Christoph Pfrommer
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Submitted Articles
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ETHOS - an effective theory of structure formation: Predictions for the high-redshift Universe - abundance of galaxies and reionization
M. R. Lovell, J. Zavala, M Vogelsberger, X. Shen, F.-Y. Cyr-Racine, C. Pfrommer, K. Sigurdson, M. Boylan-Kolchin, A. Pillepich
2017, MNRAS, submitted.
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Constraints on the Intergalactic Magnetic Field from Bow Ties in the Gamma-ray Sky
P. Tiede, A. E. Broderick, M. Shalaby, C. Pfrommer, E. Puchwein, P. Chang, A. Lamberts
2017, submitted.
Refereed Publications
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The dependence of cosmic ray driven galactic winds on halo mass
S. Jacob, R. Pakmor, C. Simpson, V. Springel, C. Pfrommer
2017, MNRAS, in press.
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Simulating gamma-ray emission in star-forming galaxies
C. Pfrommer, R. Pakmor, C. Simpson, V. Springel
2017, ApJL, 847, L13.
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Bow Ties in the Sky II: Searching for Gamma-ray Halos in the Fermi Sky Using Anisotropy
P. Tiede, A. E. Broderick, M. Shalaby, C. Pfrommer, E. Puchwein, P. Chang, A. Lamberts
2017, ApJ, 850, 157.
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Importance of resolving the spectral support of beam-plasma instabilities in simulations
M. Shalaby, A. E. Broderick, P. Chang, C. Pfrommer, A. Lamberts, E. Puchwein
2017, ApJ, 848, 81.
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Simulating the interaction of jets with the intra-cluster medium
R. Weinberger, K. Ehlert, C. Pfrommer, R. Pakmor, V. Springel,
2017, MNRAS, 470, 4530.
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Magnetic field formation in the Milky Way-like disk galaxies of the Auriga project
R. Pakmor, F. A. Gomez, R. J. J. Grand, F. Marinacci, C. M. Simpson, V. Springel, D. J. R. Campbell, C. S. Frenk, T. Guillet, A. Jenkins, C. Pfrommer, S. D. M. White,
2017, MNRAS, 469, 3185.
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SHARP: A Spatially Higher-order, Relativistic Particle-in-Cell Code
M. Shalaby, A. E. Broderick, P. Chang, C. Pfrommer, A. Lamberts, E. Puchwein
2017, ApJ, 841, 52.
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Increasing blackhole feedback induced quenching with anisotropic thermal conduction
R. Kannan, M. Vogelsberger, C. Pfrommer, R. Weinberger, V. Springel, L. Hernquist, E. Puchwein, R. Pakmor,
2017, ApJL, 837, L18.
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Cosmic ray heating in cool core clusters I: diversity of steady state solutions
S. Jacob, C. Pfrommer
2017, MNRAS, 467, 1449.
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Cosmic ray heating in cool core clusters II: self-regulation cycle and non-thermal emission
S. Jacob, C. Pfrommer
2017, MNRAS, 467, 1478.
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Cosmic ray-driven galactic winds: streaming or diffusion?
J. Wiener, C. Pfrommer, S. P. Oh
2017, MNRAS, 467, 906.
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Turbulence and Particle Acceleration in Giant Radio Halos: the Origin of Seed Electrons
A. Pinzke, S. P. Oh, C. Pfrommer
2017, MNRAS, 465, 4800.
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Simulating cosmic ray physics on a moving mesh
C. Pfrommer, R. Pakmor, K. Schaal, C. Simpson, V. Springel
2017, MNRAS, 465, 4500.
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The Linear Instability of Dilute Ultrarelativistic e± Pair Beams
P. Chang, A. E. Broderick, C. Pfrommer, E. Puchwein, A. Lamberts, M. Shalaby, G. Vasil
2016, ApJ, 833, 118.
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Bow Ties in the Sky I: The Angular Structure of Inverse Compton Gamma-ray Halos in the Fermi Sky
A. E. Broderick, P. Tiede, M. Shalaby, C. Pfrommer, E. Puchwein, P. Chang, A. Lamberts
2016, 832, 109.
