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Seventy measurements of electron heating at the Earth's quasi-perpendicular bow shock are analyzed in terms of Maxwellian-temperatures obtained from fits to the core electrons that separate thermal heating from supra-thermal acceleration.…

Space Physics · Physics 2013-01-25 David Sundkvist , Forrest Mozer

Supernova remnants are believed to be the major contributors to Galactic cosmic rays. In this paper, we explore how the non-thermal emission from young remnants can be used to probe the production of energetic particles at the shock (both…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-19 Gilles Ferrand , Anne Decourchelle , Samar Safi-Harb

We show that resonant electron transport in semiconductor superlattices with an applied electric and tilted magnetic field can, surprisingly, become more pronounced as the lattice and conduction electron temperature increases from 4.2 K to…

Electrons can be accelerated to ultrarelativistic energies at strong (high-Mach number) collisionless shock waves that form when stellar debris rapidly expands after a supernova. Collisionless shock waves also form in the flow of particles…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-12 A. Masters , L. Stawarz , M. Fujimoto , S. J. Schwartz , N. Sergis , M. F. Thomsen , A. Retinò , H. Hasegawa , G. R. Lewis , A. J. Coates , P. Canu , M. K. Dougherty

Experimental observations of thermionic electron emission demonstrate a smooth transition between TL and FSCL regions of the emitted-current-density-versus-temperature (J-T) (Miram) curve and the emitted-current-density-versus-voltage (J-V)…

The process that allows cosmic rays to escape from their sources and be released into the Galaxy is still largely unknown. The comparison between cosmic-ray electron and proton spectra measured at Earth suggests that electrons are released…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-10-14 Giovanni Morlino , Silvia Celli

We show that the spectral shape of the low energy tails found for the time-integrated spectra of gamma-ray bursts, even in the absence of strong synchrotron cooling, can be significantly softer than the $\nu F_\nu \propto \nu^{4/3}$…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 James Chiang

Latest observational reports of solar flares reveal some uncommon features of microwave spectra, such as unusually hard (or even positive) spectra, and/or a super-high peak frequency. For a better understanding of these features, we conduct…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-01-30 Zhao Wu , Yao Chen , Hao Ning , Xiangliang Kong , Jeongwoo Lee

Suprathermal electrons and inertial drifting electrons, so called electron beam, are crucial to the nonlinear dynamics of electrostatic solitary waves observed in several astrophysical plasmas. In this paper, the propagation of…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2018-04-27 Ashkbiz Danehkar

Electron-acoustic waves occur in space and laboratory plasmas where two distinct electron populations exist, namely cool and hot electrons. The observations revealed that the hot electron distribution often has a long-tailed suprathermal…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2017-10-24 Ashkbiz Danehkar

Nonthermal electrons accelerated in solar flares produce electromagnetic emission in two distinct, highly complementary domains - hard X-rays (HXRs) and microwaves (MWs). This paper reports MW imaging spectroscopy observations from the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-04-29 Natsuha Kuroda , Gregory D. Fleishman , Dale E. Gary , Gelu M. Nita , Bin Chen , Sijie Yu

The prompt emission of gamma-ray bursts has yet defied any simple explanation, despite the presence of a rich observational material and great theoretical efforts. Here we show that all the types of spectral evolution and spectral shapes…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Felix Ryde

The 10^51 ergs released in a supernova have far reaching consequences in the galaxy, determining elemental abundances, accelerating cosmic rays, and affecting the makeup of the interstellar medium. Recently the spectra of several supernova…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Kristy K. Dyer , Stephen P. Reynolds , Kazik J. Borkowski , Robert Petre

Recently, a number of peculiar flares have been reported, which demonstrate significant non-thermal particle signatures with a low, if any, thermal emission, that implies close association of the observed emission with the primary energy…

Using Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) observations at the Earth's quasi-parallel bow shock we demonstrate that electrons are heated by two different mechanisms: a quasi-adiabatic heating process during magnetic field compression,…

Space Physics · Physics 2020-12-09 Krzysztof Stasiewicz , Bengt Eliasson

Cosmology models predict that external accretion shocks form in the outer region of galaxy clusters due to supersonic gas infall from filaments and voids in the cosmic web. They are characterized by high sonic and Alfv\'enic Mach numbers,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-02-08 Ji-Hoon Ha , Dongsu Ryu , Hyesung Kang

We consider the synchrotron spectrum produced by mildly-to-highly relativistic collisionless shocks. Simple analytic formulae are derived for the break frequencies (peak frequency, self-absorption frequency, synchrotron and inverse Compton…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-12-03 Gilad Sadeh

Supernova remnants may exhibit both thermal and nonthermal X-ray emission. Such remnants can be distinguished by the weakness of their X-ray lines, because of the presence of a strong nonthermal X-ray continuum. RCW 86 is a remnant with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 K. J. Borkowski , J. Rho , S. P. Reynolds , K. K. Dyer

Non-equilibrium of electrons, phonons, and magnons in metals is a fundamental phenomenon in condensed matter physics and serves as an important driver in the field of ultrafast magnetism. In this work, we demonstrate that the magnetization…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-02-19 Hyejin Jang , Johannes Kimling , David G. Cahill

Energetic electrons are a common feature of interplanetary shocks and planetary bow shocks, and they are invoked as a key component of models of nonthermal radio emission, such as solar radio bursts. A simulation study is carried out of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 D. Burgess