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Recent precise measurements of cosmic ray (CR) spectra show that the energy distribution of protons is softer than those of heavier nuclei, and there are spectral hardenings for all nuclear compositions above $\sim$200 GV. Models proposed…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-08-02 Yiran Zhang , Siming Liu , Qiang Yuan

We present simulations of the magnetized interstellar medium (ISM) in models of massive star forming (40 Msun / yr) disk galaxies with high gas surface densities (~100 Msun / pc^2) similar to observed star forming high-redshift disks. We…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-17 Michal Hanasz , Harald Lesch , Thorsten Naab , Artur Gawryszczak , Kacper Kowalik , Dominik Wóltański

Cosmic rays (CRs) drive ionization and influence gas dynamics in molecular clouds (MCs), potentially impacting the resulting star formation outcomes. Although previous simulations of individual star formation have included methods for…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-04-24 Margot Fitz Axen , Stella S. R. Offner , Philip F. Hopkins , Michael Y. Grudić

Quenching of star-formation has been identified in many starburst and post-starburst galaxies, indicating burst-like star-formation histories (SFH) in the primordial Universe. We have investigated the role of high energy cosmic rays (CRs)…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-07-10 Ellis R. Owen , Kinwah Wu , Xiangyu Jin , Pooja Surajbali , Noriko Kataoka

Cosmic ray (CR) electrons reveal key insights into the non-thermal physics of the interstellar medium, galaxies, galaxy clusters, and active galactic nuclei by means of their inverse Compton {\gamma}-ray emission and synchrotron emission in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-09-24 Georg Winner , Christoph Pfrommer , Philipp Girichidis , Rüdiger Pakmor

Recent cosmic ray (CR) measurements have revealed unexpected anomalies in secondary CRs, namely deviations from the predictions of the so-called standard Galactic CR paradigm regarding the composition and energy spectra of the products of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-10-30 Rui-zhi Yang , Felix Aharonian

We discuss new methods to integrate the cosmic ray (CR) evolution equations coupled to magneto-hydrodynamics (MHD) on an unstructured moving mesh, as realised in the massively parallel AREPO code for cosmological simulations. We account for…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-01-11 C. Pfrommer , R. Pakmor , K. Schaal , C. M. Simpson , V. Springel

One of the key physical processes that helps prevent strong cooling flows in galaxy clusters is the continued energy input from the central active galactic nucleus (AGN) of the cluster. However, it remains unclear how this energy is…

Recent direct measurements of Galactic cosmic ray spectra by balloon/space-borne detectors reveal spectral hardenings of all major nucleus species at rigidities of a few hundred GV. The all-sky diffuse gamma-ray emissions measured by the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-03-21 Yi-Qing Guo , Qiang Yuan

The stability of the cosmic ray modified shock (CRMS) is studied by means of numerical simulations. Owing to the nonlinear feedback of cosmic-ray (CR) acceleration, a downstream state of the modified shock can no longer be uniquely…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-16 Tatsuhiko Saito , Masahiro Hoshino , Takanobu Amano

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

We explore several aspects related to the propagation of high energy cosmic rays (CRs) of galactic origin (i.e. in the range $E\simeq 10^{15}- 10^{18}$ eV). In particular, we study in detail the diffusion/drift scenario, a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Julián Candia

Observations of the $\gamma$-ray emission around star clusters, isolated supernova remnants, and pulsar wind nebulae indicate that the cosmic-ray (CR) diffusion coefficient near acceleration sites can be suppressed by a large factor…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-04-07 Vadim A. Semenov , Andrey V. Kravtsov , Damiano Caprioli

In star-forming galaxies, the far-infrared (FIR) and radio-continuum luminosities obey a tight empirical relation over a large range of star-formation rates (SFR). We examine magneto-hydrodynamic galaxy simulations with cosmic rays (CRs),…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-07-20 Christoph Pfrommer , Maria Werhahn , Rüdiger Pakmor , Philipp Girichidis , Christine M. Simpson

We study dynamical effects of cosmics rays (CRs) on the thermal instability in the linear regime. CRs and the thermal plasma are treated as two different interacting fluids, in which CRs can diffuse along the magnetic field lines. We show…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-05-14 Mohsen Shadmehri

The majority of cosmic rays (CRs) generated by star-forming galaxies escape them and enter the intergalactic medium (IGM). Galactic wind termination shocks might also accelerate CRs. I show that the mean pressure of these CRs can reach to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Brian C. Lacki

An extensive program for the calculation of galactic cosmic-ray propagation has been developed. This is a continuation of the work described in Strong & Youssefi (1995). The main motivation for developing this code is the prediction of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 A. W. Strong , I. V. Moskalenko

The standard approach to cosmic-ray (CR) propagation in the Galaxy is based on the assumption that local transport properties can be extrapolated to the whole CR confining volume. Such models tend to underestimate the gamma-ray flux above…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-06 Daniele Gaggero , Alfredo Urbano , Mauro Valli , Piero Ullio

Multichannel Cosmic Ray (CR) spectra and the large scale CR anisotropy can hardly be made compatible in the framework of conventional isotropic and homogeneous propagation models. These models also have problems explaining the longitude…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-06-13 Carmelo Evoli , Daniele Gaggero , Dario Grasso , Luca Maccione

The sources of cosmic rays between the knee and the ankle are still debated. The Galactic wind and its termination shock have been proposed to contribute to this transition between Galactic and extragalactic origin, but another possibility…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-11-12 Sophie Aerdker , Roark Habegger , Lukas Merten , Ellen Zweibel , Julia Becker Tjus