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We present three-dimensional global numerical simulations of the cosmic-ray (CR) driven dynamo in barred galaxies. We study the evolution of the interstellar medium of the barred galaxy in the presence of non-axisymmetric component of the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2011-06-02 K. Kulpa-Dybeł , K. Otmianowska-Mazur , B. Kulesza-Żydzik , G. Kowal , M. Hanasz , D. Wóltański , K. Kowalik

Diffusive shock acceleration is the prime candidate for efficient acceleration of cosmic rays. Galactic cosmic rays are believed to originate predominantly from this process in supernova remnant shock waves. Confinement of the cosmic rays…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-10-07 K. M. Schure , A. R. Bell

Cosmic ray (CR) electrons reveal key insights into the non-thermal physics of the interstellar medium, galaxies, galaxy clusters, and active galactic nuclei by means of their inverse Compton {\gamma}-ray emission and synchrotron emission in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-09-24 Georg Winner , Christoph Pfrommer , Philipp Girichidis , Rüdiger Pakmor

We present three dimensional fluid simulation results on the temporal evolution and nonlinear saturation of the magnetic curvature driven Rayleigh-Taylor (RT) instability. The model set of coupled nonlinear equations evolve the scalar…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Abhijit Sen , Amita Das , Predhiman Kaw , S. Benkadda , P. Beyer

The origin of cosmic rays (CRs) and how they propagate remain unclear. Studying the propagation of CRs in magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence can help to comprehend many open issues related to CR origin and the role of turbulent magnetic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-01-10 Na-Na Gao , Jian-Fu Zhang

Strong astrophysical shocks, diffusively accelerating cosmic rays (CR) ought to develop CR precursors. The length of such precursor $L_{p}$ is believed to be set by the ratio of the CR mean free path $\lambda$ to the shock speed, i.e.,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-02-22 M. A. Malkov , P. H. Diamond , R. Z. Sagdeev

Despite being studied for many years, the structure of collisionless shocks is still not fully determined. Such shocks are known to be accelerators of cosmic rays, which, in turn, modify the shock structure. The shock width $\lambda$ is…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-05-15 Antoine Bret , Asaf Pe'er

Recent advances in both the MHD turbulence theory and cosmic ray observations call for revisions in the paradigm of cosmic ray transport. We use the models of magnetohydrodynamic turbulence that were tested in numerical simulation, in which…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-12-02 Huirong Yan , Siyao Xu

The instability in the cosmic-ray (CR) precursor of a SN shock is studied. The level of turbulence in this region determines the maximum energy of accelerated CRs. The consideration is not limited by the case of weak turbulence. It is…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 V. S. Ptuskin , V. N. Zirakashvili

Abbreviated Abstract: A kinetic model of particle acceleration in supernova remnants (SNRs) is extended to study the cosmic ray (CR) and associated high energy gamma-ray production during SN shock propagation through the inhomogeneous…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Evgeny G. Berezhko , Heinrich J. Voelk

We aim to elucidate cosmic ray (CR) propagation in the weakly ionized environments of supernova remnants (SNRs) basing our analysis on the cosmic ray cloud (CRC) model developed by \citet{2013ApJ...768...73M} and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-01-15 L. Brahimi , A. Marcowith , V. S. Ptuskin

Numerical simulations shed light onto earlier not trackable problem of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence. They allowed to test the predictions of different models and choose the correct ones. Inevitably, this progress calls for revisions…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-12-27 Huirong Yan , A. Lazarian

We study the linear stability of weakly magnetized differentially rotating plasmas in both collisionless kinetic theory and Braginskii's theory of collisional, magnetized plasmas. We focus on the very weakly magnetized limit that is…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-23 Eliot Quataert , Tobias Heinemann , Anatoly Spitkovsky

These lectures address the effects of Cosmic Rays over macro-instabilities which develop in the interstellar medium and the micro-instabilities the particles are able to trigger themselves. The lectures are centered on the derivation of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-12-29 Alexandre Marcowith

We study the linear properties, nonlinear saturation and a steady, strongly nonlinear state of the Parker instability in galaxies. We consider magnetic buoyancy and its consequences with and without cosmic rays. Cosmic rays are described…

We show that under very general conditions, cluster plasmas threaded by weak magnetic fields are subject to very fast growing plasma instabilities driven by the anisotropy of the plasma pressure (viscous stress) with respect to the local…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 A. A. Schekochihin , S. C. Cowley , R. M. Kulsrud , G. W. Hammett , P. Sharma

Recent years have seen many arguments for cosmic rays (CRs) as an important influence on galactic and circumgalactic (CGM) physics, star and galaxy formation. We present a pedagogical overview of state-of-the-art modeling of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-05-11 Philip F. Hopkins

High-energy gamma ray emission has been detected recently from supernovae remnants (SNRs) and their surroundings. The existence of molecular clouds near some of the SNRs suggests that the gamma rays originate predominantly from p-p…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-03 Huirong Yan , A. Lazarian , R. Schlickeiser

The radiation drag in photon-rich environments of cosmic explosions can seed kinetic instabilities by inducing velocity spreads between relativistically streaming plasma components. Such microturbulence is likely imprinted on the breakout…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-01-25 J. F. Mahlmann , A. Vanthieghem , A. A. Philippov , A. Levinson , E. Nakar , F. Fiuza

We present new simulations of local star-forming disks that self-consistently evolve cosmic rays (CRs) and multiphase gas using TIGRESS++. To isolate the role of CRs, we conduct paired simulations under solar-neighborhood conditions: a…