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Motivated by recent applications of superdiffusive transport models to shock-accelerated particle distributions in the heliosphere, we solve analytically a one-dimensional fractional diffusion-advection equation for the particle density. We…

Space Physics · Physics 2015-06-23 Yuri E. Litvinenko , Frederic Effenberger

We study the dynamics of shock-tracking probe particles in driven diffusive systems and also in equilibrium systems. In a driven system, they induce a diverging timescale that marks the crossover between a passive scalar regime at early…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 Sakuntala Chatterjee , Mustansir Barma

The present work considers diffusive shock acceleration at non-relativistic shocks using a system of stochastic differential equations (SDE) equivalent to the Fokker-Planck equation. We compute approximate solutions of the transport of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Marcowith , J. G. Kirk

We employ a data-driven approach to investigate the rigidity and spatial dependence of the diffusion of cosmic rays in the turbulent magnetic field of the Milky Way. Our analysis combines data sets from the experiments Voyager, AMS-02,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-04-24 Mattia Di Mauro , Michael Korsmeier , Alessandro Cuoco

The analytical theory of diffusive cosmic ray acceleration at parallel stationary shock waves with magnetostatic turbulence is generalized to arbitrary shock speeds $V_s=\beta_1c$, including in particular relativistic speeds. This is…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-08-19 Reinhard Schlickeiser

High-order implicit shock tracking (fitting) is a class of high-order, optimization-based numerical methods to approximate solutions of conservation laws with non-smooth features by aligning elements of the computational mesh with…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-01-30 Charles J. Naudet , Matthew J. Zahr

The diffusive motion of charged particles in synthetic magnetic turbulence with different properties is investigated by using numerical simulations with unprecedented dynamical range, which allow us to ensure that both the inertial range…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-11-24 Andrej Dundovic , Oreste Pezzi , Pasquale Blasi , Carmelo Evoli , William H. Matthaeus

Context. Supernova remnants are known as sources of galactic cosmic rays for their non-thermal emission of radio waves, X-rays, and gamma-rays. However, the observed soft broken power-law spectra are hard to reproduce within standard…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-08-31 Robert Brose , Igor Telezhinsky , Martin Pohl

The process of diffusive acceleration of charged particles in shocked plasmas is widely invoked in astrophysics to account for the ubiquitous presence of signatures of non-thermal relativistic electrons and ions in the universe. A key…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Matthew G. Baring

In this work, we derive particle schemes, based on micro-macro decomposition, for linear kinetic equations in the diffusion limit. Due to the particle approximation of the micro part, a splitting between the transport and the collision part…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-01-19 Anaïs Crestetto , Nicolas Crouseilles , Mohammed Lemou

We present here a semi-analytical solution of the problem of particle acceleration at non-linear shock waves with a free escape boundary at some location upstream. This solution, besides allowing us to determine the spectrum of particles…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-11-20 D. Caprioli , E. Amato , P. Blasi

Direct comparisons of diffusive particle acceleration numerical simulations have been made against Monte Carlo and hybrid plasma simulations by Ellison {\it et. al.} (1993) and against observations at the earth's bow shock presented by…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 Hyesung Kang , T. W. Jones

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

Observations of large-scale radio emissions prove the existence of shock accelerated cosmic-ray electrons in galaxy clusters, while the lack of detected $\gamma$-rays limits the acceleration of cosmic-ray protons in galaxy clusters. This…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-04-22 Denis Wittor , Franco Vazza , Dongsu Ryu , Hyesung Kang

Semi-analytical methods, based on Eulerian perturbation theory, are a promising tool to follow the time evolution of cosmological perturbations at small redshifts and at mildly nonlinear scales. All these schemes are based on two…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Massimo Pietroni , Gianpiero Mangano , Ninetta Saviano , Matteo Viel

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

Our purpose is to evaluate the rate of the maximum energy and the acceleration rate that cosmic rays acquire in the non-relativistic diffusive shock acceleration as it could apply during their lifetime in various astrophysical sites, where…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 A. Meli , P. L. Biermann

Cosmic rays (CRs) are thought to play a dynamically important role in several key aspects of galaxy evolution, including the structure of the interstellar medium, the formation of galactic winds, and the non-thermal pressure support of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-11-19 Yohan Dubois , Benoît Commerçon , Alexandre Marcowith , Loann Brahimi

The transport of charged particles in disorganised magnetic fields is an important issue which concerns the propagation of cosmic rays of all energies in a variety of astrophysical environments, such as the interplanetary, interstellar and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Fabien Casse , Martin Lemoine , Guy Pelletier

Diffusion of cosmic rays (CRs) is the key process of understanding their propagation and acceleration. We employ the description of spatial separation of magnetic field lines in MHD turbulence in Lazarian & Vishniac (1999) to quantify the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-12-21 A. Lazarian , Huirong Yan