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CLUSTER MERGERS AND NON-THERMAL PHENOMENA: A STATISTICAL MAGNETO-TURBULENT MODEL

  • CASSANO R.;BRUNETTI G.
    • 천문학회지
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    • 제37권5호
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    • pp.583-587
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    • 2004
  • With the aim to investigate the statistical properties and the connection between thermal and non-thermal properties of the ICM in galaxy clusters, we have developed a statistical magneto-turbulent model which describes, at the same time, the evolution of the thermal and non-thermal emission from galaxy clusters. In particular, starting from the cosmological evolution of clusters, we follow cluster. mergers, calculate the spectrum of the magnetosonic waves generated in the ICM during these mergers, the evolution of relativistic electrons and the resulting synchrotron and Inverse Compton spectra. We show that the broad band (radio and hard x-ray) non-thermal spectral properties of galaxy clusters can be well accounted for by our model for viable values of the parameters (here we adopt a EdS cosmology).

Probing Gamma-ray Emission of Geminga and Vela with Non-stationary Models

  • Chai, Yating;Cheng, Kwong-Sang;Takata, Jumpei
    • Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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    • 제33권2호
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    • pp.75-92
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    • 2016
  • It is generally believed that the high energy emissions from isolated pulsars are emitted from relativistic electrons/positrons accelerated in outer magnetospheric accelerators (outergaps) via a curvature radiation mechanism, which has a simple exponential cut-off spectrum. However, many gamma-ray pulsars detected by the Fermi LAT (Large Area Telescope) cannot be fitted by simple exponential cut-off spectrum, and instead a sub-exponential is more appropriate. It is proposed that the realistic outergaps are non-stationary, and that the observed spectrum is a superposition of different stationary states that are controlled by the currents injected from the inner and outer boundaries. The Vela and Geminga pulsars have the largest fluxes among all targets observed, which allows us to carry out very detailed phase-resolved spectral analysis. We have divided the Vela and Geminga pulsars into 19 (the off pulse of Vela was not included) and 33 phase bins, respectively. We find that most phase resolved spectra still cannot be fitted by a simple exponential spectrum: in fact, a sub-exponential spectrum is necessary. We conclude that non-stationary states exist even down to the very fine phase bins.

Electron Beam Propagation in a Plasma

  • Min, Kyoung-W.;Koh, Woo-Hee
    • Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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    • 제5권1호
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    • pp.1-8
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    • 1988
  • Electron beam propagation in a fully ionized plasma has been studied using a one-dimensional particle simulation model. We compare the results of electrostatic simulations to those of electromagnetic simulations. The electrostatic results show the essential features of beam-plasma interactions. It is found that the return currents are enhanced by the beam-plasma instability which accelerates ambinet plasmas. The results also show the heating of ambient plasmas and the trapping of plasmas due to the locally generated electric field. The electromagnetic simulations show much the same results as the electrostatic simulations do. The level of the radiation generated by the same non-relativistic beam is slightly higher than the noise level. We discuss the results in context in context of the heating of coronal plasma during solar flares.

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Numerical Simulations for Magnetohydrodynamics based on Upwind Schemes

  • Jang, Hanbyul;Ryu, Dongsu
    • 천문학회보
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    • 제39권2호
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    • pp.119.2-119.2
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    • 2014
  • Many astrophysical phenomena involve processes of magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) and relativistic magnetohydrodynamics (RMHD). A number of numerical schemes have been developed to solve the equations of ideal MHD and RMHD. Recent codes are based on upwind schemes which solve hyperbolic systems of equations following the characteristics of the systems. Upwind schemes stand out by their robustness, clarity of the underlying physical model, and ability of achieving high resolution. We present MHD and RMHD codes based on the total variation diminishing (TVD) and weighted essentially non-oscillatory (WENO) schemes, which are second and higher order accurate extensions of upwind schemes. We demonstrate the ability and limitation of codes based on upwind schemes through a series of tests.

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A DERIVATION OF MODIFIED NEWTONIAN DYNAMICS

  • Trippe, Sascha
    • 천문학회지
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    • 제46권2호
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    • pp.93-96
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    • 2013
  • Modified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND) is a possible solution for the missing mass problem in galactic dynamics; its predictions are in good agreement with observations in the limit of weak accelerations. However, MOND does not derive from a physical mechanism and does not make predictions on the transitional regime from Newtonian to modified dynamics; rather, empirical transition functions have to be constructed from the boundary conditions and comparisons with observations. I compare the formalism of classical MOND to the scaling law derived from a toy model of gravity based on virtual massive gravitons (the "graviton picture") which I proposed recently. I conclude that MOND naturally derives from the "graviton picture" at least for the case of non-relativistic, highly symmetric dynamical systems. This suggests that-to first order-the "graviton picture" indeed provides a valid candidate for the physical mechanism behind MOND and gravity on galactic scales in general.