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We study the global evolution of the magnetic field and interstellar medium (ISM) of the barred and ringed galaxies in the presence of non-axisymmetric components of the potential, i.e. the bar and/or the oval perturbations. The…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-20 K. Kulpa-Dybeł , K. Otmianowska-Mazur , B. Kulesza-Żydzik , G. Kowal , D. Wóltański , M. Hanasz , K. Kowalik

The magnetic fields observed in the Milky~Way and nearby galaxies appear to be in equipartition with the turbulent, thermal, and cosmic ray energy densities, and hence are expected to be dynamically important. However, the origin of these…

Magnetic fields are ubiquitous in the universe and an important component of the interstellar medium. It is crucial to accurately model and understand their properties in different environments and across all mass ranges of galaxies to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-12-22 Maria Werhahn , Rüdiger Pakmor , Rebekka Bieri , Freeke van de Voort , Rosie Y. Talbot , Volker Springel

Magnetic fields are involved in every astrophysical process on every scale: from planetary and stellar interiors to neutron stars, stellar wind bubbles and supernova remnants; from the interstellar medium in galactic disks, nuclei, spiral…

We briefly review sources of cosmic rays, their composition and spectra as well as their propagation in the galactic and extragalactic magnetic fields, both regular and fluctuating. A special attention is paid to the recent results of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-05-09 Felix Aharonian , Andrei Bykov , Etienne Parizot , Vladimir Ptuskin , Alan Watson

Stably stratified fluid layers are common in gaseous planets, stellar interiors, and planetary cores, and have long been considered incapable of sustaining dynamo action. Here, we show that semiconvection - driven by a destabilizing thermal…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-26 Paul Pružina , David Cébron , Nathanaël Schaeffer

Magnetic fields play a dual role in gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). First, GRB and afterglow spectra (the latter interpreted as emission from external shocks) imply synchrotron radiation in a magnetic field that is a significant fraction of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Eric G. Blackman

We propose that the overlapping shock fronts from young supernova remnants produce a locally unsteady, but globally steady large scale spiral shock front in spiral galaxies, where star formation and therefore massive star explosions…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Peter L. Biermann , Cristina F. Galea

The mechanism accelerating cosmic rays in the Milky Way Galaxy and galaxy clusters is identified and described. The acceleration of cosmic rays is a purely electrostatic process which operates up to the maximum energies of $10^{23}$ eV in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-09-10 Antonio Codino

The magnetic Rayleigh-Taylor instability has been shown to play a key role in many astrophysical systems. The equation for the growth rate of this instability in the incompressible limit, and the most-unstable mode that can be derived from…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-27 Andrew Hillier

The role of magnetic fields in the multi-phase interstellar medium (ISM) is explored using magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations that include energy injection by supernova (SN) explosions and allow for dynamo action. Apart from providing…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-10-03 A. Shukurov , C. C. Evirgen , A. Fletcher , P. J. Bushby , F. A. Gent

Composite hadronic states exhibit interesting properties in the presence of very intense magnetic fields, such as those conjectured to exist in the vicinity of certain astrophysical objects. We discuss three scenarios. (i) The presence of…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-22 Myron Bander , Hector Rubinstein

We model the Parker instability in vertically stratified isothermal gas using non-ideal MHD three-dimensional simulations. Rotation, especially differential, more strongly and diversely affects the nonlinear state than the linear stage…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-05-08 Devika Tharakkal , Anvar Shukurov , Frederick A. Gent , Graeme R. Sarson , Andrew Snodin

We study electromagnetic streaming instabilities in thermal viscous regions of rotating astrophysical objects, such as, magnetized accretion disks, molecular clouds, their cores, and elephant trunks. The obtained results can also be applied…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-14 Anatoly Nekrasov

Spiral galaxies, including the Milky Way, have large-scale magnetic fields with significant energy densities. The dominant theory attributes these magnetic fields to a large-scale dynamo. We review the current status of dynamo theory and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-08-31 Axel Brandenburg , Evangelia Ntormousi

Magnetic fields constitute an energetic component of the interstellar medium in galaxies and hence can affect the formation of galactic structures. Sensitive resolved radio continuum observations together with statistical studies in galaxy…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-11-20 Fatemeh S. Tabatabaei

The origin of the ultrahigh energy cosmic ray remains being a mystery. However, a considerable progress has been made in the past few years due to the good quality data recorded by current cosmic ray observatories. One of the recent…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-04-28 A. D. Supanitsky

We explore the effect of magnetic fields on the vertical distribution and multiphase structure of the supernova-driven interstellar medium (ISM) in simulations that admit dynamo action. As the magnetic field is amplified to become…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-09-26 C. C. Evirgen , F. A. Gent , A. Shukurov , A. Fletcher , P. J. Bushby

Fermi acceleration can take place at ultra-relativistic shock waves if the upstream or downstream magnetic field has been remodeled so that most of the magnetic power lies on short spatial scales. The relevant conditions under which Fermi…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Guy Pelletier , Martin Lemoine , Alexandre Marcowith

Radio synchrotron emission is a powerful tool to study the strength and structure of magnetic fields in galaxies. Unpolarized synchrotron emission traces isotropic turbulent fields which are strongest in spiral arms and bars (20-30 \mu G)…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-01-11 Rainer Beck