Solar modulation of cosmic rays

MS Potgieter - Living Reviews in Solar Physics, 2013 - Springer
This is an overview of the solar modulation of cosmic rays in the heliosphere. It is a broad
topic with numerous intriguing aspects so that a research framework has to be chosen to …

Magnetic field amplification in galaxy clusters and its simulation

J Donnert, F Vazza, M Brüggen, J ZuHone - Space Science Reviews, 2018 - Springer
We review the present theoretical and numerical understanding of magnetic field
amplification in cosmic large-scale structure, on length scales of galaxy clusters and beyond …

[HTML][HTML] 3D turbulent reconnection: Theory, tests, and astrophysical implications

A Lazarian, GL Eyink, A Jafari, G Kowal, H Li, S Xu… - Physics of …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Magnetic reconnection, topological changes in magnetic fields, is a fundamental process in
magnetized plasmas. It is associated with energy release in regions of magnetic field …

Particle acceleration in relativistic plasma turbulence

L Comisso, L Sironi - Physical review letters, 2018 - APS
Due to its ubiquitous presence, turbulence is often invoked to explain the origin of
nonthermal particles in astrophysical sources of high-energy emission. With particle-in-cell …

The interplay of magnetically dominated turbulence and magnetic reconnection in producing nonthermal particles

L Comisso, L Sironi - The Astrophysical Journal, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Magnetized turbulence and magnetic reconnection are often invoked to explain the
nonthermal emission observed from a wide variety of astrophysical sources. By means of …

Fast particle acceleration in three-dimensional relativistic reconnection

H Zhang, L Sironi, D Giannios - The Astrophysical Journal, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Magnetic reconnection is invoked as one of the primary mechanisms to produce energetic
particles. We employ large-scale 3D particle-in-cell simulations of reconnection in …

Ion and electron acceleration in fully kinetic plasma turbulence

L Comisso, L Sironi - The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Turbulence is often invoked to explain the origin of nonthermal particles in space and
astrophysical plasmas. By means of 3D fully kinetic particle-in-cell simulations, we …

Hidden cores of active galactic nuclei as the origin of medium-energy neutrinos: critical tests with the MeV gamma-ray connection

K Murase, SS Kimura, P Meszaros - Physical review letters, 2020 - APS
Mysteries about the origin of high-energy cosmic neutrinos have deepened by the recent
IceCube measurement of a large diffuse flux in the 10–100 TeV range. Based on the …

The origin of underdense plasma downflows associated with magnetic reconnection in solar flares

C Shen, B Chen, KK Reeves, S Yu, V Polito, X Xie - Nature Astronomy, 2022 - nature.com
Magnetic reconnection is a universal process that powers explosive energy-release events
such as solar flares, geomagnetic substorms and some astrophysical jets. A characteristic …

Three-dimensional modelling of the shock–turbulence interaction

D Trotta, O Pezzi, D Burgess, L Preisser… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The complex interaction between shocks and plasma turbulence is extremely important to
address crucial features of energy conversion in a broad range of astrophysical systems. We …