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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

The role of cosmic rays generated by supernovae and young stars has very recently begun to receive significant attention in studies of galaxy formation and evolution due to the realization that cosmic rays can efficiently accelerate…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-04-11 R. Farber , M. Ruszkowski , H. -Y. K. Yang , E. G. Zweibel

Cosmic rays (CRs) have critical impacts in the multiphase interstellar medium (ISM), driving dynamical motions in low-density plasma and modifying the ionization state, temperature, and chemical composition of higher-density atomic and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-02-23 Christopher J. Bambic , Xue-Ning Bai , Eve C. Ostriker

Galactic outflows play an important role in galactic evolution. Despite their importance, a detailed understanding of the physical mechanisms responsible for the driving of these winds is lacking. In an effort to gain more insight into the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-01-18 Mateusz Ruszkowski , H. -Y. Karen Yang , Ellen Zweibel

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…

While cosmic rays $(E\gtrsim 1\,\mathrm{GeV})$ are well coupled to a galaxy's interstellar medium (ISM) at scales of $L>100\,\mathrm{pc}$, adjusting stratification and driving outflows, their impact on small scales is less clear. Based on…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-10-03 Roark Habegger , Ka Wai Ho , Ka Ho Yuen , Ellen G. Zweibel

We study the propagation of mildly-relativistic cosmic rays (CRs) in multiphase interstellar medium environments with conditions typical of nearby disk galaxies. We employ the techniques developed in Armillotta+21 to post-process three…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-05-04 Lucia Armillotta , Eve C. Ostriker , Yan-Fei Jiang

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 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 2015-09-18 G. Morlino , S. Gabici , J. Krause

Observations of $\gamma$-rays from diffuse gas provide the opportunity to study the distribution of high energy particles in different astrophysical environments. In the circumgalactic medium (CGM) and the intracluster medium (ICM), it is…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-10-29 Roark Habegger , Mateusz Ruszkowski , Ellen G. Zweibel

We carry out a suite of simulations of the evolution of cosmic-ray (CR) driven, radiatively-cooled cold clouds embedded in hot material, as found in galactic outflows. In such interactions, CRs stream towards the cloud at the Alfv\'en…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-12-16 Marcus Brüggen , Evan Scannapieco

We study the change in cosmic-ray pressure, the change in cosmic-ray density, and the level of cosmic-ray induced heating via Alfven-wave damping when cosmic rays move from a hot ionized plasma to a cool cloud embedded in that plasma. The…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-28 John E. Everett , Ellen G. Zweibel

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

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 study transport of GeV cosmic rays (CRs) in a set of high-resolution TIGRESS magnetohydrodynamic simulations of the star-forming interstellar medium (ISM). Our local disk patch models sample a wide range of gas surface densities,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-09-04 Ronan Hix , Lucia Armillotta , Eve Ostriker , Chang-Goo Kim

Galactic cosmic rays (CRs) are a fundamental non-thermal component of the interstellar medium (ISM). Understanding the transport of super-high-energy particles is essential for interpreting observations of Galactic PeVatrons. Classical…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-04-07 Yue Hu

Cosmic rays are charged energetic particles that permeate the interstellar medium. Their sizeable energy share and penetration power makes them essential players in the dynamical and chemical processes that rule Galactic evolution, such as…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-17 Giada Peron , Sarah Recchia , Stefano Menchiari , Alexandre Marcowith , Andrei Bykov , Martin Pohl , Elena Amato

Low energy cosmic rays (up to the GeV energy domain) play a crucial role in the physics and chemistry of the densest phase of the interstellar medium. Unlike interstellar ionising radiation, they can penetrate large column densities of gas,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-10-19 S. Gabici

We consider the propagation of cosmic rays in turbulent magnetic fields. We use the models of magnetohydrodynamic turbulence that were tested in numerical simulations, in which the turbulence is injected on large scale and cascades to small…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Huirong Yan , A. Lazarian

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
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