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Cosmological shocks are a critical part of large-scale structure formation, and are responsible for heating the intracluster medium in galaxy clusters. In addition, they are also capable of accelerating non-thermal electrons and protons. In…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Samuel W. Skillman , Eric J. Hallman , Brian W. O'Shea , Jack O. Burns , Britton D. Smith , Matthew J. Turk

We present non-radiative, cosmological zoom-simulations of galaxy cluster formation with magnetic fields and (anisotropic) thermal conduction of one very massive galaxy cluster with a mass at redshift zero that corresponds to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-07-20 Ulrich P. Steinwandel , Ludwig M. Boess , Klaus Dolag , Harald Lesch

Radio observations prove the existence of relativistic particles and magnetic field associated with the intra-cluster-medium (ICM) through the presence of extended synchrotron emission in the form of radio halos and peripheral relics. This…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 G. Brunetti , T. W. Jones

Recently an essential progress in development of physical models for cosmic ray induced ionization in the atmosphere is achieved. Basically, the models are full target, i.e. based on Monte Carlo simulation of an electromagnetic-muon-nucleon…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-09-29 A. Mishev , P. I. Y. Velinov

Cosmic ray (CR) transport and acceleration is essential for many astrophysical problems, e.g., CMB foreground, ionization of molecular clouds and all high energy phenomena. Recent advances in MHD turbulence call for revisions in the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-12-06 Huirong Yan , A. Lazarian

Motivated by the suggestion of Kang, Ryu \& Jones (1996) that particles can be accelerated to high energies via diffusive shock acceleration process at the accretion shocks formed by the infalling flow toward the clusters of galaxies, we…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Hyesung Kang , Jörg P. Rachen , Peter L. Biermann

We investigate a mechanism for accelerating cool (10$^4$ K) clouds in the circumgalactic medium (CGM) with cosmic rays (CRs), possibly explaining some characteristics of observed high velocity clouds (HVCs). Enforcing CRs to stream down…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-07-31 Joshua Wiener , Ellen G. Zweibel , Mateusz Ruszkowski

We investigate a numerical model for AGN feedback where for the first time a relativistic particle population in AGN-inflated bubbles is followed within a full cosmological context. In our high-resolution simulations of galaxy cluster…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 D. Sijacki , C. Pfrommer , V. Springel , T. A. Ensslin

In galactic disks, the Parker instability results when non-thermal pressure support exceeds a certain threshold. The non-thermal pressures considered in the Parker instability are cosmic ray pressure and magnetic pressure. This instability…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-08-02 Roark Habegger , Ellen G. Zweibel , Sherry Wong

The properties of cosmic shock waves are studied through numerical simulations in two cosmological scenarios (SCDM and LCDM). The scaling relations for the average radius and velocity associated with the accretion shocks are somewhat…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Francesco Miniati , Dongsu Ryu , Hyesung Kang , T. W. Jones

Massive structures like cluster of galaxies, embedded in cosmic filaments, release enormous amount of energy through their interactions. These events are associated with production of Mpc-scale shocks and injection of considerable amount of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-04-27 S. Paul , L. Iapichino , F. Miniati , J. Bagchi , K. Mannheim

We explore the impact of a cosmic ray (CR) background generated by supernova explosions from the first stars on star-forming metal-free gas in a minihalo at $z\sim25$. Starting from cosmological initial conditions, we use the smoothed…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-07-27 Jacob A. Hummel , Athena Stacy , Volker Bromm

Cosmic rays (CRs) are a plausible mechanism for launching winds of cool material from the discs of star-forming galaxies. However, there is no consensus on what types of galaxies likely host CR-driven winds, or what role these winds might…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-03-03 Roland M. Crocker , Mark R. Krumholz , Todd A. Thompson

We present results obtained from a set of cosmological hydrodynamic simulations of galaxy clusters, aimed at comparing predictions with observational data on the diversity between cool-core (CC) and non-cool-core (NCC) clusters. Our…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-11-04 E. Rasia , S. Borgani , G. Murante , S. Planelles , A. M. Beck , V. Biffi , C. Ragone-Figueroa , G. L. Granato , L. K. Steinborn , K. Dolag

The nature of cosmic rays (CRs) and cosmic ray transport in galaxy clusters is probed by a number of observations. Radio observations reveal the synchrotron radiation of cosmic ray electrons (CRe) spiraling around cluster magnetic fields.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-06-26 Joshua Wiener , Ellen G. Zweibel

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…

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

Using an idealized set-up, we investigate the dynamical role of cosmic rays (CRs) in the early stages of galactic outflows for galaxies of halo masses $10^{8}$, $10^{11}$ and $10^{12}$ $M_\odot$. The outflow is launched from a central…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-08-04 Ranita Jana , Siddhartha Gupta , Biman B. Nath

Cosmic Ray (CR) acceleration still challenges the researchers. Fast particles may be accelerated in astrophysical environments by a variety of processes. Acceleration in magnetic reconnection sites in particular, has lately attracted the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-01-21 Elisabete M. de Gouveia Dal Pino , Grzegorz Kowal , Alex Lazarian

We use hydrodynamical simulations of two Milky Way-mass galaxies to demonstrate the impact of cosmic-ray pressure on the kinematics of cool and warm circumgalactic gas. Consistent with previous studies, we find that cosmic-ray pressure can…