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The main features of cosmic-ray source models and acceleration processes are reviewed, with special emphasis on the possible observational tests, through both composition analysis and multi-wavelength studies of supernova remnants. Non-linear effects in the context of supernova-induced diffusive shock acceleration are discussed, as well as collective acceleration effects induced by multiple supernova explosions inside superbubbles.
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Drury, L.O., Ellison, D., Aharonian, F. et al. Test of galactic cosmic-ray source models – Working Group Report. Space Science Reviews 99, 329–352 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1013825905795
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