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The physics of energetic particle propagation in magnetised environments plays a crucial role in both the processes of acceleration and transport of cosmic rays. Recent theoretical developments in the field of cosmic ray research have been…

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The Parker instability, which has been considered as a process governing the structure of the interstellar medium, is induced by the buoyancy of magnetic field and cosmic rays. In previous studies, while the magnetic field has been fully…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Dongsu Ryu , Jongsoo Kim , Seung Soo Hong , T. W. Jones

A critical component of particle acceleration in astrophysical shocks is the non-resonant (Bell) instability, where the streaming of cosmic rays (CRs) leads to the amplification of magnetic fields necessary to scatter particles. In this…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-02-11 Emily Lichko , Damiano Caprioli , Benedikt Schroer , Siddhartha Gupta

We study the linear properties, nonlinear saturation and a steady, strongly nonlinear state of the Parker instability in galaxies. We consider magnetic buoyancy and its consequences with and without cosmic rays. Cosmic rays are described…

Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) are believed to provide the energy that prevents runaway cooling of gas in the cores of galaxy clusters. However, how this energy is transported and thermalized throughout the Intracluster Medium (ICM) remains…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-06-28 Philipp Kempski , Eliot Quataert , Jonathan Squire

Magneto-hydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence is ubiquitous and a fundamental ingredient underlying many astrophysical phenomena. The multiphase nature of interstellar medium and diversity of driving mechanisms give rise to spatial variation of…

The Parker instability, a Rayleigh-Taylor like instability of thermal gas supported against gravity by magnetic fields and cosmic rays, is thought to be dynamically important for galaxy evolution, possibly promoting molecular cloud…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-03-25 Evan Heintz , Chad Bustard , Ellen Zweibel

Magnetic nozzles are a key component of electrodeless plasma thrusters, acting as their main acceleration stage. Non-stationary phenomena common to the entire range of $E \times B$ devices, such as oscillations and instabilities, are likely…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2024-12-16 Matteo Ripoli , Eduardo Ahedo , Mario Merino

The chiral magnetic effect emerges from a miroscopic level, and its interesting consequences have been discussed in the dynamics of the early universe, neutron stars and quark-gluon plasma. An instability is caused by anomalous electric…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-03-01 Yasufumi Kojima , Yuri Miura

The core micro-instability characteristics of hybrid and baseline plasmas in a selected set of JET plasmas with carbon wall are investigated through local linear and non-linear and global linear gyro-kinetic simulations with the GYRO code…

Cosmic ray propagation is determined by the properties of interstellar turbulence. The multiphase nature of interstellar medium (ISM) and diversity of driving mechanisms give rise to spatial variation of turbulence properties. Meanwhile,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-09-21 Huirong Yan

We explore the physics of the gyro-resonant cosmic ray streaming instability (CRSI) including the effects of ion-neutral (IN) damping. This is the main damping mechanism in (partially-ionized) atomic and molecular gas, which are the primary…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-06-16 Illya Plotnikov , Eve C. Ostriker , Xue-Ning Bai

The spatial distribution of cosmic ray (CR) particles in the interstellar medium (ISM) is of major importance in radio astronomy, where its knowledge is essential for the interpretation of observations, and in theoretical astrophysics,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-06-28 Devika Tharakkal , Andrew P. Snodin , Graeme R. Sarson , Anvar Shukurov

A linear gyrokinetic particle-in-cell scheme, which is valid for arbitrary perpendicular wavelength $k_\perp\rho_i$ and includes the parallel dynamic along the field line, is developed to study the local electrostatic drift modes in point…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2017-12-20 Hua-sheng Xie , Yi Zhang , Zi-cong Huang , Wei-ke Ou , Bo Li

Models for cosmic ray (CR) dynamics fundamentally depend on the rate of CR scattering from magnetic fluctuations. In the ISM, for CRs with energies ~MeV-TeV, these fluctuations are usually attributed either to 'extrinsic turbulence' (ET) -…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-11-10 Philip F. Hopkins , Jonathan Squire , Iryna S. Butsky , Suoqing Ji

The nonresonant cosmic ray instability, predicted by Bell (2004), is thought to play an important role in the acceleration and confinement of cosmic rays (CR) close to supernova remnants. Despite its importance, the exact mechanism…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-03-24 Georgios Zacharegkas , Damiano Caprioli , Colby Haggerty , Siddhartha Gupta

The stability theory of the skin layer plasma of the inductive discharge is developed for the case when the electron quiver velocity in RF wave is of the order of or is larger than the electron thermal velocity. This theory is grounded on…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2020-03-13 V. V. Mikhailenko , V. S. Mikhailenko , Hae June Lee

Recently, Bell has reanalysed the problem of wave excitation by cosmic rays propagating in the pre-cursor region of a supernova remnant shock front. He pointed out a strong, non-resonant, current-driven instability that had been overlooked…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 B. Reville , J. G. Kirk , P. Duffy

These lectures address the effects of Cosmic Rays over macro-instabilities which develop in the interstellar medium and the micro-instabilities the particles are able to trigger themselves. The lectures are centered on the derivation of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-12-29 Alexandre Marcowith

The gyro-resonant cosmic-ray (CR) streaming instability is believed to play a crucial role in CR transport, leading to growth of Alfv\'en waves at small scales that scatter CRs, and impacts the interaction of CRs with the ISM on large…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-05-15 Xue-Ning Bai , Eve C. Ostriker , Illya Plotnikov , James M. Stone