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 …

Simulations of cosmic ray propagation

M Hanasz, AW Strong, P Girichidis - Living Reviews in Computational …, 2021 - Springer
We review numerical methods for simulations of cosmic ray (CR) propagation on galactic
and larger scales. We present the development of algorithms designed for …

Fermi and eROSITA bubbles as relics of the past activity of the Galaxy's central black hole

HYK Yang, M Ruszkowski, EG Zweibel - Nature Astronomy, 2022 - nature.com
The newly launched X-ray satellite, eROSITA, has recently revealed two gigantic bubbles
extending to~ 80° above and below the Galactic Centre. The morphology of these 'eROSITA …

crescendo: an on-the-fly Fokker–Planck solver for spectral cosmic rays in cosmological simulations

LM Böss, UP Steinwandel, K Dolag… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Non-thermal emission from relativistic cosmic ray (CR) electrons gives insight into the
strength and morphology of intra-cluster magnetic fields, as well as providing powerful …

First predicted cosmic ray spectra, primary-to-secondary ratios, and ionization rates from MHD galaxy formation simulations

PF Hopkins, IS Butsky, GV Panopoulou… - Monthly Notices of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
We present the first simulations evolving resolved spectra of cosmic rays (CRs) from MeV–
TeV energies (including electrons, positrons,(anti) protons, and heavier nuclei), in live …

Spectrally resolved cosmic rays–II. Momentum-dependent cosmic ray diffusion drives powerful galactic winds

P Girichidis, C Pfrommer, R Pakmor… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Cosmic ray (CR) feedback has been identified as a critical process in galaxy formation. Most
previous simulations have integrated out the energy dependence of the CR distribution …

Impact of cosmic-ray transport on galactic winds

R Farber, M Ruszkowski, HYK Yang… - The Astrophysical …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
The role of cosmic rays generated by supernovae and young stars has very recently begun
to receive significant attention in studies of galaxy formation and evolution due to the …

Synchrotron emission on FIRE: equipartition estimators of magnetic fields in simulated galaxies with spectrally resolved cosmic rays

SB Ponnada, GV Panopoulou, IS Butsky… - Monthly Notices of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Synchrotron emission is one of few observable tracers of galactic magnetic fields (B) and
cosmic rays (CRs). Much of our understanding of B in galaxies comes from utilizing …

The impact of radio AGN bubble composition on the dynamics and thermal balance of the intracluster medium

HYK Yang, M Gaspari, C Marlow - The Astrophysical Journal, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Feeding and feedback of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) are critical for understanding the
dynamics and thermodynamics of the intracluster medium (ICM) within the cores of galaxy …

Spectrally resolved cosmic ray hydrodynamics–I. Spectral scheme

P Girichidis, C Pfrommer, M Hanasz… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Cosmic ray (CR) protons are an important component in many astrophysical systems.
Processes like CR injection, cooling, adiabatic changes as well as active CR transport …