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We extend the self-similar solution derived by Chevalier for a Sedov blast wave accelerating cosmic rays (CR) to show that the Galactic CR population can be divided into: (A) CR with energies above ~200GeV released upstream during CR…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-23 A. R. Bell

We discuss processes in galactic cosmic ray (GCR) acceleration sites - supernova remnants, compact associations of young massive stars, and superbubbles. Mechanisms of efficient conversion of the mechanical power of the outflows driven by…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-12-11 A. M. Bykov , D. C. Ellison , P. E. Gladilin , S. M. Osipov

GeV and TeV emission from the forward shocks of supernova remnants (SNRs) indicates that they are capable particle accelerators, making them promising sources of Galactic cosmic rays (CRs). However, it remains uncertain whether this…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-08-23 N. Corso , R. Diesing , D. Caprioli

We develop a theory to account for the cosmic ray spectrum between 1 GeV and 10^4 GeV following the earlier papers of this series. We use the basic concept that the cosmic ray particles are accelerated in a supernova shock that travels…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Peter L. Biermann , Richard G. Strom

Supernova remnants (SNRs) in the Galaxy are an important source of energy injection into the interstellar medium, and also of cosmic rays. Currently there are 294 known SNRs in the Galaxy, and their distribution with Galactocentric radius…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-10-14 D. A. Green

It has long been speculated that supernova remnants represent a major source of cosmic rays in the Galaxy. Observations over the past decade have ceremoniously unveiled direct evidence of particle acceleration in SNRs to energies…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 Patrick Slane

The diffuse Galactic gamma-ray background, as observed with EGRET on CGRO, exceeds the model predictions significantly above 1 GeV. This is particularly true for the inner Galaxy. We shall discuss here the contribution of the Galactic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Heinz Voelk

The nonlinear kinetic model of cosmic ray (CR) acceleration in supernova remnants (SNRs) is used to describe the properties of the remnant of SN 1006. It is shown, that the theory fits the existing data in a satisfactory way within a set of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 E. G. Berezhko , L. T. Ksenofontov , H. J. Voelk

In the 1960s, the remnants of supernova explosions (SNRs) were indicated as a possible source of galactic cosmic rays through the Diffusive Shock Acceleration (DSA) mechanism. Since then, the observation of gamma-ray emission from…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-05-28 Andrea Giuliani , Martina Cardillo

Supernova remnants (SNRs) are widely believed to be the principal source of galactic cosmic rays. Such energetic particles can produce gamma-rays and lower energy photons via interactions with the ambient plasma. In this paper, we present…

If supernova remnants (SNRs) are the sites of cosmic-ray acceleration, the associated nuclear interactions should result in observable fluxes of TeV gamma-rays from the nearest SNRs. Measurements of the gamma-ray flux from six nearby,…

Supernova remnants are believed to be the main sources of galactic Cosmic Rays (CR). Within this framework, particles are accelerated at supernova remnant shocks and then released in the interstellar medium. The mechanism through which CRs…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-08-19 Lara Nava , Stefano Gabici , Alexandre Marcowith , Giovanni Morlino , Vladimir S. Ptuskin

The origin of the bulk of cosmic rays (CRs) observed at Earth is the topic of a century long investigation, paved with successes and failures. From the energetic point of view, supernova remnants (SNRs) remain the most plausible sources of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-12-09 Pasquale Blasi

Shocks of supernova remnants (SNRs) are important (and perhaps the dominant) agents for production of the Galactic cosmic rays. Recent $\gamma$-ray observations of several SNRs have made this case more compelling. However, these broadband…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-12-12 Qiang Yuan , Siming Liu , Xiao-Jun Bi

SNRs are likely to be significant sources of Galactic cosmic rays up to the knee. They produce gamma rays in the very-high-energy (E>100 GeV) range mainly via two mechanisms: hadronic interactions of accelerated protons with the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-08-23 Rowan Batzofin , Pierre Cristofari , Kathrin Egberts , Constantin Steppa

Supernova remnants (SNRs) have long been considered to be the dominant source of Galactic cosmic rays, which implied that they provided most of the energy to power cosmic rays as well as being PeVatrons. The lack of evidence for PeV cosmic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-12-27 Jacco Vink

Supernova remnants (SNRs) are one of the most energetic astrophysical events and are thought to be the dominant source of Galactic cosmic rays (CRs). A recent report on observations from the Fermi satellite has shown a signature of pion…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-08-26 Soonyoung Roh , Shu-ichiro Inutsuka , Tsuyoshi Inoue

The spectra fits to a sample of 34 supernova remnants (Zeng et al., 2019) are updated. $\gamma$-ray spectra of 20 supernova remnants (SNRs) with a soft TeV spectrum are further analyzed. We found that 17 of them can be fitted in the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-11-20 Houdun Zeng , Yuliang Xin , Qi Fu , Siming Liu

The presence of nearby discrete cosmic-ray (CR) sources can lead to many interesting effects on the observed properties of CRs. In this paper, we study about the possible effects on the CR primary and secondary spectra and also the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Satyendra Thoudam

Supernova remnants (SNRs) are the prime candidates for the acceleration of the Galactic Cosmic Rays. Tracers for interactions of Cosmic Rays with ambient material are gamma rays at TeV energies, which can be observed with ground based…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 Nukri Komin