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We develop a model for stochastic acceleration of electrons in solar flares. As in several previous models, the electrons are accelerated by turbulent fast magnetosonic waves ("fast waves") via transit-time-damping (TTD) interactions. (In…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 Peera Pongkitiwanichakul , Benjamin D. G. Chandran

Relativistic sources, e.g. gamma-ray bursts, pulsar wind nebulae and powerful active galactic nuclei produce relativistic outflows that lead to the formation of collisionless shock waves, where particle acceleration is thought to take…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-03 Martin Lemoine , Guy Pelletier

The conversion of magnetic energy into other forms during solar flares is one of the outstanding open problems in solar physics. It is generally accepted that magnetic reconnection plays a crucial role in these conversion processes. To…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2017-09-20 Alexei Borissov , Eduard P. Kontar , James Threlfall , Thomas Neukirch

Context: Solar flares accelerate electrons, creating non-thermal energy distributions. However, the acceleration sites and dominant acceleration mechanisms remain largely unknown. Aims: We study the characteristics of electron acceleration…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-12 Eilif S. Øyre , Boris V. Gudiksen , Lyndsay Fletcher

The aim of this study is to generate maps of the hard X-ray emission produced by energetic electrons in a solar flare and compare them with observations. The ultimate goal is to test the viability of the combined MHD/test-particle approach…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-11-04 Mykola Gordovskyy , Philippa K. Browning , Satoshi Inoue , Eduard P. Kontar , Kanya Kusano , Grigory E. Vekstein

We consider particle acceleration to high energy via diffusive shock acceleration in a simple, self-consistent shock in jet model for blazars. Electrons are assumed to be accelerated at a shock front in relativistic jets and radiate…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 F. M. Rieger , J. G. Kirk , A. Mastichiadis

We present a unified computational framework which can be used to describe impulsive flares on the Sun and on dMe stars. The models assume that the flare impulsive phase is caused by a beam of charged particles that is accelerated in the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-19 Joel C. Allred , Adam F. Kowalski , Mats Carlsson

As shown by broad-band observations, pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe) are characterized by a broken power-law spectrum of synchrotron emission. Based on the modern magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence theories, we investigate the re-acceleration…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-02-13 Siyao Xu , Noel Klingler , Oleg Kargaltsev , Bing Zhang

We conduct 3D magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations of decaying turbulence in the solar wind context. To account for the spherical expansion of the solar wind, we implement the expanding box model. The initial turbulence comprises…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-01-27 Chen Shi , Nikos Sioulas , Zesen Huang , Marco Velli , Anna Tenerani , Victor Réville

Acceleration and transport of high-energy particles and fluid dynamics of atmospheric plasma are interrelated aspects of solar flares. We present here self-consistently combined Fokker-Planck modeling of particles and hydrodynamic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-28 Wei Liu , Vahe Petrosian , John T. Mariska

This proceedings paper reports on the theoretical modelling of particle acceleration in magnetised turbulent plasmas. It briefly reviews some recent findings obtained from fully kinetic numerical simulations of large-amplitude, semi to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-12-18 M. Lemoine

The evolution of the solar neutrino flux which is described by the wave function $\Psi^T=(\nu_{eL},\nu_{XL}, \overline{\nu}_{eL}, \overline{\nu}_{XL})$ is examined. Our treatment of the problem holds for any standard model (SM) extensions…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2017-12-06 O. M. Boyarkin , I. O. Boyarkina

The instability and nonlinear evolution of directional ocean waves is investigated numerically by means of simulations of the governing kinetic equation for narrow-band surface waves. Our simulation results reveal the onset of the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2015-05-14 Bengt Eliasson , Padma K. Shukla

The effects of turbulence on the mixing of gases and dust in the outer Solar nebula are examined using 3-D MHD calculations in the shearing-box approximation with vertical stratification. The turbulence is driven by the magneto-rotational…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 N. J. Turner , K. Willacy , G. Bryden , H. W. Yorke

A major open issue concerning the active Sun is the effectiveness with which magnetic reconnection accelerates electrons in flares. A paper published by {\em{Nature}} in 2022 used microwave observations to conclude that the Sun is an almost…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-10 Anna Volpara , Paolo Massa , Michele Piana , Anna Maria Massone , A Gordon Emslie

The author presents a model for variability of the flux and polarization of blazars in which turbulent plasma flowing at a relativistic speed down a jet crosses a standing conical shock. The shock compresses the plasma and accelerates…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-18 Alan P. Marscher

Turbulent flows in the solar wind, large scale current sheets, multiple current sheets, and shock waves lead to the formation of environments in which a dense network of current sheets is established and sustains "turbulent reconnection".…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-17 Loukas Vlahos , Theophilos Pisokas , Heinz Isliker , Vassilios Tsiolis , Anastasios Anastasiadis

We undertake an investigation of particle acceleration in the context of non-linear electrodynamics. We deduce the maximum energy that an electron can gain in a non-linear density wave in a magnetised plasma, and we show that an electron…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-04-21 David A. Burton , Stephen P. Flood , Haibao Wen

A major uncertainty in the structure and dynamics of magnetized, radiation pressure dominated neutron star accretion columns in X-ray pulsars and pulsating ultraluminous X-ray sources is that they are thought to be subject to the photon…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-10-07 Lizhong Zhang , Omer Blaes , Yan-Fei Jiang

While solar flares are primarily associated with enhanced ultraviolet and X-ray emission, a subset of flares exhibit significant continuum brightening in visible light and are classified as white-light flares (WLFs). Despite extensive…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-01 Samuel Granovsky , Alexander G. Kosovichev , Irina N. Kitiashvili , Alan A. Wray
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