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Radially inhomogeneous gamma-ray burst (GRB) jets release variable photospheric emission and can have internal shocks occurring above the photosphere. We generically formulate a photospheric emission model of GRBs including Compton…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-18 Kenji Toma , Xue-Feng Wu , Peter Meszaros

We explore the impact of Fermi-like acceleration of Lyman-alpha (Ly{\alpha}) photons across shock fronts on the observed Ly{\alpha} spectral line shape. We first confirm the result of Neufeld & McKee (1988) that this mechanism gives rise to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-11-18 Andrew S. Chung , Mark Dijkstra , Benedetta Ciardi , Max Gronke

We present three-dimensional hydrodynamic simulations of the interaction of a slow wind from an asymptotic giant branch(AGB) star and a jet blown by an orbiting companion. The jet or "Collimated Fast Wind" is assumed to originate from an…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 F. Garcia-Arredondo , Adam Frank

Quantum oscillations are conventionally understood to arise from the Fermi level; hence, they are considered to be a proof of the existence of an underlying Fermi surface. In this article, we show that in certain situations quantum…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-02-09 Hridis K. Pal

Fermi balls are non-topological solitons that can naturally form in an early universe containing a dark sector with heavy fermions and an attractive interaction mediated by a light scalar field. We compute the Fermi ball mass and radius…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-07 Yifan Lu , Zachary S. C. Picker , Stefano Profumo , Alexander Kusenko

Successful models of the low redshift circumgalactic medium (CGM) must account for (1) a large amount of gas, (2) relatively slow gas velocities, (3) a high degree of metal enrichment, (4) the similar absorption properties around both…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-09-12 Cassandra Lochhaas , Todd A. Thompson , Eliot Quataert , David H. Weinberg

I review our current state of knowledge about non-thermal radiation from the Galactic Centre (GC) and Inner Galaxy. Definitionally, the Galactic nucleus is at the bottom of the Galaxy's gravitational well, rendering it a promising region to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-12-01 Roland M. Crocker

The quest for Dark Matter signals in the gamma-ray sky is one of the most intriguing and exciting challenges in astrophysics. In this paper we perform the analysis of the energy spectrum of the \textit{Fermi bubbles} at different latitudes,…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2013-12-31 Wei-Chih Huang , Alfredo Urbano , Wei Xue

Fermi acceleration can take place at ultra-relativistic shock waves if the upstream or downstream magnetic field has been remodeled so that most of the magnetic power lies on short spatial scales. The relevant conditions under which Fermi…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Guy Pelletier , Martin Lemoine , Alexandre Marcowith

The Fermi satellite discovery of the gamma-ray emitting bubbles extending 50 deg (10 kpc) from the Galactic Centre has revitalized earlier claims that our Galaxy has undergone an explosive episode in the recent past. We now explore a new…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-17 Joss Bland-Hawthorn , Phil Maloney , Ralph Sutherland , Greg Madsen

A property common to several different astrophysical sources of high-energy gamma-rays is the presence of bulk motion at relativistic speed. The intrinsic spectra of the nonthermal radiating particles also show interesting similarities,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. G. Kirk

The analysis of the gamma-ray photons collected by the Fermi Large Area Telescope reveals, after removal of astrophysical background, the existence of an excess towards the Galactic center. This excess peaks around few GeV, and its origin…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-17 Wei-Chih Huang , Alfredo Urbano , Wei Xue

The non-thermal particle spectra responsible for the emission from many astrophysical systems are thought to originate from shocks via a first order Fermi process otherwise known as diffusive shock acceleration. The same mechanism is also…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-12 B. Reville , A. R. Bell , G. Gregori

Context: The origin of Galactic cosmic rays is still a mystery, in particular the sources and acceleration mechanism for cosmic rays with energies up to or beyond a PeV. Recently LHAASO has and H.E.S.S have shown that two gamma-ray sources…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-08-22 Jacco Vink

The origin of prompt emission in GRBs is not yet well understood. The simplest and most popular model is Synchrotron, Self-Compton (SSC) emission produced by internal shocks inside an ultra-relativistic jet. However, recent observations of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-17 Houri Ziaeepour , Brian Gardner

Galactic outflows from local starburst galaxies typically exhibit a layered geometry, with cool $10^4\,$K flow sheathing a hotter $10^7\,$K, cylindrically-collimated, X-ray emitting plasma. Here, we argue that winds driven by…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-08-22 Dustin D. Nguyen , Todd A. Thompson

We conduct hydrodynamical numerical simulations and find that precessing massive slow jets can inflate fat bubbles, i.e., more or less spherical bubbles, that are attached to the center of clusters of galaxies. To inflate a fat bubble the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Assaf Sternberg , Noam Soker

We study the formation and the dynamics of a shock wave originating from the collision between two ultracold clouds of strongly interacting fermions as observed at a lower temperature in an experiment by Joseph et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 106,…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2018-11-26 S. Chiacchiera , D. Davesne , M. Urban

We conduct two-dimensional axisymmetric (referred to as 2.5D) hydrodynamical numerical simulations of bubble evolution in clusters of galaxies. We inflate bubbles using slow, massive jets with a wide opening angle, and follow their…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Assaf Sternberg , Noam Soker

Recent Fermi results have focused attention on gamma-ray burst's (GRB) prompt emission phase, which is rich in phenomenology and poorly understood. The broad band spectra observed by Fermi does not fit into any of the frameworks of existing…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-11-16 Asaf Pe'er