Particle acceleration by multiple parallel shocks
Astrophysics
2007-12-12 v1
Abstract
We present both numerical and semi-analytical results on test-particle acceleration in multiple parallel shocks. We apply a kinetic Monte Carlo code and an eigenfunction expansion method to calculate the distribution functions for electron populations accelerated in subsequent parallel shocks with speeds ranging from non- to fully-relativistic. We examine the levels of particle anisotropy at the shocks and discuss the implications for AGN and microquasar jets.
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Cite
@article{arxiv.0712.1749,
title = {Particle acceleration by multiple parallel shocks},
author = {Joni Tammi and Paul Dempsey},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0712.1749},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
4 pages, 6 figures. Proceedings of a talk in the ICRC 2007