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The role of cosmic ray pressure in accelerating galactic outflows
C. M. Simpson, R. Pakmor, F. Marinacci, C. Pfrommer, V. Springel, S. C. O. Glover, O. C. Clark, R. J. Smith
2016, ApJL, 827, L29.
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Semi-implicit anisotropic cosmic ray transport on an unstructured moving mesh
R. Pakmor, C. Pfrommer, C. Simpson, R. Kannan, V. Springel
2016, MNRAS, 462, 2603.
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Galactic winds driven by isotropic and anisotropic cosmic ray diffusion in disk galaxies
R. Pakmor, C. Pfrommer, C. Simpson, V. Springel
2016, ApJL, 824, L30.
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Shock finding on a moving-mesh: II. Hydrodynamic shocks in the Illustris universe
K. Schaal, V. Springel, R. Pakmor, C. Pfrommer, D. Nelson, M. Vogelsberger, S. Genel, A. Pillepich, D. Sijacki, L. Hernquist,
2016, MNRAS, 461, 4441.
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ETHOS - An Effective Theory of Structure Formation: From dark particle physics to the matter distribution of the Universe
F.-Y. Cyr-Racine, K. Sigurdson, J. Zavala, T. Bringmann, M. Vogelsberger, C. Pfrommer,
2016, PRD, 93, 123527.
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ETHOS - An Effective Theory of Structure Formation: Dark matter physics as a possible explanation of the small-scale CDM problems
M. Vogelsberger, J. Zavala, F.-Y. Cyr-Racine, C. Pfrommer, T. Bringmann, K. Sigurdson,
2016, MNRAS, 460, 1399.
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Deep observation of the NGC 1275 region with MAGIC: search of diffuse gamma-ray emission from cosmic rays in the Perseus cluster
The MAGIC Collaboration: M. L. Ahnen et al., incl. C. Pfrommer
2016, A&A, 589, A33.
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Patchy blazar heating: diversifying the thermal history of the intergalactic medium
A. Lamberts, P. Chang, C. Pfrommer, E. Puchwein, A. E. Broderick, M. Shalaby
2015, ApJ, 811, 19.
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On the Cluster Physics of Sunyaev-Zel'dovich and X-ray Surveys IV: Characterizing Density and Pressure Clumping due to Infalling Substructures
N. Battaglia, J. R. Bond, C. Pfrommer, J. L. Sievers
2015, ApJ, 806, 43
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The Effect of Nonlinear Landau Damping on Ultrarelativistic Beam Plasma Instabilities
P. Chang, A. E. Broderick, C. Pfrommer, E. Puchwein, A. Lamberts, M. Shalaby
2014, ApJ, 797, 110
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Lower Limits upon the Anisotropy of the Extragalactic Gamma-Ray Background implied by the 2FGL and 1FHL Catalogs
A. E. Broderick, C. Pfrommer, E. Puchwein, P. Chang, K. Smith
2014, ApJ, 796, 12
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Implications of Plasma Beam Instabilities for the Statistics of the Fermi Hard Gamma-ray Blazars and the Origin of the Extragalactic Gamma-Ray Background
A. E. Broderick, C. Pfrommer, E. Puchwein, P. Chang
2014, ApJ, 790, 137
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Search for Cosmic-Ray Induced Gamma-Ray Emission in Galaxy Clusters
The Fermi-LAT Collaboration: M. Ackermann et al., incl. C. Pfrommer (corresponding author)
2014, ApJ, 787, 18
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On the Evolution of the Cosmic Ionizing Background
F. Fontanot, S. Cristiani, C. Pfrommer, G. Cupani, E. Vanzella
2014, MNRAS, 438, 2097
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On the physics of radio halos in galaxy clusters: scaling relations and luminosity functions
F. Zandanel, C. Pfrommer, F. Prada
2014, MNRAS, 438, 124
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A phenomenological model for the intracluster medium that matches X-ray and Sunyaev-Zeldovich observations
F. Zandanel, C. Pfrommer, F. Prada
2014, MNRAS, 438, 116
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Bringmann and Pfrommer Reply
T. Bringmann and C. Pfrommer
2013, Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 199002
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Measuring the Thermal Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect Through the Cross
Correlation of Planck and WMAP Maps with ROSAT Galaxy Cluster Catalogs
A. Hajian, N. Battaglia, D. N. Spergel, J. R. Bond, C. Pfrommer, J. L. Sievers
2013, JCAP, 11, 64
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Toward a comprehensive model for feedback by active galactic nuclei: new insights from M87 observations by LOFAR, Fermi and H.E.S.S.
