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We suggest a mechanism for generation of radio emission from polars. It is based on the cyclotron radiation of thermal electrons at the background of fluctuating magnetic field. The source of fluctuations is Alfv\'{e}n wave turbulence.…

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In this work, we investigate synchrotron emission and the observational signatures of anisotropic non-thermal electrons during magnetic-flux eruptions in a magnetically arrested disk, using 3D GRMHD simulations. Non-thermal electrons are…

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We perform general relativistic ray-tracing calculations of the transfer of polarized synchrotron radiation through the relativistic accretion flow in Sagittarius (Sgr) A*. Based on a two-temperature magneto-rotational-instability (MRI)…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 L. Huang , S. Liu , Z. -Q. Shen , M. J. Cai , H. Li , C. L. Fryer

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

A consistent description of the radiative polarization for relativistic electrons in intense laser fields is derived by generalizing the Sokolov-Ternov effect in general field structure. The new form together with the spin-dependent…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2020-03-12 X. S. Geng , Z. G. Bu , Y. T. Wu , Q. Q. Han , C. Y. Qin , W. Q. Wang , X. Yan , L. G. Zhang , B. F. Shen , L. L. Ji

Generation of ultrarelativistic polarized positrons during interaction of an ultrarelativistic electron beam with a counterpropagating two-color petawatt laser pulse is investigated theoretically. Our Monte Carlo simulation based on a…

Accretion onto compact objects plays a central role in high energy astrophysics. In these environments, both general relativistic and plasma effects may have significant impacts upon the spectral and polarimetric properties of the accretion…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Avery Broderick , Roger Blandford

Electrons at relativistic speeds, diffusing in magnetic fields, cause copious emission at radio frequencies in both clusters of galaxies and radio galaxies, through the non-thermal radiation emission called synchrotron. However, the total…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-28 Siddharth Malu , Abhirup Datta , Sergio Colafrancesco , Paolo Marchegiani , Ravi Subrahmanyan , D Narasimha , Mark H. Wieringa

Non-thermal X-ray emission in some supernova remnants originates from synchrotron radiation of ultra-relativistic particles in turbulent magnetic fields. We address the effect of a random magnetic field on synchrotron emission images and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-22 Andrei M. Bykov , Yury A. Uvarov , Donald C. Ellison

A theory of thermal and nonthermal radiation in a vacuum background of arbitrary temperature generated by relativistic polarizable particle with spin is proposed. When the particle rotates, radiation is produced by vacuum fluctuations even…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-12-17 A. A. Kyasov , G. V Dedkov

Recently, some fast radio bursts (FRBs) have been reported to exhibit complex and diverse variations in Faraday rotation measurements (RM) and polarization, suggesting that dynamically evolving magnetization environments may surround them.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-08-29 Zhao-Yang Xia , Yuan-Pei Yang , Qiao-Chu Li , Fa-Yin Wang , Bo-Yang Liu , Zi-Gao Dai

We discuss the emission and transport of polarized radio-band synchrotron radiation near the forward shocks of young shell-type supernova remnants, for which X-ray data indicate a strong amplification of turbulent magnetic field. Modeling…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-02-11 Wendy Stroman , Martin Pohl

Using multi-dimensional PIC simulations we show that the magnetic undulator-type field of the plasma magnetostatic mode is indeed produced by the interaction of a laser pulse with a relativistic ionization front, as predicted by linear…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2010-09-10 F. Fiuza , L. O. Silva , C. Joshi

An equation is derived to calculate the dynamics of relativistic magnetized plasma which decelerates by sweeping up matter from the ISM. Reduction to the non-radiative and radiative regimes is demonstrated. The evolving electron momentum…

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We argue that the interaction of stellar wind with the surface of a circumstellar accretion (or protoplanetary) disk can result in the acceleration of relativistic electrons in an external layer of the disk, and produce synchrotron…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Yu. A. Shchekinov , A. M. Sobolev

The theory of coherent transition radiation produced by a relativistic electron beam during its extraction from a microtron is established. Expressions for the beam form factor, spectral-angular and angular distribution of coherent…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2025-10-17 S. V. Anishchenko , P. V. Molchanov

Many relativistic plasma environments in high-energy astrophysics, including pulsar wind nebulae, hot accretion flows onto black holes, relativistic jets in active galactic nuclei and gamma-ray bursts, and giant radio lobes, are naturally…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-07-23 Dmitri A. Uzdensky

We consider the synchrotron emission from relativistic shocks assuming that the radiating electrons cool rapidly (either through synchrotron or any other radiation mechanism). It is shown that the theory of synchrotron emission in the fast…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 E. V. Derishev

For usual radiation the integral of the electric field strength over the time is zero. First time the possibility of unipolar radiation generation has been considered theoretically in the paper [EG.Bessonov. Preprint No 76 of the Lebedev…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2020-12-30 G. Naumenko , M. Shevelev , K. E. Popov

We have investigated evolution of non-thermal emission from relativistic electrons accelerated at around the shock fronts during merger of clusters of galaxies. We estimate synchrotron radio emission and inverse Compton scattering of cosmic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Motokazu Takizawa , Tsuguya Naito