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The growth of magneto-hydrodynamic fluctuations relevant to cosmic ray confinement in and near their sources, and the effects of local plasma conditions is revisited. We consider cases where cosmic rays penetrate a medium which may contain…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-02-10 B. Reville , G. Giacinti , R. Scott

We consider the propagation of galactic cosmic rays under assumption that the interstellar medium is a fractal one. An anomalous diffusion equation in terms of fractional derivatives is used to describe of cosmic ray propagation. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. A. Lagutin , V. V. Uchaikin

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

The bulk propagation speed of GeV-energy cosmic rays is limited by frequent scattering off hydromagnetic waves. Most galaxy evolution simulations that account for this confinement assume the gas is fully ionized and cosmic rays are…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-06-09 Chad Bustard , Ellen G. Zweibel

The geometrical shapes and the physical properties of stellar wind -- interstellar medium interaction regions form an important stage for studying stellar winds and their embedded magnetic fields as well as cosmic ray modulation. Our goal…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-01-22 Dieter H. Nickeler , Thomas Wiegelmann , Marian Karlicky , Michaela Kraus

We apply a wind model, driven by combined cosmic-ray and thermal-gas pressure, to the Milky Way, and show that the observed Galactic diffuse soft X-ray emission can be better explained by a wind than by previous static gas models. We find…

The escape of cosmic rays from the Galaxy leads to a gradient in the cosmic ray pressure that acts as a force on the background plasma, in the direction opposite to the gravitational pull. If this force is large enough to win against…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-08-17 S. Recchia , P. Blasi , G. Morlino

Cosmic rays are a fundamental source of ionization for molecular and diffuse clouds, influencing their chemical, thermal, and dynamical evolution. The amount of cosmic rays inside a cloud also determines the $\gamma$-ray flux produced by…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-17 G. Morlino , S. Gabici

In the interstellar medium of galaxies and the intracluster gas of galaxy clusters, the charged particles making up cosmic rays are moving almost exclusively along (but not across) magnetic field lines. The resulting anisotropic transport…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-08-31 Ruediger Pakmor , Christoph Pfrommer , Christine M. Simpson , Rahul Kannan , Volker Springel

Cosmic ray transport on galactic scales depends on the detailed properties of the magnetized, multiphase interstellar medium (ISM). In this work, we post-process a high-resolution TIGRESS magnetohydrodynamic simulation modeling a local…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-11-24 Lucia Armillotta , Eve C. Ostriker , Yan-Fei Jiang

Dynamically, cosmic rays with energies above about one GeV/nucleon may be important agents of galaxy evolution. Their pressures compare with the thermal and magnetic ones impacting galactic gas accretion, fountains and galactic outflows,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-05-18 A. Nuñez-Castiñeyra , I. A. Grenier , F. Bournaud , Y. Dubois , F. R. Kamal Youssef , P. Hennebelle

We investigate the growth of hydromagnetic waves driven by streaming cosmic rays in the precursor environment of a supernova remnant shock. It is known that transverse waves propagating parallel to the mean magnetic field are unstable to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 B. Reville , J. G. Kirk , P. Duffy , S. O. Sullivan

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

Cosmic ray (CR) transport and acceleration is determined by the properties of magnetic turbulence. Recent advances in MHD turbulence call for revisions in the paradigm of cosmic ray transport. We use the models of magnetohydrodynamic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-15 Huirong Yan

A correct description of cosmic-ray (CR) diffusion in turbulent plasma is essential for many astrophysical and heliospheric problems. This paper aims to present physical diffusion behavior of CRs in actual turbulent magnetic fields, model…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-16 Siyao Xu , Huirong Yan

We present semi-analytical models of galactic outflows in high redshift galaxies driven by both hot thermal gas and non-thermal cosmic rays. Thermal pressure alone may not sustain a large scale outflow in low mass galaxies (i.e $M\sim…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-02-21 Saumyadip Samui , Kandaswamy Subramanian , Raghunathan Srianand

A theory of cosmic-ray transport in multi-phase diffusive media is developed, with the specific application to cases in which the cosmic-ray diffusion coefficient has large spatial fluctuations that may be inherently multi-scale. We…

The arrival direction distribution of cosmic ray particles observed on Earth is shaped by the cumulative effects of their galactic source locations and of trajectory bending in the turbulent interstellar magnetic field. Coherent magnetic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-02 J. C. Díaz-Vélez , Paolo Desiati

There is a growing set of observational data demonstrating that cosmic rays exhibit small-scale anisotropies (5-30 deg) with amplitude deviations lying between 0.01-0.1 percent that of the average cosmic ray flux. A broad range of models…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-01-20 Margot Fitz Axen , Julia Speicher , Aimee Hungerford , Chris L. Fryer

The propagation of high-energy cosmic rays through giant molecular clouds constitutes a fundamental process in astronomy and astrophysics. The diffusion of cosmic-rays through these magnetically turbulent environments is often studied…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-20 Marco Fatuzzo , Fulvio Melia , Elizabeth Todd , Fred Adams