C. Pfrommer
2013, ApJ, 779, 10
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Giant radio relics in galaxy clusters: reacceleration of fossil relativistic electrons?
A. Pinzke, S. P. Oh, C. Pfrommer
2013, MNRAS, 435, 1061
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On the Cluster Physics of Sunyaev-Zel'dovich and X-ray Surveys III: Measurement Biases and Cosmological Evolution of Gas and Stellar Mass Fractions
N. Battaglia, J. R. Bond, C. Pfrommer (corresponding author), J. L. Sievers
2013, ApJ, 777, 123
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Is Dark Matter with Long-Range Interactions a Solution to All Small-Scale Problems of Λ Cold Dark Matter Cosmology?
L. G. van den Aarssen, T. Bringmann, C. Pfrommer
2012, Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 231301
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On the Cluster Physics of Sunyaev-Zel'dovich and X-ray Surveys I: The Influence of Feedback, Non-thermal Pressure and Cluster Shapes on Y-M Scaling Relations
N. Battaglia, J. R. Bond, C. Pfrommer, J. L. Sievers
2012, ApJ, 758, 74
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On the Cluster Physics of Sunyaev-Zel'dovich and X-ray Surveys II: Deconstructing the Thermal SZ Power Spectrum
N. Battaglia, J. R. Bond, C. Pfrommer, J. L. Sievers
2012, ApJ, 758, 75
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Constraints on Cosmic Rays, Magnetic Fields, and Dark Matter from Gamma-Ray Observations of the Coma Cluster of Galaxies with VERITAS and Fermi
The VERITAS Collaboration: T. Arlen et al., incl. C. Pfrommer (corresponding author)
2012, ApJ, 757, 123
- Galactic winds driven by cosmic-ray streaming
M. Uhlig, C. Pfrommer, M. Sharma, B. B. Nath, T. A. Enßlin, V. Springel
2012, MNRAS, 423, 2374
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The Lyman-α forest in a blazar-heated Universe
E. Puchwein, C. Pfrommer, V. Springel, A. E. Broderick, P. Chang
2012, MNRAS, 423, 149
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The Cosmological Impact of Luminous TeV Blazars III: Implications for Galaxy Clusters and the Formation of Dwarf Galaxies
C. Pfrommer, P. Chang, A. E. Broderick
2012, ApJ, 752, 24
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The Cosmological Impact of Luminous TeV Blazars II: Rewriting the Thermal History of the Intergalactic Medium
P. Chang, A. E. Broderick, C. Pfrommer
2012, ApJ, 752, 23
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The Cosmological Impact of Luminous TeV Blazars I: Implications of Plasma Instabilities for the Intergalactic Magnetic Field and Extragalactic Gamma-Ray Background
A. E. Broderick, P. Chang, C. Pfrommer
2012, ApJ, 752, 22
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Constraining cosmic rays and magnetic fields in the Perseus galaxy cluster with TeV observations by the MAGIC telescopes
The MAGIC Collaboration: J. Aleksic et al., incl. C. Pfrommer (corresponding author)
2012, A&A, 541, A99
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Detection of very high energy gamma-ray emission from NGC 1275 by the MAGIC telescopes
The MAGIC Collaboration: J. Aleksic et al., incl. C. Pfrommer
2012, A&A, 539,L2
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Prospects of detecting gamma-ray emission from galaxy clusters: cosmic rays and dark matter annihilations
A. Pinzke, C. Pfrommer, L. Bergstrom
2011, Phys. Rev. D, 84, 123509
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A Comparison of Cosmological Codes: Properties of Thermal Gas and Shock Waves in Large Scale Structures
F. Vazza, K. Dolag, D. Ryu, G. Brunetti, C. Gheller, H. Kang, C. Pfrommer
2011, MNRAS, 418, 960
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Radio Galaxy NGC 1265 unveils the Accretion Shock onto the Perseus Galaxy Cluster
C. Pfrommer and T. W. Jones
2011, ApJ, 730, 22
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Cosmic ray transport in galaxy clusters: implications for radio halos, gamma-ray signatures, and cool core heating
T. A. Enßlin, C. Pfrommer, F. Miniati, K. Subramanian
2011, A&A, 527, 99
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Dark Matter decay and annihilation in the Local Universe: CLUES from Fermi
