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Acceleration and propagation of cosmic rays in high-metallicity astrophysical environments / / Ana Laura Müller
Acceleration and propagation of cosmic rays in high-metallicity astrophysical environments / / Ana Laura Müller
Autore Müller Ana Laura
Pubbl/distr/stampa Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer International Publishing, , [2022]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (141 pages)
Disciplina 539.7223
Collana Springer Theses
Soggetto topico Cosmic rays
Cosmic rays - Measurement
ISBN 9783031103063
9783031103056
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Intro -- Supervisor's Foreword -- Abstract -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Acronyms -- 1 Introduction -- References -- 2 Astrophysical Context -- 2.1 Radiation -- 2.1.1 Cosmic Rays -- 2.1.2 Gamma Rays -- 2.1.3 Neutrinos -- 2.1.4 Gravitational Waves -- 2.2 Sources -- 2.2.1 Starburst Galaxies -- 2.2.2 Active Galactic Nuclei -- References -- 3 Physics for High-Energy Astrophysics -- 3.1 The Hillas Criterion -- 3.2 Transport Equation -- 3.3 Acceleration Mechanisms -- 3.3.1 Fermi's Original Idea -- 3.3.2 Stochastic Diffusive Acceleration -- 3.3.3 Diffusive Shock Acceleration -- 3.3.4 Other Mechanisms -- 3.4 Losses -- 3.4.1 Escape Processes -- 3.4.2 Energy Losses -- 3.4.3 Absorption and Electron-Positron Pair Production -- References -- 4 Particle Acceleration in the Superwind of Starburst Galaxies. Part I: Large-Scale Processes -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Basic Model -- 4.2.1 Superwind -- 4.2.2 Scaling Relations -- 4.2.3 Dynamical Conditions -- 4.3 NGC 253 -- 4.4 Particle Acceleration and Losses -- 4.4.1 Acceleration Conditions -- 4.4.2 Stochastic Diffusive Acceleration -- 4.4.3 Diffusive Shock Acceleration -- 4.4.4 Losses and Maximum Energies -- 4.4.5 Particle Distributions -- 4.5 Results -- 4.5.1 Spectral Energy Distributions -- 4.6 Discussions -- 4.6.1 Higher Energies? -- 4.6.2 A Starving Black Hole? -- 4.6.3 Other Potential Sources of CR in the Disk -- 4.6.4 Propagation and Effects Upon Arrival -- 4.7 Summary and Conclusions -- References -- 5 Particle Acceleration in the Superwind of Starburst Galaxies. Part II: Small-Scale Processes -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Model -- 5.3 Particle Acceleration and Losses -- 5.3.1 Acceleration Conditions -- 5.3.2 Losses and Maximum Energies -- 5.3.3 Particle Distributions -- 5.4 Results -- 5.4.1 Spectral Energy Distributions -- 5.5 Discussion -- 5.6 Summary and Conclusions -- References.
6 Particle Acceleration in the Broad-Line Region of Active Galactic Nuclei -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Model -- 6.3 Particle Acceleration and Losses -- 6.3.1 Acceleration Conditions -- 6.3.2 Losses and Maximum Energies -- 6.3.3 Particle Distributions -- 6.4 Results -- 6.4.1 Radiative Processes -- 6.4.2 Absorption of High-Energy Photons and Secondary Particles -- 6.4.3 Spectral Energy Distributions -- 6.5 Application to NGC 1068 -- 6.6 Discussion -- 6.7 Summary and Conclusions -- References -- 7 Discussion -- 7.1 Starbursts -- 7.2 Starbursts? -- References -- 8 Summary and Conclusions -- Reference -- Appendix A Coding Notes -- A.1 Numerical Integration -- A.1.1 Left Riemann Sum with a Constant Logarithmic Step. Fortran -- A.1.2 Trapezoidal Rule with a Constant Logarithmic Step. Fortran -- A.1.3 Python Comments -- A.2 Tests and Bugs -- A.3 Numerical Solutions for the Transport Equation -- A.4 Fermi-LAT Catalog -- Appendix B Miscellany -- B.1 Thermal Bremsstrahlung -- B.2 Proton-Proton Inelastic Collisions: Ep> -- 100GeV -- B.3 Accretion Disks.
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Müller Ana Laura  
Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer International Publishing, , [2022]
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Acceleration and Propagation of Cosmic Rays in High-Metallicity Astrophysical Environments / / by Ana Laura Müller
Acceleration and Propagation of Cosmic Rays in High-Metallicity Astrophysical Environments / / by Ana Laura Müller
Autore Müller Ana Laura
Edizione [1st ed. 2022.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2022
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (141 pages)
Disciplina 539.7223
Collana Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research
Soggetto topico Astrophysics
Astronomy
Plasma astrophysics
Particles (Nuclear physics)
Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
Astrophysical Plasma
Particle Physics
ISBN 9783031103063
9783031103056
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Introduction -- Astrophysical Context -- Physics for High-Energy Astrophysics -- Superwinds of Starbursts: Large-Scale Processes -- Superwinds of Starbursts: Small-Scale Processes.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910616400303321
Müller Ana Laura  
Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2022
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