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The macroscopic behaviour of cosmic rays in turbulent magnetic fields is discussed. An implementation of anisotropic diffusion of cosmic rays with respect to the magnetic field in a non-conservative, high-order, finite-difference…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 A. P. Snodin , Axel Brandenburg , A. J. Mee , Anvar Shukurov

Cosmic Ray transport in curved background magnetic fields is investigated using numerical Monte-Carlo simulation techniques. Special emphasis is laid on the Solar system, where the curvature of the magnetic field can be described in terms…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-06-17 R. C. Tautz , A. Shalchi , A. Dosch

Galactic cosmic rays (CRs) play a crucial role in galaxy formation and evolution by altering gas dynamics and chemistry across multiple scales. Typical numerical simulations of CR transport assume a constant diffusion coefficient for the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-10-16 Sarah Thiele , Romain Teyssier

Cosmic rays (CRs) are tracers of solar events when they are associated with solar flares, but also galactic events when they come from outside our solar system. SEPs are correlated with the 11-year solar cycle while GCRs are anti-correlated…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-10-06 Barbara Perri , Allan Sacha Brun , Antoine Strugarek , Victor Réville

Ultra-high-energy (UHE) cosmic rays (CRs) interact with cosmic background radiation through hadronic processes, and the Universe would become `opaque' to UHE CRs of energies $\sim$($10^{18}$- $10^{20}$) eV over about several tens of Mpc,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-08-03 Ellis R. Owen , Qin Han , Kinwah Wu , Y. X. Jane Yap , Pooja Surajbali

We consider the effects of the Galactic magnetic field on the propagation of ultra high energy cosmic rays (UHECRs). By employing two methods of trajectory simulation, we investigate the possibility that UHECRs are produced within the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Sean O'Neill , Angela V. Olinto , Pasquale Blasi

The origin of the ultrahigh energy cosmic ray remains being a mystery. However, a considerable progress has been made in the past few years due to the good quality data recorded by current cosmic ray observatories. One of the recent…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-04-28 A. D. Supanitsky

We discuss the influence of large scale cosmic magnetic fields on the propagation of hadronic cosmic rays above 10^19 eV based on large scale structure simulations. Our simulations suggest that rather substantial deflection up to several…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Guenter Sigl , Francesco Miniati , Torsten Ensslin

We study the spectrum and anisotropies of ultrahigh energy cosmic ray transient sources, accounting for the effects of their propagation through the turbulent extragalactic magnetic fields. We consider either bursting sources or sources…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-01-19 Diego Harari , Silvia Mollerach , Esteban Roulet

We consider the propagation of ultra high energy cosmic rays through turbulent magnetic fields and study the transition between the regimes of single and multiple images of point-like sources. The transition occurs at energies around…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Diego Harari , Silvia Mollerach , Esteban Roulet , Federico Sanchez

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 paper numerically investigates the propagation of galactic cosmic rays in a model magnetic field, which is a composition of an isotropic turbulent field with the Kolmogorov turbulence spectrum and a regular constant field. The…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-11-08 V. O Yurovsky , A. I. Peryatinskaya , I. Kudryashov

In the first part of this review we discuss the basic observational features at the end of the cosmic ray energy spectrum. We also present there the main characteristics of each of the experiments involved in the detection of these…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-13 Diego F. Torres , Luis A. Anchordoqui

We review progress in high-energy cosmic ray physics focusing on recent experimental results and models developed for their interpretation. Emphasis is put on the propagation of charged cosmic rays, covering the whole range from $\sim…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-01-16 M. Kachelriess , D. V. Semikoz

We revisit propagation of galactic cosmic rays (CRs) in light of recent advances in CR diffusion theory in realistic interstellar turbulence. We use a tested model of turbulence in which it has been shown that fast modes dominate scattering…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-17 Carmelo Evoli , Huirong Yan

The propagation of gravitational waves is explored in the cosmological context. It is explicitly demonstrated that the propagation of gravitational waves could be influenced by the medium. It is shown that in the thermal radiation, the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-07-11 Kazuharu Bamba , Shin'ichi Nojiri , Sergei D. Odintsov

We review some recent findings on diffusion of cosmic rays (CRs) in magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence obtained by adopting the numerically-tested model of MHD turbulence, including perpendicular superdiffusion of CRs, inefficient…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-10-19 Siyao Xu

Cosmic rays (CRs) interact with turbulent magnetic fields in the intestellar medium, generating nonthermal emission. After many decades of studies, the theoretical understanding of their diffusion in the ISM continues to pose a challenge.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-07-15 Lucas Barreto-Mota , Elisabete M. de Gouveia Dal Pino , Siyao Xu , Alexandre Lazarian

We discuss the basic features of the propagation of Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays in astrophysical backgrounds, comparing two alternative computation schemes to compute the expected fluxes. We also discuss the issue of the transition among…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-06-28 Roberto Aloisio

We explore several aspects related to the propagation of high energy cosmic rays (CRs) of galactic origin (i.e. in the range $E\simeq 10^{15}- 10^{18}$ eV). In particular, we study in detail the diffusion/drift scenario, a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Julián Candia