Fundamental differences between SPH and grid methods

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Oxford University Press (OUP) 380:3 (2007) 963-978

Authors:

Oscar Agertz, Ben Moore, Joachim Stadel, Doug Potter, Francesco Miniati, Justin Read, Lucio Mayer, Artur Gawryszczak, Andrey Kravtsov, Åke Nordlund, Frazer Pearce, Vicent Quilis, Douglas Rudd, Volker Springel, James Stone, Elizabeth Tasker, Romain Teyssier, James Wadsley, Rolf Walder

Angular Anisotropies in the Cosmic Gamma-Ray Background as a Probe of Its Origin

The Astrophysical Journal American Astronomical Society 667:1 (2007) l1-l4

Authors:

Francesco Miniati, Savvas M Koushiappas, Tiziana Di Matteo

A modified higher order Godunov’s scheme for stiff source conservative hydrodynamics

Journal of Computational Physics Elsevier 224:2 (2007) 519-538

Authors:

Francesco Miniati, Phillip Colella

Ultrahigh energy cosmic rays as heavy nuclei from cluster accretion shocks

Proceedings of the 30th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2007 4:HE PART 1 (2007) 555-558

Authors:

S Inoue, G Sigl, F Miniati, E Armengaud

Abstract:

Large-scale accretion shocks around massive clusters of galaxies, generically expected in hierarchical scenarios of cosmological structure formation, are shown to be plausible sources of the observed ultrahigh energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) by accelerating a mixture of heavy nuclei including the iron group elements. Current observations can be explained if the source composition at injection for the heavier nuclei is somewhat enhanced from simple expectations for the accreting gas. The proposed picture should be clearly testable by current and upcoming facilities in the near future through characteristic features in the UHECR spectrum, composition and anisotropy, in particular the rapid increase of the average mass composition with energy from 1019 to 1020 eV. The associated X-ray and gamma-ray signatures are also briefly discussed.

A Puzzling Merger in A3266: The Hydrodynamic Picture from XMM-Newton

The Astrophysical Journal American Astronomical Society 643:2 (2006) 790-796

Authors:

A Finoguenov, MJ Henriksen, F Miniati, UG Briel, C Jones