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Collisionless shock waves, ubiquitous in the universe, are crucial for particle acceleration in various astrophysical systems. Currently, the heliosphere is the only natural environment available for their in situ study. In this work, we…

We revisit in the framework of the classical theory the problem of the accelerated motion of an electron, taking into account the effect of the radiation emission. We present results for the momentum and energy of the electromagnetic field…

Classical Physics · Physics 2018-11-21 Mihai Dondera

Recently using Particle-In-Cell simulations i.e. in the kinetic plasma description Tsiklauri et al. and G\'enot et al. reported on a discovery of a new mechanism of parallel electric field generation, which results in electron acceleration.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 David Tsiklauri

A statistical survey of 26 major electron events during the period 2002 February through the end of solar cycle 23 is presented. We have obtained electron solar onset times and the peak flux spectra for each event by fitting to a powerlaw…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-05-27 C. Li , C. J. Owen , S. A. Matthews , Y. Dai , Y. H. Tang

Electrons are accelerated at the shock wave diffuse and advect outward, and subsequently drift away into the emitting region of the jet that is located in the downstream flow from the plane shock. The current work considers the acceleration…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-09-15 X. X. Xie , K. R. Zhu , S. J. Kang , Y. G. Zheng

It has been noted for a long time that the spectra of observed continuum emissions in many solar flares are consistent with double power laws with a hardening at energies $\sim > $ 300 keV. It is now largely believed that at least in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Gang. Li , XiangLiang Kong , Gary Zank , Yao Chen

Efficient acceleration of cosmic rays (via the mechanism of diffusive shock acceleration) requires turbulent, amplified magnetic fields in the shock's upstream region. We present results of multidimensional particle-in-cell simulations…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-11-20 Thomas Stroman , Martin Pohl , Jacek Niemiec

The process of cosmic ray first-order Fermi acceleration at relativistic shock waves is studied with the method of Monte Carlo simulations. The simulations are based on numerical integration of particle equations of motion in a turbulent…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Jacek Niemiec , Michal Ostrowski

This paper presents an analysis of the radiation seen by an observer in circular acceleration, for a magnetic spin. This is applied to an electron in a storage ring, and the subtilty of the interaction of the spin with the spatial motion of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 W. G. Unruh

We investigate the influence of coherent structures on particle acceleration in the strongly turbulent solar corona. By randomizing the Fourier phases of a pseudo-spectral simulation of isotropic MHD turbulence (Re $\sim 300$), and tracing…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Kaspar Arzner , Bernard Knaepen , Daniele Carati , Nicolas Denewet , Loukas Vlahos

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

A fast-mode shock can form in the front of reconnection outflows and has been suggested as a promising site for particle acceleration in solar flares. Recent development of magnetic reconnection has shown that numerous plasmoids can be…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-05-25 Xiangliang Kong , Fan Guo , Chengcai Shen , Bin Chen , Yao Chen , Joe Giacalone

Using our new 3-D relativistic electromagnetic particle (REMP) code parallelized with MPI, we investigated long-term particle acceleration associated with a relativistic electron-positron jet propagating in an unmagnetized ambient…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-01-26 K. -I. Nishikawa , J. Niemiec , M. Medvedev , B. Zhang , P. Hardee , A. Nordlund , J. Frederiksen , Y. Mizuno , H. Sol , M. Pohl , D. H. Hartmann , M. Oka , G. J. Fishman

Observations relating the characteristics of electrons seen near Earth (SEPs) and those producing flare radiation show that in certain (prompt) events the origin of both population appears to be the flare site, which show strong correlation…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-12 Vahe' Petrosian

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

We use fully kinetic particle-in-cell simulations with unprecedentedly large transverse box sizes to study particle acceleration in weakly-magnetized mildly relativistic shocks traveling at a velocity $\approx 0.75c$ and a Mach number of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-04-10 Patrick Crumley , Damiano Caprioli , Sera Markoff , Anatoly Spitkovsky

Shocks in astrophysical transients are key sites of particle acceleration. If the shock upstream is optically thick, radiation smoothens the velocity discontinuity at the shock (radiation-mediated shocks). However, in mildly magnetized…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-12 Shunke Ai , Irene Tamborra

Centrifugal acceleration of charged test particles at the base of a rotating jet magnetosphere is considered. Based on an analysis of forces we derive the equation for the radial accelerated motion and present an analytical solution. It is…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 F. M. Rieger , K. Mannheim

We carried out detailed analysis of X-ray and radio observations of a simple flare loop that occurred on 12th August 2002, with the impulsive hard X-ray (HXR) light curves dominated by a single pulse. The emission spectra of the early…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 I. N. Sharykin , S. Liu , L. Fletcher

The Magnetic cloud boundary layer (BL) is a dynamic region formed by the interaction of the magnetic cloud (MC) and the ambient solar wind. In the present study, we comparatively investigate the proton and electron mean flux variations in…

Space Physics · Physics 2012-06-26 Y. Wang , F. S. Wei , X. S. Feng , P. B. Zuo , J. P. Guo , X. J. Xu , Z. Li