A. J. Cuesta, T. E. Jeltema, F. Zandanel, S. Profumo, F. Prada, G. Yepes, A. Klypin, Y. Hoffman, J. Primack, M. A. Sanchez-Conde, C. Pfrommer
2011, ApJL, 726, L6
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Detecting the orientation of magnetic fields in galaxy clusters
C. Pfrommer and L. J. Dursi
2010, Nature Phys. 6, 520
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Detection of very high energy gamma-ray emission from the Perseus cluster head-tail galaxy IC 310 by the MAGIC telescopes
The MAGIC Collaboration: J. Aleksic et al., incl. C. Pfrommer
2010, ApJL, 723, L207
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GeV gamma-ray flux upper limits from clusters of galaxies
The Fermi/LAT collaboration: M. Ackermann et al., incl. C. Pfrommer
2010, ApJL, 717, L71
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Simulations of the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Power Spectrum with AGN Feedback
N. Battaglia, J. R. Bond, C. Pfrommer, J. L. Sievers, D. Sijacki
2010, ApJ, 725, 91
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Simulating the gamma-ray emission from galaxy clusters: a universal cosmic ray spectrum and spatial distribution
A. Pinzke and C. Pfrommer
2010, MNRAS, 409, 449
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MAGIC gamma-ray observation of the Perseus galaxy cluster: implications for cosmic rays, dark matter and NGC1275
The MAGIC Collaboration: J. Aleksic et al., incl. C. Pfrommer (corresponding author)
2010, ApJ, 710, 634
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Gamma-rays from dark matter annihilations strongly constrain the substructure in halos
A. Pinzke, C. Pfrommer, L. Bergström
2009, Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 181302
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Exploring the magnetized cosmic web through low frequency radio emission
N. Battaglia, C. Pfrommer, J. L. Sievers, J. R. Bond, T. A. Enßlin
2009, MNRAS, 393, 1073
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Simulations of cosmic ray feedback by AGN in galaxy clusters
D. Sijacki, C. Pfrommer, V. Springel, T. A. Enßlin
2008, MNRAS, 387, 1403
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Simulating cosmic rays in clusters of galaxies - III. Non-thermal scaling
relations and comparison to observations
C. Pfrommer
2008, MNRAS, 385, 1242
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Simulating cosmic rays in clusters of galaxies - II. A unified scenario for
radio halos and relics with predictions of the gamma-ray emission
C. Pfrommer, T. A. Enßlin, V. Springel
2008, MNRAS, 385, 1211
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Draping of Cluster Magnetic Fields over Bullets and Bubbles - Morphology and Dynamic Effects
J. L. Dursi and C. Pfrommer
2008, ApJ, 677, 993
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Cosmic ray feedback in hydrodynamical simulations of galaxy formation
M. Jubelgas, V. Springel, T. A. Enßlin, C. Pfrommer
2008, A&A, 481, 33
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Impact of tangled magnetic fields on AGN-blown bubbles
M. Ruszkowski, T. A. Enßlin, M. Brüggen, S. Heinz, C. Pfrommer
2007, MNRAS, 378, 662
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Simulating cosmic rays in clusters of galaxies -
I. Effects on the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect and the X-ray emission
C. Pfrommer, T. A. Enßlin, V. Springel, M. Jubelgas, K. Dolag
2007, MNRAS, 378, 385
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Cosmic ray physics in calculations of cosmological structure formation
T. A. Enßlin, C. Pfrommer, V. Springel, M. Jubelgas
2007, A&A, 473, 41
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Detecting shock waves in cosmological smoothed particle hydrodynamics simulations
C. Pfrommer, V. Springel, T. A. Enßlin, M. Jubelgas
2006, MNRAS, 367, 113
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Detecting Sunyaev-Zel'dovich clusters with Planck:
I. Construction of all-sky thermal and kinetic SZ-maps
B. M. Schäfer, C. Pfrommer, M. Bartelmann,
V. Springel, L. Hernquist
2006, MNRAS, 370, 1309
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Detecting Sunyaev-Zel'dovich clusters with Planck:
II. Foreground components and optimised filtering schemes
