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Owing to the complexity of turbulent magnetic fields, modeling the diffusion of cosmic rays is challenging. Based on the current understanding of anisotropic magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence, we use test particles to examine the cosmic…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-02-16 Yue Hu , A. Lazarian , Siyao Xu

We discuss some aspects of the propagation of high-energy cosmic rays (CRs) in turbulent magnetic fields, and propose a formula for the diffusion coefficient based on accurate simulations in a wide energy range. We discuss the transition…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Etienne Parizot

Energetic nonthermal particles (cosmic rays, CRs) are accelerated in supernova remnants, relativistic jets and other astrophysical objects. The CR energy density is typically comparable with that of the thermal components and magnetic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-15 A. M. Bykov , A. Brandenburg , M. A. Malkov , S. M. Osipov

Large-scale galactic winds driven by stellar feedback are one phenomenon that influences the dynamical and chemical evolution of a galaxy, redistributing material throughout the circumgalatic medium. Non-thermal feedback from galactic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-09-25 F. Holguin , M. Ruszkowski , A. Lazarian , R. Farber , H. -Y. K. Yang

We obtain the angular distribution of the cosmic rays reaching an observer from an individual source and after propagation through a turbulent magnetic field, for different ratios between the source distance and the diffusion length. We…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-03-23 Diego Harari , Silvia Mollerach , Esteban Roulet

The physics of cosmic rays (CR) is a promising candidate for explaining the driving of galactic winds and outflows. Recent galaxy formation simulations have demonstrated the need for active CR transport either in the form of diffusion or…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-07-19 Ruediger Pakmor , Christoph Pfrommer , Christine M. Simpson , Volker Springel

Context. Supernova remnants are known as sources of galactic cosmic rays for their non-thermal emission of radio waves, X-rays, and gamma-rays. However, the observed soft broken power-law spectra are hard to reproduce within standard…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-08-31 Robert Brose , Igor Telezhinsky , Martin Pohl

The acceleration of energetic particle transport in high amplitude magnetosonic and Alfvenic turbulence is considered using the method of Monte Carlo particle simulations, involving integration of particle equations of motion. We derive the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-25 G. Michalek , M. Ostrowski , R. Schlickeiser

Cosmic ray propagation is diffusive because of pitch angle scattering by waves. We demonstrate that if the high-amplitude magnetohydrodynamic turbulence with $\tilde B/\langle B\rangle \sim 1$ is present on top of the mean field gradient,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-09-30 Mikhail V. Medvedev , Viktor V. Medvedev

Cosmic ray (CR) currents through magnetised plasma drive strong instabilities producing amplification of the magnetic field. This amplification helps explain the CR energy spectrum as well as observations of supernova remnants and radio…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-07-31 James H. Matthews , Anthony R. Bell , Katherine M. Blundell , Anabella T. Araudo

Cosmic rays (CRs) are an integral part of the non-thermal pressure budget in the interstellar medium (ISM) and are the leading-order ionization mechanism in cold molecular clouds. We study the impacts that different microphysical CR…

A critical component of particle acceleration in astrophysical shocks is the non-resonant (Bell) instability, where the streaming of cosmic rays (CRs) leads to the amplification of magnetic fields necessary to scatter particles. In this…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-02-11 Emily Lichko , Damiano Caprioli , Benedikt Schroer , Siddhartha Gupta

The physical processes involved in diffusion of Galactic cosmic rays in the interstellar medium are addressed. We study the possibility that the nonlinear MHD cascade sets the power-law spectrum of turbulence which scatters charged…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 V. S. Ptuskin , I. V. Moskalenko , F. C. Jones , A. W. Strong , V. N. Zirakashvili

Cosmic ray acceleration in turbulent interstellar medium is considered. Turbulence is treated as ensemble of moving magnetic traps. We derive equations for particle momentum distribution function that describes acceleration of particles in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 V. N. Zirakashvili

Transport and acceleration of charged particles in turbulent media is a topic of great interest in space physics and interstellar astrophysics. These processes are dominated by the scattering of particles off magnetic irregularities. The…

Space Physics · Physics 2016-12-28 A. Ivascenko , S. Lange , F. Spanier , R. Vainio

We investigate the diffusion of cosmic rays (CR) close to their sources. Propagating individual CRs in purely isotropic turbulent magnetic fields with maximal scale of spatial variations Lmax, we find that CRs diffuse anisotropically at…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-06-29 G. Giacinti , M. Kachelriess , D. V. Semikoz

Synchrotron radiation from cosmic rays is a key observational probe of the galactic magnetic field. Interpreting synchrotron emission data requires knowledge of the cosmic ray number density, which is often assumed to be in energy…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-12-06 Amit Seta , Anvar Shukurov , Toby S. Wood , Paul J. Bushby , Andrew P. Snodin

The physics of energetic particle propagation in magnetised environments plays a crucial role in both the processes of acceleration and transport of cosmic rays. Recent theoretical developments in the field of cosmic ray research have been…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-10-31 Elena Amato , Pasquale Blasi

Cosmic rays (CRs) are tracers of solar events when they are associated with solar flares, but also galactic events when they come from outside our solar system. SEPs are correlated with the 11-year solar cycle while GCRs are anti-correlated…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-10-06 Barbara Perri , Allan Sacha Brun , Antoine Strugarek , Victor Réville

We study the propagation of mildly-relativistic cosmic rays (CRs) in multiphase interstellar medium environments with conditions typical of nearby disk galaxies. We employ the techniques developed in Armillotta+21 to post-process three…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-05-04 Lucia Armillotta , Eve C. Ostriker , Yan-Fei Jiang