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Diffusive shock acceleration: non-classical model of cosmic ray transport

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena 2025-10-08 v2

Abstract

In this work the theory of diffusive shock acceleration is extended to the case of non-classical particle transport with L\'{e}vy flights and L\'{e}vy traps, when the mean square displacement grows nonlinearly with time. In this approach the Green function is not a Gaussian but it exhibits power-law tails. By using the propagator appropriate for non-classical diffusion, it is found for the first time that energy spectral index of particles accelerated at shock front is γ=[α(r+5)6β]/[α(r1)]\gamma = [\alpha (\mathrm{r} + 5) - 6 \beta]/[\alpha(\mathrm{r}-1)], where 0<α<20 < \alpha < 2 and 0<β<10 <\beta < 1 are the exponents of power-law behavior of L\'{e}vy flights and L\'{e}vy traps, respectively. We note that this result coincides with standard slope at α=2,β=1\alpha=2, \beta=1 (normal diffusion), and also includes those obtained earlier for the subdiffusion (α=2,β<1\alpha=2, \beta<1) and superdiffusion (α<2,β=1\alpha<2, \beta=1) regimes.

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@article{arxiv.2509.03091,
  title  = {Diffusive shock acceleration: non-classical model of cosmic ray transport},
  author = {A. A. Lagutin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.03091},
  year   = {2025}
}

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17 pages, the 5th International Symposium on Cosmic Rays and Astrophysics (ISCRA-2025)

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