Pulsar Wind Nebulae inside Supernova Remnants as Cosmic-Ray PeVatrons
Abstract
We propose that cosmic ray PeVatrons are pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe) inside supernova remnants (SNRs). The PWN initially expands into the freely expanding stellar ejecta. Then, the PWN catches up with the shocked region of the SNR, where particles can be slightly accelerated by the back and forth motion between the PWN and the SNR, and some particles diffuse into the PWN. Afterwards the PWN is compressed by the SNR, where the particles in the PWN are accelerated by the adiabatic compression. Using a Monte Carlo simulation, we show that particles accelerated by the SNR to 0.1 PeV can be reaccelerated to 1 PeV until the end of the PWN compression.
- Publication:
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Pub Date:
- July 2018
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1702.05866
- Bibcode:
- 2018MNRAS.478..926O
- Keywords:
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- acceleration of particles;
- shock waves;
- cosmic rays;
- pulsars;
- ISM: supernova remnants;
- Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
- E-Print:
- 6 pages, 3 figures, 1 table, accepted for publication in MNRAS