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Spurious contribution to CR scattering calculations

Astrophysics 2011-05-12 v1

Abstract

The quasilinear theory for cosmic ray propagation is a well known and widely accepted theory. In this paper, we discuss the different contributions to the pitch-angle Fokker-Planck coefficient from large and small scales for slab geometry using the damping model of dynamical turbulence. These examinations will give us a hint on the limitation range where quasilinear approximation is a good approximation.

Cite

@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0411074,
  title  = {Spurious contribution to CR scattering calculations},
  author = {A. Shalchi and H. Yan and A. Lazarian},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0411074},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

5 pages, 2 figures, accepted to MNRAS

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