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In stellar-dense environments, stars can collide with each other. For collisions close to a supermassive black hole (SMBH), the collisional kinetic energy can be so large that the colliding stars can be completely destroyed, potentially…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-01-30 Taeho Ryu , Pau Amaro Seoane , Andrew M. Taylor , Sebastian T. Ohlmann

The recent measurement of the spectra of intermediate mass nuclei and iron nuclei carried out with the AMS-02 experiment provided us with the most complete set of data on cosmic ray fluxes to date, and allowed us to test the standard model…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-06-10 Benedikt Schroer , Carmelo Evoli , Pasquale Blasi

Strong iron lines are a common feature of the optical spectra of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) and quasars from $z\sim 6-7$ to the local Universe, and [Fe/Mg] ratios do not show cosmic evolution. During active episodes, accretion disks…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-11-14 J. -M. Wang , S. , Zhai , Y. -R. Li , Y. -Y. Songsheng , L. C. Ho , Y. -J. Chen , J. -R. Liu , P. Du , Y. -F. Yuan

High velocity clouds moving toward the disk will reach the Galactic plane and will inevitably collide with the disk. In these collisions a system of two shocks is produced, one propagating through the disk and the other develops within the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-11-24 Maria Victoria del Valle

Supernova energy drives interstellar medium (ISM) turbulence and can help launch galactic winds. What difference does it make if $10\%$ of the energy is initially deposited into cosmic rays? To answer this question and study cosmic-ray…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-07-15 Roark Habegger , Ellen G. Zweibel

High-mass microquasars are binary systems composed by a massive star and a compact object from which relativistic jets are launched. Regarding the companion star, observational evidence supports the idea that winds of hot stars are formed…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-08-07 Anabella T. Araudo , Valenti Bosch-Ramon , Gustavo E. Romero

Galaxy interactions are a common phenomenon in clusters of galaxies. Especially major mergers are of particular importance, because they can change the morphological type of galaxies. They have an impact on the mass function of galaxies and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-14 J. Weniger , Ch. Theis , S. Harfst

The quark star is such an exotic star of our Universe. The limiting mass for quark stars essentially depends on rotational frequency apart from bag constant and other fundamental parameters. The analytical results obtained agree with the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-11-05 Ashadul Halder

Abbreviated Abstract: A kinetic model of particle acceleration in supernova remnants (SNRs) is extended to study the cosmic ray (CR) and associated high energy gamma-ray production during SN shock propagation through the inhomogeneous…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Evgeny G. Berezhko , Heinrich J. Voelk

Stars and their winds can contribute to the non-thermal (NT) emission in extragalactic jets. Given the complexity of jet-star interactions, the properties of the resulting emission are strongly linked to those of the emitting flows. We…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-11-16 Víctor M. de la Cita , Valentí Bosch-Ramon , Xavier Paredes-Fortuny , Dmitry Khangulyan , Manel Perucho

Interactions of cosmic rays with the interstellar gas and radiation fields of the Milky Way provide the majority of the gamma rays observed by the Fermi Gamma Ray Space Telescope. In addition to the gas which is densely concentrated along…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-05 Robert Feldmann , Dan Hooper , Nickolay Y. Gnedin

We employ the Monte Carlo particle collision code DPMJET3.04 to determine the multiplicity spectra of various secondary particles (in addition to $\pi^0$'s) with $\gamma$'s as the final decay state, that are produced in cosmic-ray ($p$'s…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-06-13 C. -Y. Huang , M. Pohl , S. -E. Park , C. D. Daniels

The increasing density of space objects in low-Earth orbit highlights the critical need for accurate orbit predictions to minimise operational disruptions. One significant challenge lies in accurately modelling the interaction of gas…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2024-11-19 Sabin Viorel Anton , Bernardo Sousa Alves , Christian Siemes , Jose van den IJssel , Pieter N. A. M. Visser

The current observational tensions in the standard cosmological model have reinforced the research on dynamical dark energy, in particular on models with non-gravitational interaction between the dark components. Analyses of late-time…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-26 M. Benetti , P. T. Z. Seidel , C. Pigozzo , I. P. R. Baranov , S. Carneiro , J. C. Fabris

The nearby Orion-Eridanus superbubble, which was blown by multiple supernovae several Myr ago, has likely produced cosmic rays. Its turbulent medium, still energised by massive stars, can impact cosmic-ray transport locally. The gamma rays…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-03-18 T. Joubaud , I. A. Grenier , J. -M. Casandjian , T. Tolksdorf , R. Schlickeiser

An analysis has been made of the present situation with the high energy hadron-nucleus and nucleus-nucleus interaction models. As is already known there are inconsistencies in the interpretation of experimental data on the primary mass…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 A. D. Erlykin , A. W. Wolfendale

Cosmic rays are ubiquitous in interstellar environments, and their bombardment of dust-grain ice mantles is a possible driver for the formation of complex, even prebiotic molecules. Yet, critical data that are essential for accurate…

We investigate the impact of inelastic collisions between dark matter (DM) and heavy cosmic ray (CR) nuclei on CR propagation. We approximate the fragmentation cross-sections for DM-CR collisions using collider-measured proton-nuclei…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-06-10 Keyu Lu , Yue-Lin Sming Tsai , Qiang Yuan , Le Zhang

At present, 30-40 per cent of the baryons in the local Universe is still undetected. According to theoretical predictions, this gas should reside in filaments filling the large-scale structure (LSS) in the form of a Warm-Hot Intergalactic…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 M. Roncarelli , N. Cappelluti , S. Borgani , E. Branchini , L. Moscardini

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has revealed low-luminosity active galactic nuclei (AGNs) at redshifts of $z\gtrsim 4-7$, many of which host accreting massive black holes (BHs) with BH-to-galaxy mass ($M_{\rm BH}/M_{\star}$) ratios…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-03-07 Haojie Hu , Kohei Inayoshi , Zoltan Haiman , Luis C. Ho , Ken Ohsuga