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Foundations of Cosmic Ray Astrophysics
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Foundations of Cosmic Ray Astrophysics
About this book
The Enrico Fermi Schools, a cultural initiative promoted by the Italian Physical Society (SIF), were initiated in 1953 in a period that marked the beginnings of what is now called cosmic ray astrophysics. Indeed, the very first edition of the School focused on the contribution of cosmic ray physics to the laws of elementary particle physics.
Almost seventy years later, another School has been focusing on the foundations of cosmic ray astrophysics, and this book contains the lectures presented as Course 208 of the prestigious International School of Physics Enrico Fermi, Foundations of Cosmic Ray Astrophysics, held in Varenna, Italy from 23 to 29 June 2022. Topics covered in the book range from particle acceleration to cosmic ray transport, and from radiation processes to feedback of cosmic rays in galaxy formation. In particular, a thorough description of the physics of cosmic ray transport in turbulent magnetic fields, and of the production of magnetic perturbations in the presence of cosmic ray gradients is provided, both these phenomena being essential in describing particle acceleration at shocks and the transport of cosmic rays within the galaxy. The transport of cosmic rays in different environments is also discussed.
This area of research has received an extraordinary boost in recent times, thanks to the now unprecedented accuracy of observations, and to the possibility of testing new ideas and complex scenarios offered by recent developments in numerical simulation, and the book will be of interest to all those working in the field of high energy astrophysics.
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Yes, you can access Foundations of Cosmic Ray Astrophysics by F.A. Aharonian,E. Amato,P. Blasi,Felix A. Aharonian,Elena Amato,Pasquale Blasi,Carmelo Evoli in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Physical Sciences & Physics. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Contents
- Felix A. Aharonian, Elena Amato, Pasquale Blasi and Carmelo Evoli - Preface
- Course group shot
- Pasquale Dario Serpico - Cosmic ray interactions with matter and radiation
- P. Blasi - Charged particles in magnetic fields and cosmic ray transport
- A. Marcowith - Cosmic-ray-modified and -driven instabilities
- D. Caprioli - Particle acceleration at shocks: An introduction
- Elena Amato - Particle acceleration in pulsars and pulsar wind nebulae
- S. Gabici - Cosmic rays from star clusters
- Carmelo Evoli and Ulyana Dupletsa - Phenomenological models of cosmic ray transport in galaxies
- D. Boncioli - Cosmic-ray propagation in extragalactic space and secondary messengers
- Ellen G. Zweibel - The basics of cosmic ray feedback
- F. A. Aharonian - High-energy cosmic rays and gamma radiation
- List of participants