Cosmic ray acceleration by a supernova shock in a dense circumstellar plasma
Cosmic ray acceleration may occur at a supernova shock expanding into a circumstellar wind sustaining a Parker spiral magnetic field. Cosmic rays drift to the poles producing a large cosmic ray pressure which can generate polar density cavities through which cosmic rays escape upstream of the shock....
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2008
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