Discovery of extended GeV gamma-ray emission from AFGL 490, with the protostellar jet identified as the likely particle accelerator rather than stellar winds.
Non-linear model of particle acceleration at colliding shock flows
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Powerful stellar winds and supernova explosions with intense energy release in the form of strong shock waves can convert a sizeable part of the kinetic energy release into energetic particles. The starforming regions are argued as a favorable site of energetic particle acceleration and could be efficient sources of nonthermal emission. We present here a non-linear time-dependent model of particle acceleration in the vicinity of two closely approaching fast magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) shocks. Such MHD flows are expected to occur in rich young stellar cluster where a supernova is exploding in the vicinity of a strong stellar wind of a nearby massive star. We find that the spectrum of the high energy particles accelerated at the stage of two closely approaching shocks can be harder than that formed at a forward shock of an isolated supernova remnant. The presented method can be applied to model particle acceleration in a variety of systems with colliding MHD flows.
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The bow shock pulsar wind nebula around PSR J0437-4715 explains the GeV-TeV positron excess and hundreds-of-GeV antiproton flux with an energy-independent ratio by using 25% of the pulsar's wind power.
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GeV {\gamma}-ray emission in the low-mass star-forming region AFGL 490
Discovery of extended GeV gamma-ray emission from AFGL 490, with the protostellar jet identified as the likely particle accelerator rather than stellar winds.
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On the contribution of the bow shock pulsar wind nebula PSR J0437-4715 to the observed fluxes of GeV-TeV positrons and antiprotons
The bow shock pulsar wind nebula around PSR J0437-4715 explains the GeV-TeV positron excess and hundreds-of-GeV antiproton flux with an energy-independent ratio by using 25% of the pulsar's wind power.