B. M. Schäfer, C. Pfrommer, R. Hell, and
M. Bartelmann
2006, MNRAS, 370, 1713
- Radio emission of galaxy clusters
I. Golombek, M. Bartelmann, T. A. Enßlin, M. Jubelgas, C. Pfrommer, V. Springel
2006, Astronomische Nachrichten, Vol.327, Issue 5/6, p.569
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Unveiling the composition of radio plasma bubbles in galaxy
clusters with the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect
C. Pfrommer, T. A. Enßlin, C. L. Sarazin
2005, A&A, 430, 799
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Redshift estimation of clusters by wavelet decomposition of their
Sunyaev-Zel'dovich morphology
B. M. Schäfer, C. Pfrommer, S. Zaroubi
2005, MNRAS, 362, 1418
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Statistical distribution of gravitational-lensing excursion angles:
Winding ways to us from the deep universe
T. Hamana, M. Bartelmann, N. Yoshida, C. Pfrommer
2005, MNRAS, 356, 829
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Estimating galaxy cluster magnetic fields by the classical
and hadronic minimum energy criterion
C. Pfrommer and T. A. Enßlin
2004, MNRAS, 352, 76
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The quest for cosmic ray protons in galaxy clusters
C. Pfrommer and T. A. Enßlin
2004, JKAS, 37, 455
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Constraining the population of cosmic ray protons in cooling flow clusters with
gamma-ray and radio observations: Are radio mini-halos of hadronic origin?
C. Pfrommer and T. A. Enßlin
2004, A&A, 413, 17
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Probing the cosmic ray population of the giant elliptical galaxy M 87
with observed TeV gamma-rays
C. Pfrommer and T. A. Enßlin
2003, A&A, 407, L73
Non-refereed Publications
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MERGHERS: An SZ-selected cluster survey with MeerKAT
K. Knowles et al. (incl. C. Pfrommer)
Proceedings from MeerKAT Science: On the Pathway to the SKA, 25-27 May, 2016,
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Cosmic ray feedback in galaxies and active galactic nuclei
C. Pfrommer, R. Pakmor, K. Schaal, C. Simpson, V. Springel
Proceedings of the conference High-Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy (Gamma2016), Heidelberg, Juli 11 - 15, 2016
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Introduction to extragalactic sources of very high-energy photons
C. Pfrommer
Proceedings of the conference Rencontres de Moriond 2013: Very High Energy Phenomena in the Universe, La Thuile, March 9 - 16, 2013
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The physics and cosmology of TeV blazars in a nutshell
C. Pfrommer, A. E. Broderick, P. Chang, E. Puchwein, V. Springel
Proceedings of the conference Rencontres de Moriond 2013: Very High Energy Phenomena in the Universe, La Thuile, March 9 - 16, 2013
- Cosmic ray transport in galaxy clusters: implications for radio halos and gamma-rays
C. Pfrommer, T. A. Enßlin, T. Miniati, K. Subramanian
Proceedings of a conference in Nice, 15-18 November 2010; published in MmSAI, 82, 547 (2011)
- The Curious Case of Abell 2256
T. E. Clarke, T. A. Enßlin, A. Finoguenov, H. Intema, C. Pfrommer, R. van Weeren, H. Röttgering, R. Oonk
Proceedings of a conference in Nice, 15-18 November 2010; published in MmSAI, 82, 598 (2011)
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Observation of the Perseus cluster of galaxies with the MAGIC telescopes
S. Lombardi et al. (for the MAGIC Collaboration), C. Pfrommer, A. Pinzke,
2011 Fermi Symposium proceedings
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MAGIC detection of VHE Gamma-ray emission from NGC 1275 and IC 310
D. Hildebrand et al. (for the MAGIC Collaboration), C. Pfrommer, A. Pinzke,
2011, Proceedings of the 32nd International Cosmic Ray Conference, Beijing, China
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Observation of the Perseus galaxy cluster with the MAGIC telescopes
S. Lombardi et al. (for the MAGIC Collaboration), C. Pfrommer, A. Pinzke,
2011, Proceedings of the 32nd International Cosmic Ray Conference, Beijing, China
- Galaxy Cluster Astrophysics and Cosmology: Questions and Opportunities for the Coming Decade,
