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Submitted Articles      

  1. 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, submitted

  2. On the Cluster Physics of Sunyaev-Zel'dovich 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
    2011, ApJ, submitted

  3. On the Cluster Physics of Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Surveys II: Deconstructing the Thermal SZ Power Spectrum
    N. Battaglia, J. R. Bond, C. Pfrommer, J. L. Sievers
    2011, ApJ, submitted



Refereed Publications      

  1. Galactic winds driven by cosmic-ray streaming
    M. Uhlig, C. Pfrommer, M. Sharma, B. B. Nath, T. A. Enßlin, V. Springel
    2012, MNRAS, in print

  2. The Lyman-α forest in a blazar-heated Universe
    E. Puchwein, C. Pfrommer, V. Springel, A. E. Broderick, and P. Chang
    2012, MNRAS, in print

  3. The Cosmological Impact of Luminous TeV Blazars III: Implications for Galaxy Clusters and the Formation of Dwarf Galaxies
    C. Pfrommer, P. Chang, and A. E. Broderick
    2012, ApJ, 752, 24

  4. The Cosmological Impact of Luminous TeV Blazars II: Rewriting the Thermal History of the Intergalactic Medium
    P. Chang, A. E. Broderick, and C. Pfrommer
    2012, ApJ, 752, 23

  5. 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, and C. Pfrommer
    2012, ApJ, 752, 22

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. Prospects of detecting gamma-ray emission from galaxy clusters: cosmic rays and dark matter annihilations
    A. Pinzke, C. Pfrommer, and L. Bergstrom
    2011, Phys. Rev. D, 84, 123509

  9. 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, and C. Pfrommer
    2011, MNRAS, 418, 960

  10. Radio Galaxy NGC 1265 unveils the Accretion Shock onto the Perseus Galaxy Cluster
    C. Pfrommer and T. W. Jones
    2011, ApJ, 730, 22

  11. Cosmic ray transport in galaxy clusters: implications for radio halos, gamma-ray signatures, and cool core heating
    T. A. Enßlin, C. Pfrommer, F. Miniati, and K. Subramanian
    2011, A&A, 527, 99

  12. 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, and C. Pfrommer
    2011, ApJL, 726, L6

  13. Detecting the orientation of magnetic fields in galaxy clusters
    C. Pfrommer and L. J. Dursi
    2010, Nature Phys. 6, 520

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. Simulations of the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Power Spectrum with AGN Feedback
    N. Battaglia, J. R. Bond, C. Pfrommer, J. L. Sievers, and D. Sijacki
    2010, ApJ, 725, 91

  17. 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

  18. 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

  19. Gamma-rays from dark matter annihilations strongly constrain the substructure in halos
    A. Pinzke, C. Pfrommer, and L. Bergström
    2009, Phys. Rev. Lett., 103, 181302

  20. Exploring the magnetized cosmic web through low frequency radio emission
    N. Battaglia, C. Pfrommer, J. L. Sievers, J. R. Bond, and T. A. Enßlin
    2009, MNRAS, 393, 1073

  21. Simulations of cosmic ray feedback by AGN in galaxy clusters
    D. Sijacki, C. Pfrommer, V. Springel, and T. A. Enßlin
    2008, MNRAS, 387, 1403

  22. Simulating cosmic rays in clusters of galaxies - III. Non-thermal scaling relations and comparison to observations
    C. Pfrommer
    2008, MNRAS, 385, 1242

  23. 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, and V. Springel
    2008, MNRAS, 385, 1211

  24. Draping of Cluster Magnetic Fields over Bullets and Bubbles - Morphology and Dynamic Effects
    J. L. Dursi and C. Pfrommer
    2008, ApJ, 677, 993

  25. Cosmic ray feedback in hydrodynamical simulations of galaxy formation
    M. Jubelgas, V. Springel, T. A. Enßlin, and C. Pfrommer
    2008, A&A, 481, 33

