Turbulence, magnetic reconnection in turbulent fluids and energetic particle acceleration

A Lazarian, L Vlahos, G Kowal, H Yan… - Space science …, 2012 - Springer
Turbulence is ubiquitous in astrophysics. It radically changes many astrophysical
phenomena, in particular, the propagation and acceleration of cosmic rays. We present the …

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 …

The size, shape, and scattering of Sagittarius A* at 86 GHz: first VLBI with ALMA

S Issaoun, MD Johnson, L Blackburn… - The Astrophysical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
The Galactic center supermassive black hole Sagittarius A*(Sgr A*) is one of the most
promising targets to study the dynamics of black hole accretion and outflow via direct …

The Scattering and Intrinsic Structure of Sagittarius A* at Radio Wavelengths

MD Johnson, R Narayan, D Psaltis… - The Astrophysical …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Radio images of the Galactic Center supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A*(Sgr A*), are
dominated by interstellar scattering. Previous studies of Sgr A* have adopted an anisotropic …

The Intrinsic Size of Sagittarius A* from 0.35 to 6 cm

GC Bower, WM Goss, H Falcke… - The Astrophysical …, 2006 - iopscience.iop.org
We present new high-resolution observations of Sagittarius A* at wavelengths of 17.4-23.8
cm with the Very Large Array in the A configuration with the Pie Town Very Long Baseline …

Persistent non-Gaussian structure in the image of Sagittarius A* at 86 GHz

S Issaoun, MD Johnson, L Blackburn… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Observations of the Galactic Center supermassive black hole Sagittarius A*(Sgr A*)
with very long-baseline interferometry (VLBI) are affected by interstellar scattering along our …

Probing the local interstellar medium with scintillometry of the bright pulsar B1133+ 16

JW McKee, H Zhu, DR Stinebring… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The interstellar medium hosts a population of scattering screens, most of unknown origin.
Scintillation studies of pulsars provide a sensitive tool for resolving these scattering screens …

Turbulent dynamo in a conducting fluid and a partially ionized gas

S Xu, A Lazarian - The Astrophysical Journal, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
By following the Kazantsev theory and taking into account both microscopic and turbulent
diffusion of magnetic fields, we develop a unified treatment of the kinematic and nonlinear …

Pulsar scintillations from corrugated reconnection sheets in the interstellar medium

UL Pen, Y Levin - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
We show that surface waves along interstellar current sheets closely aligned with the line of
sight lead to pulsar scintillation properties consistent with those observed. This mechanism …

Two families of astrophysical diverging lens models

X Er, A Rogers - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
In the standard gravitational lensing scenario, rays from a background source are bent in the
direction of a foreground lensing mass distribution. Diverging lens behaviour produces …