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Cosmic ray (CR) transport and acceleration is essential for many astrophysical problems, e.g., CMB foreground, ionization of molecular clouds and all high energy phenomena. Recent advances in MHD turbulence call for revisions in the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-12-06 Huirong Yan , A. Lazarian

We consider the diffusive shock acceleration in interstellar bubbles created by powerful stellar winds of supernova progenitors. Under the moderate stellar wind magnetization the bubbles are filled by the strongly magnetized low density…

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In this paper, we have provided an overview of cosmic ray effects on terrestrial processes such as electrical properties, global electric circuit, lightning, cloud formation, cloud coverage, atmospheric temperature, space weather phenomena,…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2015-05-14 Devendraa Siingh , R. P. Singh

Cosmic rays are charged energetic particles that permeate the interstellar medium. Their sizeable energy share and penetration power makes them essential players in the dynamical and chemical processes that rule Galactic evolution, such as…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-17 Giada Peron , Sarah Recchia , Stefano Menchiari , Alexandre Marcowith , Andrei Bykov , Martin Pohl , Elena Amato

In the presence of cosmic chiral asymmetry, chiral-vorticity and chiral-magnetic effects can play an important role in the generation and evolution of magnetic fields in the early universe. We include these chiral effects in the magnetic…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-05-30 Hiroyuki Tashiro , Tanmay Vachaspati , Alexander Vilenkin

Observations of synchrotron radiation and the Faraday rotation of its polarized component allow us to investigate the magnetic properties of the diffuse interstellar medium in nearby galaxies, on scales down to roughly one hundred parsecs.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-04-14 Andrew Fletcher

We investigate the cosmological evolution of large- and small-scale magnetic fields in galaxies at high redshifts. Results from simulations of hierarchical structure formation cosmology provide a tool to develop an evolutionary model of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Tigran G. Arshakian , Rainer Beck , Marita Krause , Dmitry Sokoloff

Cosmic rays have been observed up to energies $10^8$ times larger than those of the best particle accelerators. Studies of astrophysical particles (hadrons, neutrinos and photons) at their highest observed energies have implications for…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 F. W. Stecker

Violent gravitational interactions can change the morphologies of galaxies and, by means of merging, transform them into elliptical galaxies. We aim to investigate how they affect the evolution of galactic magnetic fields. We selected 16…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-09-23 Robert T. Drzazga , Krzysztof T. Chyzy , Wojciech Jurusik , Krzysztof Wiorkiewicz

Cosmic rays have been shown to be extremely important in the dynamics of diffuse gas in galaxies, helping to maintain hydrostatic equilibrium, and serving as a regulating force in star formation. In this paper, we address the influence of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-12-21 Evan Heintz , Ellen Zweibel

After a short introduction on how we get information of the magnetic fields from radio observations I discuss the results concerning the magnetic field structure in galaxies: Large-scale regular magnetic field pattern of spiral structure…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Krause

The existence of intergalactic magnetic fields (IGMFs) is an open problem in cosmology and has never been unambiguously confirmed. High-energy gamma rays emitted by blazars are unique probes of cosmic magnetism, as their interactions with…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-10-02 Rafael Alves Batista

Cosmic rays are often modeled as charged particles. This allows their non-ballistic propagation in magnetized structures to be captured. In certain situations, a neutral cosmic ray component can arise. For example, cosmic ray neutrons are…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-04-23 Ellis R. Owen , Yoshiyuki Inoue , Tatsuki Fujiwara , Qin Han , Kinwah Wu

The origin of the highest energy cosmic rays is still unknown. The discovery of their sources will reveal the workings of the most energetic astrophysical accelerators in the universe. Current observations show a spectrum consistent with an…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-27 Kumiko Kotera , Angela V. Olinto

Cosmic rays are an important factor of space weather determining radiation conditions near the Earth and it seems to be essential to clarify radiation conditions near extrasolar planets too. Last year a terrestrial planet candidate was…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-09-12 Alexei Struminsky , Andrei Sadovski , Anatoly Belov

I review a number of particle-physics models that lead to the creation of magnetic fields in the early universe and address the complex problem of evolving such primordial magnetic fields into the fields observed today. Implications for…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-03 Ola Tornkvist

Energetic particles may have been important for the origin of life on Earth by driving the formation of prebiotic molecules. We calculate the intensity of energetic particles, in the form of stellar and Galactic cosmic rays, that reach…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2021-08-13 D. Rodgers-Lee , A. A. Vidotto , A. M. Taylor , P. B. Rimmer , T. P. Downes

The propagation trajectories of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) are inevitably affected by Galactic magnetic field (GMF). Because of the inevitability, the importance of the studies of the propagation in GMF have increased to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-27 Hajime Takami

Faraday rotation (RM) probes of magnetic fields in the universe are sensitive to cosmological and evolutionary effects as $z$ increases beyond $\sim $1 because of the scalings of electron density and magnetic fields, and the growth in the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 P. P. Kronberg , M. L. Bernet , F. Miniati , S. J. Lilly , M. B. Short , D. M. Higdon

Galaxies are observed to host magnetic fields with a typical total strength of around 15microgauss. A coherent large-scale field constitutes up to a few microgauss of the total, while the rest is built from strong magnetic fluctuations over…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-01-09 Maarit J. Korpi-Lagg , Mordecai-Mark Mac Low , Frederick A. Gent