Key physical processes in the circumgalactic medium

CA Faucher-Giguère, SP Oh - Annual Review of Astronomy and …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Spurred by rich, multiwavelength observations and enabled by new simulations, ranging
from cosmological to subparsec scales, the past decade has seen major theoretical …

Cosmic ray feedback in galaxies and galaxy clusters: A pedagogical introduction and a topical review of the acceleration, transport, observables, and dynamical …

M Ruszkowski, C Pfrommer - The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review, 2023 - Springer
Understanding the physical mechanisms that control galaxy formation is a fundamental
challenge in contemporary astrophysics. Recent advances in the field of astrophysical …

Cosmic ray transport in large-amplitude turbulence with small-scale field reversals

P Kempski, DB Fielding, E Quataert… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The nature of cosmic ray (CR) transport in the Milky Way remains elusive. The predictions of
current microphysical CR transport models in magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence are …

Diagnosis of 3D magnetic field and mode composition in MHD turbulence with Y-parameter

S Malik, KH Yuen, H Yan - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Magnetic fields are crucial in numerous astrophysical processes within the interstellar
medium (ISM). However, the detailed determination of magnetic field geometry is notoriously …

Diffusion of cosmic-ray electrons in M 51 observed with LOFAR at 54 MHz

V Heesen, F de Gasperin, S Schulz, A Basu… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
Context. The details of cosmic-ray transport have a strong impact on galaxy evolution. The
peak of the cosmic-ray energy distribution is observable in the radio continuum using the …

Mirror Acceleration of Cosmic Rays in a High-β Medium

A Lazarian, S Xu - The Astrophysical Journal, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
In a weakly compressible high-β medium, pitch-angle scattering and the associated
scattering acceleration of cosmic rays (CRs) by anisotropic Alfvén and slow modes of …

The impact of cosmic rays on thermal and hydrostatic stability in galactic haloes

THN Tsung, SP Oh, C Bustard - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
We investigate how cosmic rays (CRs) affect thermal and hydrostatic stability of
circumgalactic (CGM) gas, in simulations with both CR streaming and diffusion. Local …

Cosmic-ray electron transport in the galaxy M 51

J Dörner, P Reichherzer, JB Tjus, V Heesen - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2023 - aanda.org
Context. Indirect observations of the cosmic-ray electron (CRE) distribution via synchrotron
emission is crucial for deepening the understanding of the CRE transport in the interstellar …

The cosmic ray ionization and γ-ray budgets of star-forming galaxies

MR Krumholz, RM Crocker… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Cosmic rays in star-forming galaxies are a dominant source of both diffuse γ-ray emission
and ionization in gas too deeply shielded for photons to penetrate. Though the cosmic rays …

Damping of MHD turbulence in a partially ionized medium

Y Hu, S Xu, L Arzamasskiy, JM Stone… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The coupling state between ions and neutrals in the interstellar medium plays a key role in
the dynamics of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence, but is challenging to study …