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Synchrotron radiation observed in a quiescent TCV runaway discharge is studied using filtered camera images targeting three distinct wavelength intervals. Through the tomographic SART procedure the high momentum, high pitch angle part of…

We introduce a simple and economical but effective method for including relativistic electron transport in multi-dimensional simulations of radio galaxies. The method is designed to follow explicitly diffusive acceleration at shocks, and,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 T. W. Jones , Dongsu Ryu , Andrew Engel

The synchrotron emission observed from many astrophysical objects is commonly modelled to arise from relativistic electrons in an emission region occupied by a spatially homogeneous, but tangled magnetic field. However, we know that…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Christian R. Kaiser

Spectral measurements of the 21 cm monopole background have the promise of revealing the bulk energetic properties and ionization state of our universe from z ~ 6-30. Synchrotron foregrounds are orders of magnitude larger than the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-08 Eric R. Switzer , Adrian Liu

Numerical simulation of a relativistic runaway electron breakdown in the upper atmosphere is performed using GEANT4 simulation toolkit. General features of a relativistic runaway electron avalanche are reconstructed and properties of…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2013-01-25 Yu. A. Tsalkou , V. V. Tikhomirov , H. P. Marozava

This paper studies how to employ synchrotron emission gradient techniques to reveal the properties of the magnetic field within the interstellar media. Based on data cubes of three-dimensional numerical simulations of magnetohydrodynamic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-01-08 Jian-Fu Zhang , Qian Liu , Alex Lazarian

If we try to measure the backward optical diffraction radiation (BODR) of high energy electrons from a conductive slit or a semi infinitive plate, the electron beam will pass thru the bending or steering magnets or magnet lenses before…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 G. A. Naumenko

The horizontal impact parameter profile of synchrotron radiation, for fixed vertical angle of the photon, is calculated. This profile is observed through an astigmatic optical system, horizontally focused on the electron trajectory and…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 X. Artru

The spectrum of cyclotron radiation produced by electrons with a strongly anisotropic velocity distribution is calculated taking into account higher harmonics. The motion of the electrons is assumed to be ultrarelativistic along the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 A. N. Baushev

We reexamine the general synchrotron model for GRBs' prompt emission and determine the regime in the parameter phase space in which it is viable. We characterize a typical GRB pulse in terms of its peak energy, peak flux and duration and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-12 Paz Beniamini , Tsvi Piran

Synchrotron emission is one of few observable tracers of galactic magnetic fields (\textbf{B}) and cosmic rays (CRs). Much of our understanding of \textbf{B} in galaxies comes from utilizing synchrotron observations in conjunction with…

We examine the applicability of the stochastic electron acceleration to two high synchrotron peaked blazars, Mrk 421 and Mrk 501, assuming synchrotron self-Compton emission of gamma-rays. Our model considers an emitting region moving at…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-23 Jun Kakuwa , Kenji Toma , Katsuaki Asano , Masaaki Kusunose , Fumio Takahara

We present a complete solution to the cyclotron-synchrotron radiation due to an isotropic distribution of electrons moving in a magnetic field. We make no approximations in the calculations other than artificially broadening the harmonics…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 Rohan Mahadevan , Ramesh Narayan , Insu Yi

Synchrotron diffuse radiation (SDR) emission is one of the major Galactic components, in the 100 MHz up to 100 GHz frequency range. Its spectrum and sky map provide valuable measure of the galactic cosmic ray electrons (GCRE) in the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-11-08 Giuseppe Di Bernardo , Dario Grasso , Carmelo Evoli , Daniele Gaggero

Synchrotron X-ray emission from the rims of young supernova remnants allows us to study the high-energy tail of the electrons accelerated at the shock front. The analysis of X-ray spectra can provide information on the physical mechanisms…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-16 M. Miceli , F. Bocchino , A. Decourchelle , J. Vink , S. Broersen , S. Orlando

Microwave emission of solar flares is formed primarily by incoherent gyrosynchrotron radiation generated by accelerated electrons in coronal magnetic loops. The resulting emission depends on many factors, including pitch-angle distribution…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Alexey A. Kuznetsov , Gelu M. Nita , Gregory D. Fleishman

We investigate synchrotron emission models as the source of gamma-ray burst spectra. We show that including the possibility for synchrotron self-absorption, a ``smooth cutoff'' to the electron energy distribution, and an anisotropic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2018-11-06 Nicole M. Lloyd-Ronning , Vahe' Petrosian

Microquasar stellar systems emit electromagnetic radiation and high-energy particles. Thanks to their location within our own galaxy, they can be observed in high detail. Still, many of their inner workings remain elusive; hence,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-11-15 Theodoros Smponias

We calculate numerically the radiation spectrum from relativistic electrons moving in small scale turbulent magnetic fields expected in high energy astrophysical sources. Such radiation spectrum is characterized by the strength parameter $a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-28 Yuto Teraki , Fumio Takahara

Growing evidence indicates that the synchrotron radiation mechanism may be responsible for the prompt emission of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). In the synchrotron radiation scenario, the electron energy spectrum of the prompt emission is diverse…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-04-21 Kuan Liu , Da-Bin Lin , Jing Li , Yu-Fei Li , Rui-Jing Lu , En-Wei Liang