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Electron Re-acceleration via Ion Cyclotron Waves in the Intracluster Medium

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Aaron Tran, Lorenzo Sironi, Francisco Ley, Ellen G. Zweibel, Mario A. Riquelme

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Submitted 26 Sep 2022

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The authors' main claim We find that pitch-angle scattering of CRe by IC waves induces energy gain via magnetic pumping.

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CitationAaron Tran, Ellen G. Zweibel, Francisco Ley, Lorenzo Sironi, Mario A. Riquelme. "Electron Re-acceleration via Ion Cyclotron Waves in the Intracluster Medium." arXiv:2209.12902 (2022). https://pith.science/paper/2QRFVVS6
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In galaxy clusters, the intracluster medium (ICM) is expected to host a diffuse, long-lived, and invisible population of "fossil" cosmic-ray electrons (CRe) with 1-100 MeV energies. These CRe, if re-accelerated by 100x in energy, can contribute synchrotron luminosity to cluster radio halos, relics, and phoenices. Re-acceleration may be aided by CRe scattering upon the ion-Larmor-scale waves that spawn when ICM is compressed, dilated, or sheared. We study CRe scattering and energy gain due to ion cyclotron (IC) waves generated by continuously-driven compression in 1D fully kinetic particle-in-cell simulations. We find that pitch-angle scattering of CRe by IC waves induces energy gain via magnetic pumping. In an optimal range of IC-resonant momenta, CRe may gain up to ~10-30% of their initial energy in one compress/dilate cycle with magnetic field amplification ~3-6x, assuming adiabatic decompression without further scattering and averaging over initial pitch angle.

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s0 In galaxy clusters, the intracluster medium (ICM) is expected to host a diffuse, long-lived, and invisible population of "fossil" cosmic-ray electrons (CRe) with 1-100 MeV energies. background 1.00 0.05 0.03 hedged possibility 0.77
s1 These CRe, if re-accelerated by 100x in energy, can contribute synchrotron luminosity to cluster radio halos, relics, and phoenices. background 0.84 0.07 0.07 hedged possibility 0.98
s2 Re-acceleration may be aided by CRe scattering upon the ion-Larmor-scale waves that spawn when ICM is compressed, dilated, or sheared. background 1.00 0.06 0.04 hedged possibility 1.00
s3 We study CRe scattering and energy gain due to ion cyclotron (IC) waves generated by continuously-driven compression in 1D fully kinetic particle-in-cell simulations. method 0.68 0.96 0.04 asserted 0.96
s4 We find that pitch-angle scattering of CRe by IC waves induces energy gain via magnetic pumping. result 1.00 0.96 0.61 asserted 1.00
s5 In an optimal range of IC-resonant momenta, CRe may gain up to ~10-30% of their initial energy in one compress/dilate cycle with magnetic field amplification ~3-6x, assuming adiabatic decompression without further scattering and averaging over initial pitch angle. result 1.00 0.91 0.55 hedged possibility 0.98

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In galaxy clusters, the intracluster medium (ICM) is expected to host a diffuse, long-lived, and invisible population of "fossil" cosmic-ray electrons (CRe) with 1-100 MeV energies. These CRe, if re-accelerated by 100x in energy, can contribute synchrotron luminosity to cluster radio halos, relics, and phoenices. Re-acceleration may be aided by CRe scattering upon the ion-Larmor-scale waves that spawn when ICM is compressed, dilated, or sheared. We study CRe scattering and energy gain due to ion cyclotron (IC) waves generated by continuously-driven compression in 1D fully kinetic particle-in-cell simulations. We find that pitch-angle scattering of CRe by IC waves induces energy gain via magnetic pumping. In an optimal range of IC-resonant momenta, CRe may gain up to ~10-30% of their initial energy in one compress/dilate cycle with magnetic field amplification ~3-6x, assuming adiabatic decompression without further scattering and averaging over initial pitch angle.

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