNRs) is considered one of the prime mechanisms for Galactic Cosmic Ray (GCR) acceleration. It is still unclear, however, whether SNRs can contribute to GCR spectrum up to the ``knee''…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-12-06 Victor Doroshenko , Gerd Pühlhofer , Andrea Santangelo

We examine the effect of uniform ambient magnetic fields on the evolution of supernova-driven blast waves into a homogeneous ambient ISM in thermal equilibrium. Using the Pencil Code we simulate high resolution nonideal magnetohydrodynamic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-09-24 Cetin Can Evirgen , Frederick Gent

The large-scale gradient of the interstellar medium (ISM) density distribution essentially affects the evolution of Supernova remnants (SNRs). In a non-uniform ISM, the shape of SNR becomes essentially non-spherical, and distributions of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-25 B. Hnatyk , O. Petruk

The study of core-collapse supernova remnants (SNRs) presents a fascinating puzzle, with intricate morphologies and a non-uniform distribution of stellar debris. Particularly, young remnants (aged less than 5000 years) hold immense value as…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-11-10 Salvatore Orlando

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

Pulsars, formed during supernova explosions, are known to be sources of relativistic magnetized winds whose interaction with the expanding supernova remnants (SNRs) gives rise to a pulsar wind nebula (PWN). We present spherically symmetric…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 N. Bucciantini , J. M. Blondin , L. Del Zanna , E. Amato

The accelerative expansion of the Crab nebula's outer envelope is a mystery in dynamics as a conventional expanding blast wave decelerates when bumping into the surrounding interstellar medium. Here we show that the strong relativistic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Yang Gao , Chung K. Law

Circumstellar interaction of supernova (SN) ejecta is an essential process in its evolution and observations of SNe have found the signature of circumstellar interaction both in the early and late evolutionary phase of SNe. In this Letter,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-07-14 Tomoki Matsuoka , Keiichi Maeda , Ke-Jung Chen

The origin of ear-like structures with two opposite lobes extending from the shell of supernova remnants (SNRs) remains a subject of active debate, with proposed mechanisms ranging from jet-driven explosions to interactions with bipolar…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-09-30 Huan Yu , Jun Fang

Abbreviated Abstract: A kinetic model of particle acceleration in supernova remnants (SNRs) is extended to study the cosmic ray (CR) and associated high energy gamma-ray production during SN shock propagation through the inhomogeneous…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Evgeny G. Berezhko , Heinrich J. Voelk

Molecular clouds are known to be clumpy, with dense molecular clumps occupying only a few percent of the volume. A supernova remnant then evolves primarily in the interclump medium, and becomes radiative at a radius of about 6 pc, forming a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Roger A. Chevalier

Supernova remnants (SNRs) are important objects in investigating the links among supernova (SN) explosion mechanism(s), progenitor stars, and cosmic-ray acceleration. Non-thermal emission from SNRs is an effective and promising tool for…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-02-16 Haruo Yasuda , Shiu-Hang Lee , Keiichi Maeda

The spin-down power of a pulsar is thought to be carried away in an MHD wind in which, at least close to the star, the energy transport is dominated by Poynting flux. The pulsar drives a low-frequency wave in this wind, consisting of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 J. G. Kirk , Y. Lyubarsky

Supernova remnants (SNRs) contribute to regulate the star formation efficiency and evolution of galaxies. As they expand into the interstellar medium (ISM), they transfer vast amounts of energy and momentum that displace, compress and heat…

It has been known for over 50 years that the radio emission from shell supernova remnants (SNRs) indicates the presence of electrons with energies in the GeV range emitting synchrotron radiation. The discovery of nonthermal X-ray emission…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-20 S. P. Reynolds

A signification fraction of Galactic massive stars (> 8Mo) are ejected from their parent cluster and supersonically sail away through the interstellar medium (ISM). The winds of these fast-moving stars blow asymmetric bubbles thus creating…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-02-24 D. M. -A. Meyer , M. Pohl , M. Petrov , L. Oskinova
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