Cosmic-ray confinement in radio bubbles by micromirrors
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| author | Ewart, Robert J. Reichherzer, Patrick Bott, Archie F. A. Kunz, Matthew W. Schekochihin, Alexander A. |
| author_facet | Ewart, Robert J. Reichherzer, Patrick Bott, Archie F. A. Kunz, Matthew W. Schekochihin, Alexander A. |
| contents | Radio bubbles, ubiquitous features of the intracluster medium around active galactic nuclei, are known to rise buoyantly for multiple scale heights through the intracluster medium (ICM). It is an open question how the bubbles can retain their high-energy cosmic-ray content over such distances. We propose that the enhanced scattering of cosmic rays due to micromirrors generated in the ICM, as proposed recently by Reichherzer et al. (2023), is a viable mechanism for confining the cosmic rays within bubbles and can qualitatively reproduce their morphology. We discuss the observational implications of such a model of cosmic-ray confinement. |
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| spellingShingle | Cosmic-ray confinement in radio bubbles by micromirrors Ewart, Robert J. Reichherzer, Patrick Bott, Archie F. A. Kunz, Matthew W. Schekochihin, Alexander A. High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Plasma Physics Radio bubbles, ubiquitous features of the intracluster medium around active galactic nuclei, are known to rise buoyantly for multiple scale heights through the intracluster medium (ICM). It is an open question how the bubbles can retain their high-energy cosmic-ray content over such distances. We propose that the enhanced scattering of cosmic rays due to micromirrors generated in the ICM, as proposed recently by Reichherzer et al. (2023), is a viable mechanism for confining the cosmic rays within bubbles and can qualitatively reproduce their morphology. We discuss the observational implications of such a model of cosmic-ray confinement. |
| title | Cosmic-ray confinement in radio bubbles by micromirrors |
| topic | High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Plasma Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.05110 |