A study on the processes responsible for the acceleration of particles in shocks. The study: “Individual particle approach to the diffusive shock acceleration. Effect of the non-uniform flow velocity downstream of the shock” of O. Petruk (INAF-OAPA) appeared on A&A

Our planet is constantly bombarded by highly energetic particles known as ‘cosmic rays‘. The spectrum of cosmic rays up to energies of 1015 electronvolts (eV) is formed by the sources in our Galaxy, while particles with observed energies up to 1021 eV should have extra-galactic origin. The cosmic ray spectrum follows a power law, meaning that the flux of particles with a given

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The magnetic field in SN1987A revealed from radio observations. The study: “Polarized radio emission unveils the structure of the pre-supernova circumstellar magnetic field and the radio emission in SN1987A” of O. Petruk (INAF-OAPA) appeared on A&A

Without any doubts, the supernova remnants SN1987A is the one that taught us more about this class of objects and supernova exposions. Produced by a supernova exploded in the Large Magellanic Cloud on February 23rd 1987, this is the only case in which we have observations of the progenitor, of the supernova explosion, and in which we follow the development

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