S. Myers, C. Pfrommer, et al.
Astro2010: The Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal Survey, Science White Papers, no. 218
- Calibrating Galaxy Clusters as a Tool for Cosmology via Studies of the Intracluster
Medium,
S. Golwala et al., (including C. Pfrommer),
Astro2010: The Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal Survey, Science White Papers, no. 96
- Clusters and Large-Scale Structure: the Synchrotron Keys,
L. Rudnick et al., (including C. Pfrommer),
Astro2010: The Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal Survey, Science White Papers, no. 253
- Cosmic ray feedback in hydrodynamical simulations of galaxy and galaxy cluster formation
C. Pfrommer, V. Springel, M. Jubelgas, T. A. Enßlin
2006, in: Cosmic Frontiers,
Proceedings of a conference held at Durham University, UK
- Cosmological structure formation shocks and cosmic rays in
hydrodynamical simulations
C. Pfrommer, V. Springel, T. A. Enßlin, M. Jubelgas
2006, in: Heating vs. Cooling in Galaxies and Clusters of Galaxies,
Proceedings of a MPA/ESO/MPE/USM Joint Astronomy Conference held at Garching, Germany
- Particle acceleration processes in the cosmic large-scale structure
T. A. Enßlin and C. Pfrommer
2006, in: Highlights of Astronomy, Volume 14,
Proceedings of the XXVIth IAU General Assembly, Prague, Czech Republic
- Detecting shock waves in smoothed particle hydrodynamics simulations
C. Pfrommer, V. Springel, T. A. Enßlin, M. Jubelgas
2006, in: Rencontres de Moriond: Contents and Structures of the Universe,
Proceedings of a Conference held at La Thuile, Italy
- Cosmic ray physics in calculations of cosmological structure formation
T. A. Enßlin, M. Jubelgas, C. Pfrommer, V. Springel,
2006, in: Rencontres de Moriond: Contents and Structures of the Universe,
Proceedings of a Conference held at La Thuile, Italy
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Magnetic fields in clusters of galaxies
T. A. Enßlin, C. Vogt, C. Pfrommer
2004, in: The Magnetized Plasma in Galaxy Evolution,
Proceedings of a Conference held at Krakow, Poland
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Magnetic fields and cosmic rays in cooling flows
T. A. Enßlin, C. Vogt, C. Pfrommer
2003, in: The Riddle of Cooling Flows in Galaxies and Clusters of
Galaxies,
Proceedings of a Conference held at Charlottesville, VA USA
Theses
Habilitation Thesis
Interfacing high-energy astrophysics and cosmological structure formation
C. Pfrommer
2014, Habilitation Thesis, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Germany
PhD Thesis
On the role of cosmic rays in clusters of galaxies
C. Pfrommer
2005, PhD Thesis, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
Diploma Thesis
Cosmological weak lensing of the cosmic microwave background
by large scale structures
also available in PS format (5 MB)
C. Pfrommer
2002, Diploma Thesis, Friedrich-Schiller Universität Jena, Germany
Popular Articles
A Cloak of Invincibility?
April 2008
J. L. Dursi and C. Pfrommer
Glowing in the Cold - New Theory for Mysterious Shining in Clusters of Galaxies
September 2003
C. Pfrommer and T. A. Enßlin
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