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When gamma-rays emerge from a central source they may undergo Compton scattering in surrounding matter. The resulting Compton-scattered electrons radiate. Coherent radiation by such Compton electrons follows nuclear explosions above the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. I. Katz

We perform time-dependent, 2DHD numerical simulations to study the dynamics of a slowly rotating accretion flow from sub-pc to pc scales under the irradiation from the central AGN. Compared to previous work, we improve the calculation of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-15 Chao Liu , Feng Yuan , Jeremiah P. Ostriker , Zhaoming Gan , Xiaohong Yang

In this paper we establish a formalism for the computation of observables due to acceleration-induced particle physics processes. General expressions for the transition rate, multiplicity, power, spectra, and displacement law of particles…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-07-16 Morgan H. Lynch

In the external shock model, gamma-ray burst (GRB) emissions are produced by the energization and deceleration of a thin relativistic blast wave due to its interactions with the circumburst medium (CBM). We study the physical properties of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Charles D. Dermer , Markus Boettcher , J. Chiang

The light curves of type I X-ray bursts (XRBs) result from energy released from the atmosphere of a neutron star when accreted hydrogen and helium ignite and burn explosively via the rp-process. Since charged particle reaction rates are…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 J. L. Fisker , E. Brown , M. Liebendoerfer , H. Schatz , F. -K. Thielemann

It has been argued that blobs ejected from advection-dominated accretion flow through the accretion-ejection instability undergo expansion due to their high internal energy density. The expanding blobs interact with their surroundings and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Jian-Min Wang , Masaaki Kusunose

We propose a new particle acceleration mechanism. Electron can be accelerated to relativistic energy within a few electromagnetic wave cycles through the mechanism which is named electromagnetic and magnetic field resonance acceleration…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Hong Liu , X. T. He , S. G. Chen , W. Y. Zhang

We developed a general method for assessing the evolution of the energy spectrum of relativistic charged particles that have undergone small quantum losses, such as the ionization losses when the electrons pass through matter and the…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2019-05-08 Eugene Bulyak , Nikolay Shul'ga

A high energy power law is a common feature in the spectra of many astrophysical objects. We show that the photons in a relativistic plasma with a variable Lorentz factor go through repeated scattering with electrons to gain energy. The…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-02-01 Mukesh K. Vyas , Asaf Pe'er

We present numerical simulations of cold, axisymmetric, magnetically driven relativistic outflows. The outflows are initially sub-Alfv\'enic and Poynting flux-dominated, with total--to--rest-mass energy flux ratio up to $\mu \sim 620$. To…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Maxim V. Barkov , Serguei S. Komissarov

We consider a radiation from a uniformly accelerating harmonic oscillator whose minimal coupling to the scalar field changes suddenly. The exact time evolutions of the quantum operators are given in terms of a classical solution of a forced…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-30 Hyeong-Chan Kim , Jae-Kwan Kim

The behavior of instantaneous and averaged vectors of the Poynting vector transverse component for the resulting field formed as a superposition of waves with different frequencies and different polarizations is considered. Results of…

Optics · Physics 2020-06-24 I. Mokhun , I. Bodyanchuk , K. Galushko , Y. Galushko , O. Val , Y. Viktorovskaya

Particle acceleration in relativistic shocks of electron-positron plasmas with proton admixture is investigated through two-dimensional (2D) particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations. The upstream plasma, with a bulk Lorentz factor of $10$ and a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-10-02 Huan Yu , Qi Xia , Jun Fang

A shock-accelerated particle flux \propto p^-s, where p is the particle momentum, follows from simple theoretical considerations of cosmic-ray acceleration at nonrelativistic shocks followed by rigidity-dependent escape into the Galactic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-05 Charles D. Dermer

Nature's most powerful high-energy sources are capable of accelerating particles to high energy and radiate it away on extremely short timescales, even shorter than the light crossing time of the system. It is yet unclear what physical…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2022-01-03 Luca Comisso , Lorenzo Sironi

We consider the synchrotron emission from relativistic shocks assuming that the radiating electrons cool rapidly (either through synchrotron or any other radiation mechanism). It is shown that the theory of synchrotron emission in the fast…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 E. V. Derishev

When applied to a dipole source subjected to acceleration which is violent and long lasting (``extreme acceleration''), Maxwell's equations predict radiative power which augments Larmor's classical radiation formula by a nontrivial amount.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-10-12 Ulrich H. Gerlach

We clarify how intense laser irradiation leads to an enhancement of rare processes that may occur within atoms. Non-perturbative calculation using a coherent laser beam gives an exact, time dependent formula of the enhancement factor in the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Yoshimura

After the clasical approach to acceleration of a charged particle by delta-form impulsive force, we consider the corresponding quantum theory based on the Volkov solution of the Dirac equation. We determine the modified Compton formula for…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 Miroslav Pardy

We study the narrowest spectra expected from gamma-ray bursts. We present an analytical function for the spectrum that is emitted from the photosphere of a radiation-dominated flow that is under acceleration. This is the narrowest possible…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-09-27 Felix Ryde , Christoffer Lundman , Zeynep Acuner