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The maximum momentum of particles accelerated at cosmic ray modified shocks

Astrophysics 2008-11-26 v1

Abstract

Particle acceleration at non-relativistic shocks can be very efficient, leading to the appearance of non-linear effects due to the dynamical reaction of the accelerated particles on the shock structure and to the non-linear amplification of the magnetic field in the shock vicinity. The value of the maximum momentum pmaxp_{max} in these circumstances cannot be estimated using the classical results obtained within the framework of test particle approaches. We provide here the first attempt at estimating pmaxp_{max} in the cosmic ray modified regime, taking into account the non-linear effects mentioned above.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0612424,
  title  = {The maximum momentum of particles accelerated at cosmic ray modified shocks},
  author = {Pasquale Blasi and Elena Amato and Damiano Caprioli},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0612424},
  year   = {2008}
}

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15 Pages, 2 figures, MNRAS in press