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The properties of cosmic shock waves are studied through numerical simulations in two cosmological scenarios (SCDM and LCDM). The scaling relations for the average radius and velocity associated with the accretion shocks are somewhat…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Francesco Miniati , Dongsu Ryu , Hyesung Kang , T. W. Jones

Interstellar medium (ISM) structures gravitationally perturb stellar orbits in galactic disks, driving orbital heating and migration. However, studies of these transport processes tend to model the ISM very crudely, e.g., as a collection of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-05-22 Shaunak Modak , Chris Hamilton , Eve C. Ostriker , Scott Tremaine

Modelling of cosmic ray transport and interpretation of cosmic ray data ultimately rely on a solid understanding of the interactions of charged particles with turbulent magnetic fields. The paradigm over the last 50 years has been the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-08-12 Philipp Mertsch

We investigate the ionization of the diffuse interstellar medium by cosmic rays by modeling their propagation along the wandering magnetic fields using a Monte Carlo method. We study how low-energy cosmic rays propagate in turbulent,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-12-05 Riccardo Franceschi , Steven Neil Shore

It is extremely important to understand the processes through which the thermal state of the inter-galactic medium (IGM) evolved in the early universe in order to study the evolution of HI 21-cm signal during cosmic dawn. Here, we consider…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-12-29 Ankita Bera , Saumyadip Samui , Kanan K. Datta

Cosmic ray (CR) propagation is controlled by scattering in turbulent magnetic fields in space. In general, diffusive propagation is governed by pitch-angle diffusion in phase space. In this study, pitch-angle diffusion in the local…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-26 Huirong Yan , Siqi Zhao , Ming Zhang

As long as magnetic fields remain frozen into the gas, the magnetic braking prevents the formation of protostellar discs. This condition is subordinate to the ionisation fraction characterising the inmost parts of a collapsing cloud. The…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-25 Marco Padovani , Daniele Galli , Patrick Hennebelle , Benoît Commercon , Marc Joos

The variation in the intensity of cosmic rays at small angular scales is attributed to the interstellar turbulence in the vicinity of the Solar system. We show that {a turbulent origin of the small-scale structures implies that} the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-12-12 Rahul Kumar , Noemie Globus , David Eichler , Martin Pohl

Cosmic rays produce molecular cluster ions as they pass through the lower atmosphere. Neutral molecular clusters such as dimers and complexes are expected to make a small contribution to the radiative balance, but atmospheric absorption by…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2013-03-08 K. L. Aplin , M. Lockwood

Cosmic rays can penetrate planetary atmospheres driving the formation of prebiotic molecules, which are important for the origin of life. We calculate the Galactic cosmic ray fluxes in the habitable zone of five nearby, well-studied…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-10-13 D. Rodgers-Lee , A. A. Vidotto , A. L. Mesquita

Our Galaxy is the largest nuclear interaction experiment which we know, because of the interaction between cosmic ray particles and the interstellar material. Cosmic rays are particles, which have been accelerated in the Galaxy or in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-04-15 Peter L. Biermann

We present a numerical algorithm for the incorporation of the active cosmic ray transport, into the ZEUS-3D magnetohydrodynamical code. The cosmic ray transport is described by the diffusion-advection equation. The applied form of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 M. Hanasz , H. Lesch

The conditions in the Galactic Center are often compared with those in starburst systems, which contain higher supernova rates, stronger magnetic fields, more intense radiation fields, and larger amounts of dense molecular gas than in our…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-19 Tova M. Yoast-Hull , J. S. Gallagher , Ellen G. Zweibel

The structure and dynamics of diffuse gas in the Milky Way and other disk galaxies may be strongly influenced by thermal and magnetorotational instabilities (TI and MRI) on scales of about 1-100 pc. We initiate a study of these processes,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Robert A. Piontek , Eve C. Ostriker

This study investigates Parker instability in an interstellar medium (ISM) near the Galactic plane using three-dimensional magneto-hydrodynamic simulations. Parker instability arises from the presence of a magnetic field in a plasma,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-01-06 Ying-Yi Lo , Chung-Ming Ko , Chih-Yueh Wang

A correct description of cosmic-ray (CR) diffusion in turbulent plasma is essential for many astrophysical and heliospheric problems. This paper aims to present physical diffusion behavior of CRs in actual turbulent magnetic fields, model…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-16 Siyao Xu , Huirong Yan

The arrival directions of TeV-PeV cosmic rays are remarkably uniform due to the isotropization of their directions by scattering on turbulent magnetic fields. Small anisotropies can exist in standard diffusion models, however, only on the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-03-14 Marco Kuhlen , Vo Hong Minh Phan , Philipp Mertsch

The influence of the presence of cosmic fluid on the magnetosonic waves and modulation instabilities in the interstellar medium of spiral galaxies is investigated. The fluid model is developed by modifying the pressure equation in such…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2025-01-08 Jyoti Turi , Gadadhar Banerjee

(abridged) Within nearby galaxies, variations in the radio-FIR correlation have been observed, mainly because the cosmic ray electrons migrate before they lose their energy via synchrotron emission or escape. The major cosmic ray electron…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-02-05 B. Vollmer , M. Soida , R. Beck , M. Powalka

Cosmic ray propagation is diffusive because of pitch angle scattering by waves. We demonstrate that if the high-amplitude magnetohydrodynamic turbulence with $\tilde B/\langle B\rangle \sim 1$ is present on top of the mean field gradient,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-09-30 Mikhail V. Medvedev , Viktor V. Medvedev