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The origin of diffuse neutrinos and $\gamma$-rays is unknown, and galaxy clusters hosting AGN and starburst galaxies are the most probable sources of these cosmic messengers. In this work, we investigate the diffuse $\gamma$-ray and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-13 Saqib Hussain , Gabrijela Zaharijas , Klaus Dolag

We calculate the flux of radio, hard X-ray and UV radiation from clusters of galaxies as produced by synchrotron emission and Inverse Compton Scattering of electrons generated as secondaries in cosmic ray interactions in the intracluster…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-08-09 P. Blasi , S. Colafrancesco

We use the GALPROP code for cosmic-ray (CR) propagation to calculate the broad-band luminosity spectrum of the Milky Way related to CR propagation and interactions in the interstellar medium. This includes gamma-ray emission from the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2010-10-01 A. W. Strong , T. A. Porter , S. W. Digel , G. Johannesson , P. Martin , I. V. Moskalenko , E. J. Murphy

Recently evidence has emerged for enormous features in the gamma-ray sky observed by the Fermi-LAT instrument: bilateral `bubbles' of emission centered on the core of the Galaxy and extending to around 10 kpc above and below the Galactic…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2011-03-24 Roland M. Crocker , Felix Aharonian

The Galactic gamma-ray diffuse emission (GDE) is emitted by cosmic rays (CRs), ultra-relativistic protons and electrons, interacting with gas and electromagnetic radiation fields in the interstellar medium. Here we present the analysis of…

The Fermi-LAT data accumulated over 7 years of {\gamma}-ray observations, together with the high resolution gas (CO & HI) and the dust opacity maps, are used to study the emissivity of {\gamma}-rays induced by interactions of cosmic rays…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-06-22 Rui-zhi Yang , Felix Aharonian , Carmelo Evoli

A comprehensively theoretical analysis on the broadband spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of large-scale jet knots in 3C 273 is presented for revealing their X-ray radiation mechanism. We show that these SEDs cannot be explained with a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-04-22 Zhen-Jie Wang , Jin Zhang , Xiao-Na Sun , En-Wei Liang

Low-frequency radio observations of diffuse synchrotron radiation offer a unique vantage point for investigating the intricate relationship between gas and magnetic fields in the formation of structures within the Galaxy, spanning from the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-05-29 Andrea Bracco , Marco Padovani , Daniele Galli

We present a theoretical analysis of the expected X-ray and gamma-ray polarization signatures resulting from synchrotron self-Compton emission in leptonic models, compared to the polarization signatures from proton synchrotron and cascade…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-16 Haocheng Zhang , Markus Boettcher

The underlying physics of giant radio halos and mini halos in galaxy clusters is still an open question, which becomes more pressing with the growing number of detections. In this paper, we explore the possibility that radio-emitting…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-11-22 Fabio Zandanel , Christoph Pfrommer , Francisco Prada

Cosmic rays (CRs) propagate in the Milky Way and interact with the interstellar medium and magnetic fields. These interactions produce emissions that span the electromagnetic spectrum, and are an invaluable tool for understanding the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-12-29 E. Orlando , P. Harrington , A. W. Strong

Cosmic rays (CRs) may drive outflows and alter the phase structure of the circumgalactic medium, with potentially important implications on galaxy formation. However, these effects ultimately depend on the dominant mode of transport of CRs…

Since the discovery of cosmic rays (CRs) over a century ago, their origin has remained a mystery and a key research question. Recently, the LHAASO experiment identified the first CR super-acceleration source, the Cygnus bubble, which can…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-08-06 Lin Nie , Xiang-Li Qian , Yi-Qing Guo , Si-Ming Liu

The recent observations of muon charge ratio up to about 10 TeV and of atmospheric neutrinos up to energies of about 400 TeV has triggered a renewed interest into the high-energy interaction models and cosmic ray primary composition. A…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-04-23 Anatoli Fedynitch , Julia Becker Tjus , Paolo Desiati

We have performed the first three-dimensional relativistic hydrodynamic simulations of extragalactic jets of pure leptonic and baryonic plasma compositions propagating into a hydrostatic intracluster medium environment. The numerical…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-06-28 Eunwoo Choi

Clusters of galaxies can potentially produce cosmic rays (CRs) up to very-high energies via large-scale shocks and turbulent acceleration. Due to their unique magnetic-field configuration, CRs with energy $\leq 10^{17}$ eV can be trapped…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-07-07 Saqib Hussain , Rafael Alves Batista , Elisabete M. de Gouveia Dal Pino , Klaus Dolag

Cosmic-ray (CR) protons can accumulate for cosmological times in clusters of galaxies. Their hadronic interactions with protons of the intra-cluster medium (ICM) generate secondary electrons, gamma-rays and high-energy neutrinos. In light…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-09-07 Fabio Zandanel , Irene Tamborra , Stefano Gabici , Shin'ichiro Ando

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

Supersonic winds from massive stars carry great amounts of kinetic power and modify the surrounding interstellar medium. Through this interaction a stellar bubble is formed. Theoretical studies and recent observations suggest that the winds…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-04-15 L. Espinosa , M. V. del Valle

We propose that TeV $\gamma$-ray emission from blazars is produced by collisions near the line of sight of high energy jet protons with gas targets (``clouds'') from the broad emission-line region (BLR). Intense TeV $\gamma$-ray flares…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Arnon Dar , Ari Laor