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High-Reynolds-number turbulence driven by stellar convection in main-sequence stars generates stochastic gravitational radiation. We calculate the wave-strain power spectral density as a function of the zero-age main-sequence mass for an…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 M. F. Bennett , A. Melatos

We show via particle-in-cell simulations that small normalized magnetic fields ($\omega_c/\omega_p \ll 1$) applied perpendicularly to a light wave can significantly modify the evolution of backward stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) in the…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2018-11-07 B. J. Winjum , F. S. Tsung , W. B. Mori

The synchrotron-radiating particles and magnetic fields in low-power radio galaxies (including most nearby cluster-centre sources), if at equipartition, can provide only a small fraction of the total internal energy density of the radio…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-18 J. H. Croston , M. J. Hardcastle

A weak fluctuating magnetic field embedded into a turbulent conducting medium grows exponentially while its characteristic scale decays. In the ISM and protogalactic plasmas, the magnetic Pr is very large, so a broad spectrum of growing…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Alexander Schekochihin , Steven Cowley , Jason Maron , Leonid Malyshkin

The plasma dynamics resulting from the simultaneous impact, of two equal, ultra-intense laser pulses, in two spatially separated spots, onto a dense target is studied via particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations. The simulations show that…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-06-12 Xiaohu Yang , Mark E. Dieckmann , Gianluca Sarri , Marco Borghesi

Spontaneous and stimulated emission of an electron in the ion channel is studied. The emission processes are studied in the regime of high harmonic generation when the parameter of plasma wiggler strength is large. Like for conventional…

Optics · Physics 2007-05-23 I. Kostyukov , A. Pukhov

The review presents basic elements of the theory of electromagnetic emission by nonthermal particles propagating in stochastic media. In particular, general theory and a few special regimes of Diffusive Synchrotron Radiation (DSR)arising in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Gregory D. Fleishman

We carry out 3D and 2D PIC-simulations of the expansion of a magnetized plasma that initially uniformly fills a half-space and contains a semi-cylindrical region of heated electrons elongated along the surface of the plasma boundary. This…

We provide estimates for the flux and maximum frequency of radiation produced when the magnetic field in a relativistic, highly magnetized, jet is dissipated and particles are accelerated using general considerations. We also provide limits…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-09-03 Pawan Kumar , Patrick Crumley

The accumulation of electrons and positrons in the vacuum magnetosphere of a neutron star with a surface magnetic field of B~10^12 G is considered. It is shown that particles created in the magnetosphere or falling into the magnetosphere…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2010-12-17 Ya. N. Istomin , D. N. Sob'yanin

We investigate the acceleration and simultaneous radiative losses of electrons in the vicinity of relativistic shocks. Particles undergo pitch angle diffusion, gaining energy as they cross the shock by the Fermi mechanism and also emitting…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 Paul Dempsey , Peter Duffy

Magnetic ratchets -- two-dimensional systems with superimposed non-centrosymmetric ferromagnetic gratings -- are considered theoretically. It is demonstrated that excitation by radiation results in a directed motion of two-dimensional…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-04-25 G. V. Budkin , L. E. Golub

In the absence of efficient collisions, deviations from thermal equilibrium of plasma particle distributions are controlled by the self-generated instabilities. The whistler instability is a notorious example, usually responsible for the…

Space Physics · Physics 2019-10-15 M. Lazar , R. A. Lopez , S. M. Shaaban , S. Poedts , H. Fichtner

We perform numerical simulations of magneto-rotational instability in a local patch of accretion disk in which radiation pressure exceeds gas pressure. Such conditions may occur in the central regions of disks surrounding compact objects in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 N. J. Turner , J. M. Stone , T. Sano

We study the propagation of radio waves through a medium possessing density fluctuations that are elongated along the ambient magnetic field and described by an anisotropic Goldreich-Sridhar power spectrum. We derive general formulas for…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 B. D. G. Chandran , D. C. Backer

Violent gravitational interactions can change the morphologies of galaxies and, by means of merging, transform them into elliptical galaxies. We aim to investigate how they affect the evolution of galactic magnetic fields. We selected 16…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-09-23 Robert T. Drzazga , Krzysztof T. Chyzy , Wojciech Jurusik , Krzysztof Wiorkiewicz

Nature's most powerful high-energy sources are capable of accelerating particles to high energy and radiate it away on extremely short timescales, even shorter than the light crossing time of the system. It is yet unclear what physical…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2022-01-03 Luca Comisso , Lorenzo Sironi

We consider the radiative acceleration to relativistic bulk velocities of a cold, optically thin plasma which is exposed to an external source of gamma-rays. The flow is driven by radiative momentum input to the gas, the accelerating force…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Piero Madau , Christopher Thompson

We use two-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations to investigate the generation and evolution of the magnetic field associated with the propagation of a jet for various initial conditions. We demonstrate that, in general, the magnetic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-02-29 Amin Esmaeili , Yutaka Fujita

The observed power-law spectra of relativistic jets from active galactic nuclei clearly indicate a synchrotron mechanism of radiation by particles that similarly possess a power-law energy spectrum. However, the issue of their angular…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-07-29 T. I. Khalilov , V. S. Beskin , V. I. Pariev