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

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Donald C. Ellison , Glen P. Double

We consider the problem of nonparametric estimation of the drift and diffusion coefficients of a Stochastic Differential Equation (SDE), based on $n$ independent replicates $\left\{X_i(t)\::\: t\in [0,1]\right\}_{1 \leq i \leq n}$, observed…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2023-11-28 Neda Mohammadi , Leonardo Santoro , Victor M. Panaretos

We have performed 2D hybrid simulations of non-relativistic collisionless shocks in the presence of pre-existing energetic particles ("seeds"); such a study applies, for instance, to the re-acceleration of Galactic cosmic rays (CRs) in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-07-18 Damiano Caprioli , Horace Zhang , Anatoly Spitkovsky

In this review, an overview of the recent history of stochastic differential equations (SDEs) in application to particle transport problems in space physics and astrophysics is given. The aim is to present a helpful working guide to the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-03-31 R. Du Toit Strauss , Frederic Effenberger

In this paper a spatially resolved, fully self-consistent SSC model is presented. The observable spectral energy distribution (SED) evolves entirely from a low energetic delta distribution of injected electrons by means of the implemented…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-07-19 Stephan Richter , Felix Spanier

We introduce a novel numerical scheme for solving the Fokker-Planck equation of discretized Dean-Kawasaki models with a functional tensor network ansatz. The Dean-Kawasaki model describes density fluctuations of interacting particle…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-02-06 Xun Tang , Lexing Ying

(abridged) We present results of test-particle simulations on both the first and the second order Fermi acceleration at relativistic parallel shock waves. We consider two scenarios for particle injection: (i) particles injected at the shock…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Joni J. P. Virtanen , Rami Vainio

We consider the numerical approximation of general semilinear parabolic stochastic partial differential equations (SPDEs) driven by additive space-time noise. In contrast to the standard time stepping methods which uses basic increments of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2010-05-31 Gabriel J. Lord , Antoine Tambue

Particle acceleration at astrophysical shocks may be very efficient if magnetic scattering is self-generated by the same particles. This nonlinear process adds to the nonlinear modification of the shock due to the dynamical reaction of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Elena Amato , Pasquale Blasi

Diffusive shock acceleration at collisionless shocks is thought to be the source of many of the energetic particles observed in space. Large-scale spatial variations of the magnetic field has been shown to be important in understanding…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-20 F. Guo , J. R. Jokipii , J. Kota

Motivated by recent applications of superdiffusive transport models to shock-accelerated particle distributions in the heliosphere, we solve analytically a one-dimensional fractional diffusion-advection equation for the particle density. We…

Space Physics · Physics 2015-06-23 Yuri E. Litvinenko , Frederic Effenberger

Reaction-diffusion equations (RDEs) are often derived as continuum limits of lattice-based discrete models. Recently, a discrete model which allows the rates of movement, proliferation and death to depend upon whether the agents are…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2021-05-19 Yifei Li , Peter van Heijster , Matthew J. Simpson , Martin Wechselberger

We reexamine nonlinear diffusive shock acceleration (DSA) at cosmological shocks in the large scale structure of the Universe, incorporating wave-particle interactions that are expected to operate in collisionless shocks. Adopting simple…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-12 Hyesung Kang , Dongsu Ryu

The observed energy spectra of accelerated particles at interplanetary shocks often do not match the diffusive shock acceleration (DSA) theory predictions. In some cases, the particle flux forms a plateau over a wide range of energies,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-10-29 Mikhail Malkov , Joe Giacalone , Fan Guo

Low sonic Mach number shocks form in the intracluster medium (ICM) during the formation of the large-scale structure of the universe. Nonthermal cosmic-ray (CR) protons are expected to be accelerated via diffusive shock acceleration (DSA)…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-10-02 Dongsu Ryu , Hyesung Kang , Ji-Hoon Ha

The existence and uniqueness of measure-valued solutions to stochastic nonlinear, non-local Fokker-Planck equations is proven. This type of stochastic PDE is shown to arise in the mean field limit of weakly interacting diffusions with…

Probability · Mathematics 2021-03-30 Michele Coghi , Benjamin Gess

We report studies on first-order Fermi acceleration in parallel modified shock waves with a large scattering center compression ratio expected from turbulence transmission models. Using a Monte Carlo technique we have modeled particle…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Joni J. P. Virtanen , Rami Vainio

We describe a semi-analytical approach to non-linear diffusive shock acceleration in the case in which nuclei other than protons are also accelerated. The structure of the shock is determined by the complex interplay of all nuclei, and in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2010-11-10 D. Caprioli , P. Blasi , E. Amato

Direct comparisons of diffusive particle acceleration numerical simulations have been made against Monte Carlo and hybrid plasma simulations by Ellison {\it et. al.} (1993) and against observations at the earth's bow shock presented by…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 Hyesung Kang , T. W. Jones

We study stochastic motion under a nonlinear frictional force that levels off with increasing velocity. Specifically, our frictional force is of the so-called Coulomb-tanh type. At small speed, it increases approximately linearly with…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2023-12-13 Theo Lequy , Andreas M. Menzel