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Recent advances in both the MHD turbulence theory and cosmic ray observations call for revisions in the paradigm of cosmic ray transport. We use the models of magnetohydrodynamic turbulence that were tested in numerical simulation, in which…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-12-02 Huirong Yan , Siyao Xu

Cosmic rays (CRs) are an important energy source in the circum-galactic medium (CGM) that impact the multi-phase gas structure and dynamics. We perform two-dimensional CR-magnetohydrodynamic simulations to investigate the role of CRs in…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-06-14 Xiaoshan Huang , Yan-fei Jiang , Shane W. Davis

Cosmic-ray (CR) feedback is widely recognized as a key regulator of galaxy formation. After being accelerated at supernova remnant shocks, CRs propagate through the interstellar medium (ISM), establishing smooth large-scale distributions…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-10-21 Timon Thomas , Christoph Pfrommer , Rüdiger Pakmor , Rouven Lemmerz , Mohamad Shalaby

This study explores the dynamical impact of cosmic rays (CRs) in Milky Way-like galaxies using the Rhea simulation suite. Cosmic rays, with their substantial energy density, influence the interstellar medium (ISM) by supporting galactic…

We introduce CRK-HACC, an extension of the Hardware/Hybrid Accelerated Cosmology Code (HACC), to resolve gas hydrodynamics in large-scale structure formation simulations of the universe. The new framework couples the HACC gravitational…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-02-01 Nicholas Frontiere , J. D. Emberson , Michael Buehlmann , Joseph Adamo , Salman Habib , Katrin Heitmann , Claude-André Faucher-Giguère

Cosmic ray transport on galactic scales depends on the detailed properties of the magnetized, multiphase interstellar medium (ISM). In this work, we post-process a high-resolution TIGRESS magnetohydrodynamic simulation modeling a local…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-11-24 Lucia Armillotta , Eve C. Ostriker , Yan-Fei Jiang

The transport of cosmic rays (CRs) is crucial for the understanding of almost all high-energy phenomena. Both pre-existing large-scale magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence and locally generated turbulence through plasma instabilities are…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-02-28 Olga Lebiga , Reinaldo Santos-Lima , Huirong Yan

Cosmic rays (CRs) are a pivotal non-thermal component of galaxy formation and evolution. However, the intricacies of CR physics, particularly how they propagate in the circumgalactic medium (CGM), remain largely unconstrained. In this work,…

Cosmic ray (CR) electrons reveal key insights into the non-thermal physics of the interstellar medium, galaxies, galaxy clusters, and active galactic nuclei by means of their inverse Compton {\gamma}-ray emission and synchrotron emission in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-09-24 Georg Winner , Christoph Pfrommer , Philipp Girichidis , Rüdiger Pakmor

Cosmic ray propagation in the Milky Way and other galaxies is largely diffusive, with mean free path determined primarily by pitch angle scattering from hydromagnetic waves with wavelength of order the cosmic ray gyroradius. In the theory…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-02-19 Ellen G. Zweibel

Propagation of cosmic rays (CRs) in turbulent and magnetized astrophysical media is a long-standing problem that requires both understanding of the properties of turbulent magnetic fields and their interaction with energetic particles. This…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-04-07 Alex Lazarian , Siyao Xu , Yue Hu

Cosmic rays (CRs) and magnetic fields may be dynamically important in driving large-scale galactic outflows from rapidly star-forming galaxies. We construct two-dimensional axisymmetric models of the local starburst and super-wind galaxy…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-04-29 Benjamin J. Buckman , Tim Linden , Todd A. Thompson

The diffusion of cosmic rays (CRs) in turbulent magnetic fields is fundamental to understand various astrophysical processes. We explore the CR diffusion in the magnetic fluctuations amplified by the nonlinear turbulent dynamo, in the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-12-03 Chao Zhang , Siyao Xu

A new multidimensional simulation code for relativistic two-fluid electrodynamics (RTFED) is described. The basic equations consist of the full set of Maxwell's equations coupled with relativistic hydrodynamic equations for separate two…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-11-09 Takanobu Amano

Phenomenological models of cosmic-ray (CR) transport in the Milky Way (MW) can reproduce a wide range of observations assuming that CRs scatter off of magnetic-field fluctuations with spectrum $\propto k^{-\delta}$ and $\delta \sim…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-06-15 Philipp Kempski , Eliot Quataert

Cosmic rays (CRs) are an important component in the interstellar medium (ISM), but their effect on the dynamics of the disk-halo interface (< 10 kpc from the disk) is still unclear. We study the influence of CRs on the gas above the disk…

Cosmological shock waves during structure formation not only play a decisive role for the thermalization of gas in virializing structures but also for the acceleration of relativistic cosmic rays (CRs) through diffusive shock acceleration.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Christoph Pfrommer , Volker Springel , Torsten A. Ensslin , Martin Jubelgas

Recent advances in understanding of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence call for substantial revisions in the picture of cosmic ray transport. In this paper we use recently obtained scaling laws for MHD modes to calculate the scattering…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Huirong Yan , A. Lazarian

The interaction of cosmic rays (CRs) with magnetic fields and the interstelar medium (ISM) leads to the production of nonthermal radiation. Although this has been a topic of study for many years, it still poses many challenges to the…

Energetic nonthermal particles (cosmic rays, CRs) are accelerated in supernova remnants, relativistic jets and other astrophysical objects. The CR energy density is typically comparable with that of the thermal components and magnetic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-15 A. M. Bykov , A. Brandenburg , M. A. Malkov , S. M. Osipov
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