English
Related papers

Related papers: Mirror acceleration of cosmic rays in a high-$\bet…

200 papers

We establish a classification scheme for stochastic acceleration models involving low-frequency plasma turbulence in a strongly magnetized plasma. This classification takes into account both the properties of the accelerating…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Nicolas Bian , A. Gordon Emslie , Eduard P. Kontar

Cosmic rays (CRs) are a dynamically important component of the interstellar medium (ISM) of galaxies. The $\sim$GeV CRs that carry most CR energy and pressure are likely confined by self-generated turbulence, leading them to stream along…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-11-16 Matt L. Sampson , James R. Beattie , Mark R. Krumholz , Roland M. Crocker , Christoph Federrath , Amit Seta

We studied the acceleration mechanisms of chromospheric jets associated with emerging flux using a two dimensional magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulation. We found that slow mode shock waves generated by magnetic reconnection in the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 Shinsuke Takasao , Hiroaki Isobe , Kazunari Shibata

Particles in a crowded environment exhibit slow anomalous diffusion, and their efficient manipulation is important in controlling transport phenomena in complex materials. Skyrmions and half-skyrmions, spatially localized quasiparticles…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-01-03 Kyohei Takae , Kota Mitsumoto

We use $1$D and $3$D two-fluid cosmic ray (CR) hydrodynamic simulations to investigate the role of CRs in the vicinity of a compact young star cluster. We model a self-gravitating cloud (density profile $\rho \propto r^{-1}$), include…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-08-08 Siddhartha Gupta , Biman B. Nath , Prateek Sharma

In the espresso scenario, ultra-high-energy (UHE) cosmic rays (CRs) are produced via a one-shot reacceleration of galactic-like CRs in the relativistic jets of active galactic nuclei, independently of the scattering rate dictated by…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-11-04 Rostom Mbarek , Damiano Caprioli

Cosmic rays (CRs) play a pivotal role in various astrophysical systems, delivering feedback over a broad range of scales. However, modeling CR transport remains challenging due to its inherently multi-scale nature and complex microphysics.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-02-05 Xihui Zhao , Xue-Ning Bai , Eve C. Ostriker

Diffusive shock acceleration is the theory of particle acceleration through multiple shock crossings. In order for this process to proceed at a rate that can be reconciled with observations of high-energy electrons in the vicinity of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-04 K. M. Schure , A. R. Bell , L. O'C Drury , A. M. Bykov

Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence is an important agent of energetic particle acceleration. Focusing on the compressible properties of magnetic turbulence, we adopt test particle method to study the particle acceleration from Alfv\'en,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-12-08 Jianfu Zhang , Fuyuan Xiang

Cosmic ray (CR)-driven instabilities play a decisive role during particle acceleration at shocks and CR propagation in galaxies and galaxy clusters. These instabilities amplify magnetic fields and modulate CR transport so that the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-03-03 Mohamad Shalaby , Timon Thomas , Christoph Pfrommer

Controlling light propagation through complex media plays a significant role in a wide range of applications ranging from astronomical observations to microscopy. Although, several advances have been made based on adaptive optics, optical…

Optics · Physics 2024-06-18 Anita Kumari , Vasu Dev , Vishwa Pal

Diffusion Tensor Cardiac Magnetic Resonance (DT-CMR) enables us to probe the microstructural arrangement of cardiomyocytes within the myocardium in vivo and non-invasively, which no other imaging modality allows. This innovative technology…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-06-22 Michael Tanzer , Pedro Ferreira , Andrew Scott , Zohya Khalique , Maria Dwornik , Dudley Pennell , Guang Yang , Daniel Rueckert , Sonia Nielles-Vallespin

The homogeneity of the cosmic microwave background radiation (CBR) is one of the most severe constraint for theories of the structure formation in the universe. We investigated the effect of the gravitational scattering (lensing) of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-22 Toshiyuki Fukushige , Junichiro Makino , Toshikazu Ebisuzaki

Turbulence and magnetic fields are components of the interstellar medium and are interconnected through plasma processes. In particular, the magnetic flux transport in the presence of magneto-hydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence is an essential…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-07-30 C. N. Koshikumo , R. Santos-Lima , M. V. del Valle , E. M. de Gouveia Dal Pino , G. Guerrero , A. Lazarian

Large-scale galactic winds driven by stellar feedback are one phenomenon that influences the dynamical and chemical evolution of a galaxy, redistributing material throughout the circumgalatic medium. Non-thermal feedback from galactic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-09-25 F. Holguin , M. Ruszkowski , A. Lazarian , R. Farber , H. -Y. K. Yang

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

One of the unsolved problems in cosmic ray (CR) physics is the small radial gradient of the gamma-ray intensity compared to the inferred CR source distribution in the Galactic disk. In diffusive CR propagation models the most natural…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 D. Breitschwerdt , V. Dogiel , H. J. V"olk

Nonthermal particles can be produced due to incomplete thermalization at collisionless shocks and further accelerated to very high energies via diffusive shock acceleration. In a previous study we explored the cosmic ray (CR) acceleration…

Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-18 Hyesung Kang

We consider backscattering of laser pulses in strongly-magnetized plasma mediated by kinetic magnetohydrodynamic waves. Magnetized low-frequency scattering, which can occur when the external magnetic field is neither perpendicular nor…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2019-07-17 Matthew R. Edwards , Yuan Shi , Julia M. Mikhailova , Nathaniel J. Fisch

We propose a nonlinear self-consistent model of the turbulent non-resonant particle acceleration in solar flares. We simulate temporal evolution of the spectra of charged particles accelerated by strong long-wavelength MHD turbulence taking…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 A. M. Bykov , G. D. Fleishman