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A theory of electron injection into diffusive shock acceleration (DSA) for the generation of cosmic-ray electrons at collisionless shocks is presented. We consider a recently proposed particle acceleration mechanism called stochastic shock…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-03-30 Takanobu Amano , Masahiro Hoshino

We present results from a fully relativistic Monte Carlo simulation of diffusive shock acceleration (DSA) in unmodified (i.e., test-particle) shocks. The computer code uses a single algorithmic sequence to smoothly span the range from…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Donald C. Ellison

Diffusive shock acceleration (DSA), as an acceleration process for Galactic electrons at the solar wind termination shock (TS), is investigated with a comprehensive numerical model which incorporates shock-acceleration, particle drifts and…

Space Physics · Physics 2017-11-30 M. S. Potgieter , P. L. Prinsloo , R. D. Strauss

Shock waves propagating in collisionless heliospheric and astrophysical plasmas have been studied extensively over the decades. One prime motivation is to understand the nonthermal particle acceleration at shocks. Although the theory of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-09-09 T. Amano , Y. Matsumoto , A. Bohdan , O. Kobzar , S. Matsukiyo , M. Oka , J. Niemiec , M. Pohl , M. Hoshino

We present the model of cosmic rays acceleration at ultrarelativistic subshocks and confront it with the observations of gamma-ray bursts and blazars. We investigate cosmic rays acceleration in shocks with Lorentz factors in the range 3 -…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Janusz Bednarz

The momentum distribution of particles accelerated at strong non-relativistic shocks may be influenced by the spatial distribution of the flow speed around the shock. This phenomenon becomes evident in the cosmic-ray modified shock, where…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-08-14 O. Petruk , T. Kuzyo

It has been long believed that oblique and quasi-perpendicular configurations in supernova remnants (SNRs) were inefficient at injecting ions into diffusive shock acceleration (DSA), and that the highest energy Galactic cosmic rays (CRs)…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-02-05 Emily Simon , Damiano Caprioli , Colby Haggerty , Brian Reville

The physics of Cosmic ray (CR) transport remains a key uncertainty in assessing whether CRs can produce galaxy-scale outflows consistent with observations. In this paper, we elucidate the physics of CR-driven galactic winds for CR transport…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-11-24 Eliot Quataert , Todd A. Thompson , Yan-Fei Jiang

Observations of large-scale radio emissions prove the existence of shock accelerated cosmic-ray electrons in galaxy clusters, while the lack of detected $\gamma$-rays limits the acceleration of cosmic-ray protons in galaxy clusters. This…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-04-22 Denis Wittor , Franco Vazza , Dongsu Ryu , Hyesung Kang

We present a more accurate numerical scheme for the calculation of diffusive shock acceleration of cosmic rays using Stochastic Differential Equations. The accuracy of this scheme is demonstrated using a simple analytical flow profile that…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-03-17 A. Achterberg , K. M. Schure

We present an analytical description of the energetics of the population of cosmic accretion shocks, for a concordance cosmology. We calculate how the shock-processed accretion power and mass current are distributed among different shock…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-11 Vasiliki Pavlidou , Brian D. Fields

Strong non-relativistic shocks are known to accelerate particles up to relativistic energies. However, for Diffusive Shock Acceleration electrons must have a highly suprathermal energy, implying a need for very efficient pre-acceleration.…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2023-10-24 Karol Fulat , Artem Bohdan , Gabriel Torralba Paz , Martin Pohl

Diffusive shock acceleration (DSA) at relativistic shocks is widely thought to be an important acceleration mechanism in various astrophysical jet sources, including radio-loud active galactic nuclei such as blazars. Such acceleration can…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-09-21 Matthew G. Baring , Markus Böttcher , Errol J. Summerlin

A correct description of cosmic-ray (CR) diffusion in turbulent plasma is essential for many astrophysical and heliospheric problems. This paper aims to present physical diffusion behavior of CRs in actual turbulent magnetic fields, model…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-16 Siyao Xu , Huirong Yan

Cosmological shock waves result from supersonic flow motions induced by hierarchical clustering of nonlinear structures in the universe. These shocks govern the nature of cosmic plasma through thermalization of gas and acceleration of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Hyesung Kang , Dongsu Ryu , Renyue Cen , J. P. Ostriker

We have modeled the injection and acceleration of pickup ions at the solar wind termination shock and investigated the parameters needed to produce the observed Anomalous Cosmic Ray (ACR) fluxes. A non-linear Monte Carlo technique was…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 Donald C. Ellison , Frank C. Jones , Matthew G. Baring

The first-order cosmic ray acceleration at ultrarelativistic shocks is investigated using the Monte Carlo method. We apply a method of discrete particle momentum scattering as a model of particle pitch angle diffusion to reproduce highly…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. Bednarz

We have simulated the evolution of non-thermal cosmic ray electrons (CREs) in 3D relativistic magneto hydrodynamic (MHD) jets evolved up to a height of 9 kpc. The CREs have been evolved in space and in energy concurrently with the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-10-25 Dipanjan Mukherjee , Gianluigi Bodo , Paola Rossi , Andrea Mignone , Bhargav Vaidya

Galactic cosmic rays (CR) are particles presumably accelerated in supernova remnant shocks that propagate in the interstellar medium up to the densest parts of molecular clouds, losing energy and their ionisation efficiency because of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-05-25 M. Padovani , A. Marcowith , P. Hennebelle , K. Ferrière

Non-relativistic shocks accelerate ions to highly relativistic energies provided that the orientation of the magnetic field is closely aligned with the shock normal (quasi-parallel shock configuration). In contrast, quasi-perpendicular…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-06-13 M. Pais , C. Pfrommer , K. Ehlert , R. Pakmor