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02-02-2017
Today's Colloquium: How cosmic rays shape galaxies
| Submitter: | Christoph Pfrommer |
| Description: | This image shows face-on and edge-on slices through a magneto-hydrodynamical simulation of a Milky Way-sized galaxy that self-consistently follows cosmic ray physics. Shown are gas density (left), cosmic-ray energy density (middle) and magnetic field strength (right) 1 Gyr after the onset of the simulation. The central starburst injects cosmic rays, which are able to drive a powerful outburst that is dominated by cosmic rays and magnetic fields (Pfrommer in prep.). |
| Copyright: | Pfrommer in prep. |
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