  26. Impact of tangled magnetic fields on AGN-blown bubbles
    M. Ruszkowski, T. A. Enßlin, M. Brüggen, S. Heinz, and C. Pfrommer
    2007, MNRAS, 378, 662

  27. 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, and K. Dolag
    2007, MNRAS, 378, 385

  28. Cosmic ray physics in calculations of cosmological structure formation
    T. A. Enßlin, C. Pfrommer, V. Springel, and M. Jubelgas
    2007, A&A, 473, 41

  29. Detecting shock waves in cosmological smoothed particle hydrodynamics simulations
    C. Pfrommer, V. Springel, T. A. Enßlin, and M. Jubelgas
    2006, MNRAS, 367, 113

  30. 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, and L. Hernquist
    2006, MNRAS, 370, 1309

  31. 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

  32. Radio emission of galaxy clusters
    I. Golombek, M. Bartelmann, T. A. Enßlin, M. Jubelgas, C. Pfrommer, and V. Springel
    2006, Astronomische Nachrichten, Vol.327, Issue 5/6, p.569
  33. Unveiling the composition of radio plasma bubbles in galaxy clusters with the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect
    C. Pfrommer, T. A. Enßlin, and C. L. Sarazin
    2005, A&A, 430, 799

  34. Redshift estimation of clusters by wavelet decomposition of their Sunyaev-Zel'dovich morphology
    B. M. Schäfer, C. Pfrommer, and S. Zaroubi
    2005, MNRAS, 362, 1418

  35. Statistical distribution of gravitational-lensing excursion angles: Winding ways to us from the deep universe
    T. Hamana, M. Bartelmann, N. Yoshida, and C. Pfrommer
    2005, MNRAS, 356, 829

  36. Estimating galaxy cluster magnetic fields by the classical and hadronic minimum energy criterion
    C. Pfrommer and T. A. Enßlin
    2004, MNRAS, 352, 76

  37. The quest for cosmic ray protons in galaxy clusters
    C. Pfrommer and T. A. Enßlin
    2004, JKAS, 37, 455

  38. 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

  39. 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      

  1. 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)

  2. 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)

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. Cosmic ray feedback in hydrodynamical simulations of galaxy and galaxy cluster formation
    C. Pfrommer, V. Springel, M. Jubelgas, and T. A. Enßlin
    2006, in: Cosmic Frontiers, Proceedings of a conference held at Durham University, UK

  10. Cosmological structure formation shocks and cosmic rays in hydrodynamical simulations
    C. Pfrommer, V. Springel, T. A. Enßlin, and 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

  11. 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

  12. Detecting shock waves in smoothed particle hydrodynamics simulations
    C. Pfrommer, V. Springel, T. A. Enßlin, and M. Jubelgas
    2006, in: Rencontres de Moriond: Contents and Structures of the Universe,
    Proceedings of a Conference held at La Thuile, Italy

  13. Cosmic ray physics in calculations of cosmological structure formation
    T. A. Enßlin, M. Jubelgas, C. Pfrommer, and V. Springel,
    2006, in: Rencontres de Moriond: Contents and Structures of the Universe,
    Proceedings of a Conference held at La Thuile, Italy

  14. Magnetic fields in clusters of galaxies
    T. A. Enßlin, C. Vogt, and C. Pfrommer
    2004, in: The Magnetized Plasma in Galaxy Evolution,
    Proceedings of a Conference held at Krakow, Poland

  15. Magnetic fields and cosmic rays in cooling flows
    T. A. Enßlin, C. Vogt, and 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      

    PhD Thesis
    On the role of cosmic rays in clusters of galaxies
    C. Pfrommer
    2005, PhD Thesis, Max-Planck-Institute for Astrophysics, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich


    Diploma Thesis
    Cosmological Weak Lensing of the Cosmic Microwave Background by Large Scale Structures
    C. Pfrommer
    2002, Diploma Thesis, Friedrich-Schiller University of Jena



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