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 …

Cosmological simulations of galaxy formation

M Vogelsberger, F Marinacci, P Torrey… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Over recent decades, cosmological simulations of galaxy formation have been instrumental
in advancing our understanding of structure and galaxy formation in the Universe. These …

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 …

Two can play at that game: constraining the role of supernova and AGN feedback in dwarf galaxies with cosmological zoom-in simulations

S Koudmani, D Sijacki, MC Smith - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
There is growing observational evidence for dwarf galaxies hosting active galactic nuclei
(AGN), including hints of AGN-driven outflows in dwarfs. However, in the common theoretical …

But what about...: cosmic rays, magnetic fields, conduction, and viscosity in galaxy formation

PF Hopkins, TK Chan… - Monthly Notices of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
We present and study a large suite of high-resolution cosmological zoom-in simulations,
using the FIRE-2 treatment of mechanical and radiative feedback from massive stars …

Cosmic ray feedback in the FIRE simulations: Constraining cosmic ray propagation with GeV γ-ray emission

TK Chan, D Kereš, PF Hopkins… - Monthly Notices of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
We present the implementation and the first results of cosmic ray (CR) feedback in the
Feedback In Realistic Environments (FIRE) simulations. We investigate CR feedback in non …

The impact of cosmic rays on thermal instability in the circumgalactic medium

IS Butsky, DB Fielding, CC Hayward… - The Astrophysical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Large reservoirs of cold (∼ 10 4 K) gas exist out to and beyond the virial radius in the
circumgalactic medium (CGM) of all types of galaxies. Photoionization modeling suggests …

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 …

Impact of low-energy cosmic rays on star formation

M Padovani, AV Ivlev, D Galli, SSR Offner… - Space Science …, 2020 - Springer
In recent years, exciting developments have taken place in the identification of the role of
cosmic rays in star-forming environments. Observations from radio to infrared wavelengths …

High-energy particles and radiation in star-forming regions

AM Bykov, A Marcowith, E Amato, ME Kalyashova… - Space Science …, 2020 - Springer
Non-thermal particles and high-energy radiation can play a role in the dynamical processes
in star-forming regions and provide an important piece of the multiwavelength observational …