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A cosmological hydrodynamic code is described, which includes a routine to compute cosmic ray acceleration and transport in a simplified way. The routine was designed to follow explicitly diffusive acceleration at shocks, and second-order…

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

We develop a formalism for the identification and accurate estimation of the strength of structure formation shocks during cosmological smoothed particle hydrodynamics simulations. Shocks not only play a decisive role for the thermalization…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Christoph Pfrommer , Volker Springel , Torsten A. Ensslin , Martin Jubelgas

Cosmic rays are transported out of the galaxy by diffusion and advection due to streaming along magnetic field lines and resonant scattering off self-excited MHD waves. Thus momentum is transferred to the plasma via the frozen-in waves as a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-04-05 E. A. Dorfi , D. Breitschwerdt

A numerical scheme that incorporates a thermal leakage injection model into a combined gas dynamics and cosmic ray (CR, hereafter) diffusion-convection code has been developed. The particle injection is followed numerically by filtering the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Hyesung Kang , T. W. Jones , U. D. J. Gieseler

We investigate how cosmic rays (CRs) affect thermal and hydrostatic stability of circumgalactic (CGM) gas, in simulations with both CR streaming and diffusion. Local thermal instability can be suppressed by CR-driven entropy mode…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-05-25 Tsun Hin Navin Tsung , S. Peng Oh , Chad Bustard

We have calculated the cosmic ray (CR) acceleration at young remnants from Type Ia supernovae expanding into a uniform interstellar medium (ISM). Adopting quasi-parallel magnetic fields, gasdynamic equations and the diffusion convection…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Hyesung Kang

Clusters of galaxies are storage rooms of cosmic rays. They confine the hadronic component of cosmic rays over cosmological time scales due to diffusion, and the electron component due to energy losses. Hadronic cosmic rays can be…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Pasquale Blasi

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

We show that the energy required to turbulently amplify magnetic field during cosmic ray (CR) acceleration by shocks extracts energy from the CR and steepens the CR energy spectrum.

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-07-31 Anthony Bell , James Matthews , Katherine Blundell

Cosmological hydrodynamic simulations have demonstrated that shock waves could be produced in the intergalactic medium by supersonic flow motions during the course of hierarchical clustering of the large-scale-structure in the Universe.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-06-13 Hyesung Kang

The cosmic ray current-driven (CRCD) instability, predicted by Bell (2004), consists of non-resonant, growing plasma waves driven by the electric current of cosmic rays (CRs) that stream along the magnetic field ahead of both relativistic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 Mario A. Riquelme , Anatoly Spitkovsky

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

Cosmic ray acceleration in turbulent interstellar medium is considered. Turbulence is treated as ensemble of moving magnetic traps. We derive equations for particle momentum distribution function that describes acceleration of particles in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 V. N. Zirakashvili

We numerically study the diffusion and scattering of cosmic rays (CRs) together with their acceleration processes in the framework of the modern understanding of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence. Based on the properties of compressible…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-11-17 Nana Gao , Jianfu Zhang

Cosmic rays (CRs) are a plausible mechanism for launching winds of cool material from the discs of star-forming galaxies. However, there is no consensus on what types of galaxies likely host CR-driven winds, or what role these winds might…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-03-03 Roland M. Crocker , Mark R. Krumholz , Todd A. Thompson

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

Astrophysical plasmas are turbulent and magnetized. The interaction between cosmic rays (CRs) and magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence is a fundamental astrophysical process. Based on the current understanding of MHD turbulence, we revisit…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-05-13 Siyao Xu , Alex Lazarian

Cosmic rays (CRs) are an important source of feedback in a variety of astrophysical contexts. Magneto-hydrodynamical (MHD) simulations treating CRs as a fluid have shown that how their feedback operates is strongly dependent on their…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-09-25 Joki Rosdahl , Yohan Dubois , Benoit Commercon , Nimatou Diallo , Nai Chieh Lin , Alexandre Marcowith

A numerical method for integrating the equations describing a dynamically coupled system made of a fluid and cosmic-rays is developed. In smooth flows the effect of CR pressure is accounted for by modification of the characteristic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Francesco Miniati

A novel diagnostic of cosmic-ray modified shocks by polarimetry of H $\alpha$ emissions is suggested. In a cosmic-ray modified shock, the pressure of cosmic rays is sufficiently high compared to the upstream ram pressure to force the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-09-25 Jiro Shimoda , J. Martin Laming