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From 10 Kelvin to 10 TeraKelvin: Insights on the Interaction Between Cosmic Rays and Gas in Starbursts
Brian C. Lacki
Recent work has both illuminated and mystified our attempts to understand cosmic rays (CRs) in starburst galaxies. I discuss my new research exploring how CRs interact with the ISM…
Sturm und Drang: Supernova-Driven Turbulence, Magnetic Fields, and Cosmic Rays in the Chaotic Starburst Interstellar Medium
Brian C. Lacki
Frequent supernova explosions in compact starburst regions are a main shaper of these regions' interstellar media (ISM). In most starbursts, the supernova remnants blast open a hot…
Testing the Hadronuclear Origin of PeV Neutrinos Observed with IceCube
Kohta Murase, Markus Ahlers, Brian C. Lacki
We consider implications of the IceCube excess for hadronuclear (pp) scenarios of neutrino sources such as galaxy clusters/groups and star-forming galaxies. Since the observed neut…
The Ultimate Fate of Cosmic Rays from Galaxies and their Role in the Intergalactic Medium
Brian C. Lacki
The majority of cosmic rays (CRs) generated by star-forming galaxies escape them and enter the intergalactic medium (IGM). Galactic wind termination shocks might also accelerate CR…
The Fermi Bubbles as Starburst Wind Termination Shocks
Brian C. Lacki
The enhanced star formation in the inner 100 pc of the Galaxy launches a superwind at ~1600 km s for M82-like parameters. The ram pressure of the wind is very low compared t…
The Equipartition Magnetic Field Formula in Starburst Galaxies: Accounting for Pionic Secondaries and Strong Energy Losses
Brian C. Lacki, Rainer Beck
Equipartition arguments provide an easy way to find a characteristic scale for the magnetic field from radio emission, by assuming the energy densities in cosmic rays and magnetic…