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In this second paper in a series dedicated to characterizing shear layers via 2D hybrid (kinetic ions -- fluid electrons) simulations, we study the dynamical role of nonthermal particles (cosmic rays, CRs), either spontaneously generated or…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-04-15 Naixin Liang , Damiano Caprioli

We present a nonlinear Monte Carlo model of efficient diffusive shock acceleration (DSA) where the magnetic turbulence responsible for particle diffusion is calculated self-consistently from the resonant cosmic-ray (CR) streaming…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-19 Andrei M. Bykov , Donald C. Ellison , Sergei M. Osipov , Andrey E. Vladimirov

Cosmic ray (CR) transport and acceleration is determined by the properties of magnetic turbulence. Recent advances in MHD turbulence call for revisions in the paradigm of cosmic ray transport. We use the models of magnetohydrodynamic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-15 Huirong Yan

Cosmic rays (CR), constrained by scattering on magnetic irregularities, are believed to propagate diffusively. But a well-known defect of diffusive approximation whereby some of the particles propagate unrealistically fast has directed…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-10-11 Mikhail Malkov , Roald Sagdeev

The non-linear back reaction of accelerated cosmic rays at the shock fronts, leads to the formation of a smooth precursor with a length scale corresponding to the diffusive scale of the energetic particles. Past works claimed that shocklets…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-08-13 A. Meli , P. L. Biermann , S. Dimitrakoudis

The intracluster medium (ICM) is expected to experience on average about three passages of weak shocks with low sonic Mach numbers, $M\lesssim 3$, during the formation of galaxy clusters. Both protons and electrons could be accelerated to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-06-17 Hyesung Kang

We present a novel and powerful Compressible High-ORder Unstructured Spectral-difference (CHORUS) code for simulating thermal convection and related fluid dynamics in the interiors of stars and planets. The computational geometries are…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Junfeng Wang , Chunlei Liang , Mark S. Miesch

We derive expressions for the time integrated spectrum of Cosmic Rays (CRs) that are accelerated in a decelerating relativistic shock wave and escape ahead of the shock. It is assumed that at any given time the CRs have a power law form,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-01-27 Boaz Katz , Peter Meszaros , Eli Waxman

We investigate the impact of cosmic rays (CRs) on galactic outflows from a multi-phase interstellar medium with solar neighbourhood conditions. The three-dimensional magneto-hydrodynamical simulations include CRs as a relativistic fluid in…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-07-11 Philipp Girichidis , Thorsten Naab , Michał Hanasz , Stefanie Walch

Diffusive shock acceleration in supernova remnants (SNRs) is considered one of the prime mechanisms for Galactic Cosmic Ray (GCR) acceleration. It is still unclear, however, whether SNRs can contribute to GCR spectrum up to the ``knee''…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-12-06 Victor Doroshenko , Gerd Pühlhofer , Andrea Santangelo

We study the problem of the escape and transport of Cosmic-Rays (CR) from a source embedded in a fully ionised, hot phase of the interstellar medium (HIM). In particular, we model the CR escape and their propagation in the source vicinity…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-03-13 L. Nava , S. Recchia , S. Gabici , A. Marcowith , L. Brahimi , V. Ptuskin

Prescriptions for electron injection into the diffusive shock acceleration process are required in many practical considerations of cosmic-ray astrophysics, particularly in modeling of the synchrotron emission of astrophysical sources. In…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-01-01 Bojan Arbutina , Vladimir Zeković

We study cosmic-ray acceleration in a supernova remnant (SNR) and the escape from it. We model nonthermal particle and photon spectra for the hidden SNR in the open cluster Westerlund 2, and the old-age mixed-morphology SNR W 28. We assume…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-11-20 Yutaka Fujita , Yutaka Ohira , Shuta J. Tanaka , Fumio Takahara

It is well accepted today that diffusive acceleration in shocks results to the cosmic ray spectrum formation. This is in principle true for non-relativistic shocks, since there is a detailed theory covering a large range of their properties…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-08-13 A. Meli , A. Mastichiadis

Many recent numerical studies have argued that cosmic rays (CRs) from supernovae (SNe) or active galactic nuclei (AGN) could play a crucial role in galaxy formation, in particular by establishing a CR-pressure dominated circum-galactic…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-08-29 Philip F. Hopkins , Iryna S. Butsky , Suoqing Ji , Dusan Keres

Diffusive shock acceleration is the prime candidate for efficient acceleration of cosmic rays. Galactic cosmic rays are believed to originate predominantly from this process in supernova remnant shock waves. Confinement of the cosmic rays…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-10-07 K. M. Schure , A. R. Bell

Cosmic rays (CRs) play an important role in many astrophysical systems. Acting on plasma scales to galactic environments, CRs are usually modeled as a fluid, using the CR energy density as the evolving quantity. This method comes with the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-01-04 Matthias Weber , Timon Thomas , Christoph Pfrommer

Supernovae remnant shock waves could be at the origin of cosmic rays up to energies in excess of the knee ($E\simeq3\cdot 10^{15} $eV) if the magnetic field is efficiently amplified by the streaming of accelerated particles in the shock…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Alexandre Marcowith , Martin Lemoine , Guy Pelletier

We investigate the dynamical importance of a newly recognized possible source of significant feedback generated during structure formation; namely cosmic ray (CR) pressure. We present evidence for the existence of numerous shocks in the hot…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Francesco Miniati , Dongsu Ryu , T. W. Jones , Hyesung Kang

Shocks of supernova remnants (SNRs) accelerate charged particles up to 100 TeV range via diffusive shock acceleration (DSA) mechanism. It is believed that shocks of SNRs are the main contributors to the pool of Galactic cosmic rays,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-04-05 Jacco Vink , Aya Bamba