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Numerical testing of mirror diffusion of cosmic rays
Chao Zhang, Siyao Xu
The tension between recent observations and theories on cosmic ray (CR) diffusion necessitates exploration of new CR diffusion mechanisms. We perform the first numerical study on t…
Particle acceleration in self-driven turbulent reconnection
Jian-Fu Zhang, Siyao Xu, Alex Lazarian +1
The theoretical prediction that magnetic reconnection spontaneously drives turbulence has been supported by magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) and kinetic simulations. While reconnection wi…
Mirror acceleration of cosmic rays in a high- medium
Alex Lazarian, Siyao Xu
In a weakly compressible high- medium, pitch-angle scattering and the associated scattering acceleration of cosmic rays (CRs) by anisotropic Alfvén and slow modes of magnetohydr…
Damping of MHD Turbulence in A Partially Ionized Medium
Yue Hu, Siyao Xu, Lev Arzamasskiy +2
The coupling state between ions and neutrals in the interstellar medium plays a key role in the dynamics of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence, but is challenging to study numeri…
Cosmic ray propagation in turbulent magnetic fields
Alex Lazarian, Siyao Xu, Yue Hu
Propagation of cosmic rays (CRs) in turbulent and magnetized astrophysical media is a long-standing problem that requires both understanding of the properties of turbulent magnetic…
Wide binary stars formed in the turbulent interstellar medium
Siyao Xu, Hsiang-Chih Hwang, Chris Hamilton +1
The ubiquitous interstellar turbulence regulates star formation and the scaling relations between the initial velocity differences and the initial separations of stars. We propose…