Speaker
Joshua Wiener
(UW Madison)
Description
The origin of diffuse radio emission in galaxy clusters remains an open question in astrophysics. This emission indicates the presence of cluster-wide magnetic fields and high energy cosmic ray (CR) electrons. I will discuss how the properties of the observed radio emission in clusters are shaped by different CR transport processes, namely CR streaming. I present simple numerical simulations of the Coma cluster that predict other observable signatures, such as gamma radiation, that can differentiate between models for the source of the CR electrons.
Primary author
Joshua Wiener
(UW Madison)
