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We discuss the production of $\gamma$-rays from cosmic rays (CR) in the circumgalactic medium (CGM) of Andromeda (M31) in light of the recent detection of $\gamma$-rays from an annular region of $\sim 5.5-120$ kpc away from the M31 disc. We…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-06-08 Manami Roy , Biman B. Nath

We investigate the multiwavelength emission from hadronic and leptonic cosmic rays (CRs) in bubbles around galaxies, analogous to the Fermi bubbles of the Milky Way. The bubbles are modeled using 3D magnetohydrodynamical (MHD) simulations,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-08-24 Ellis R. Owen , H. -Y. Karen Yang

Intercluster medium is expected to be turbulent with turbulence being superAlfvenic at large scales. Magnetic fields substantially modify the turbulent cascade when the turbulence reaches the scales at which the fluctuation velocity gets…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 A. Lazarian

Angular momentum transport by magnetic fields is important for formation and evolution of protoplanetary disks. The effects of magnetic fields are suppressed due to non-ideal magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) effects such as ambipolar diffusion and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-15 Erika Nishio , Kengo Tomida , Yuki Kudoh , Shigeo S. Kimura

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

We study the underlying physics of cosmic-ray (CR) driven instabilities that play a crucial role for CR transport across a wide range of scales, from interstellar to galaxy cluster environments. By examining the linear dispersion relation…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-12-18 Mohamad Shalaby , Timon Thomas , Christoph Pfrommer , Rouven Lemmerz , Virginia Bresci

Context. Indirect observations of the cosmic-ray electron (CRE) distribution via synchrotron emission is crucial for deepening the understanding of the CRE transport in the interstellar medium, and in investigating the role of galactic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-01-24 Julien Dörner , Patick Reichherzer , Julia Becker Tjus , Volker Heesen

In the Milky Way, cosmic rays (CRs) are dynamically important in the interstellar medium, contribute to hydrostatic balance, and may help regulate star formation. However, we know far less about the importance of CRs in galaxies whose gas…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-01-27 Roland M. Crocker , Mark R. Krumholz , Todd A. Thompson

Understanding the transport of energetic cosmic rays belongs to the most challenging topics in astrophysics. Diffusion due to scattering by electromagnetic fluctuations is a key process in cosmic-ray transport. The transition from a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-09-02 P. Reichherzer , J. Becker Tjus , E. G. Zweibel , L. Merten , M. J. Pueschel

We investigate the dynamical impact of cosmic rays in cosmological simulations of galaxy formation using adaptive-mesh refinement simulations of a $10^{12}$ solar mass halo. In agreement with previous work, a run with only our standard…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-23 Munier Salem , Greg L. Bryan , Cameron Hummels

In order for diffusive shock acceleration (DSA) to accelerate particles to high energies, the energetic particles must be able to interact with magnetic turbulence over a broad wavelength range. The weakly anisotropic distribution of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-20 A. M. Bykov , S. M. Osipov , D. C. Ellison

Direct measurements of cosmic ray (CR) species combined with observations of their associated gamma-ray emissions can be used to constrain models of CR propagation, trace the structure of the Galaxy, and search for signatures of new…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-04-11 Gudlaugur Johannesson , Troy A. Porter , Igor V. Moskalenko

We investigate the interplay of cosmic ray (CR) propagation and advection in galaxy clusters. Propagation in form of CR diffusion and streaming tends to drive the CR radial profiles towards being flat, with equal CR number density…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Torsten A. Ensslin , Christoph Pfrommer , Francesco Miniati , Kandaswamy Subramanian

We calculate the diffusion coefficients of charged cosmic rays (CR) propagating in regular and turbulent magnetic fields. If the magnetic field is dominated by an isotropic turbulent component, we find that CRs reside too long in the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-07-24 G. Giacinti , M. Kachelriess , D. V. Semikoz

We investigate the transport of spectrally resolved cosmic ray (CR) protons with kinetic energies between $1-100$ GeV within the dynamic, multiphase interstellar medium (ISM), using a two-moment CR fluid solver applied to a TIGRESS MHD…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-07-02 Lucia Armillotta , Eve C. Ostriker , Nora B. Linzer

The local cosmic-ray (CR) spectra are calculated for typical characteristic regions of a cold dense molecular cloud, to investigate two so far neglected mechanisms of dust charging: collection of suprathermal CR electrons and protons by…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-11-05 Alexei Ivlev , Marco Padovani , Daniele Galli , Paola Caselli

Cosmic rays (CR) propagate through the galactic scales down to the smaller scales at which stars form. CRs are close to energy equipartition with the other components of the interstellar medium and can provide a support against gravity if…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-02-13 Benoît Commerçon , Alexandre Marcowith , Yohan Dubois

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

Large-scale coherent magnetic fields observed in the nearby galaxies are thought to originate by a mean-field dynamo. This is governed via the turbulent electromotive force (EMF, $\overline{\mathcal{E}} $) generated by the helical…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-11-18 Abhijit B. Bendre , Detlef Elstner , Oliver Gressel

The $\gamma$-ray emission of star-forming (SF) galaxies is attributed to hadronic interactions of cosmic ray (CR) protons with the interstellar gas and contributions from CR electrons via bremsstrahlung and inverse Compton (IC) scattering.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-05-26 Maria Werhahn , Christoph Pfrommer , Philipp Girichidis , Georg Winner