Cosmic ray acceleration by shocks: spectral steepening due to turbulent magnetic field amplification

We show that the energy required to turbulently amplify magnetic field during cosmic ray (CR) acceleration by shocks extracts energy from the CR and steepens the CR energy spectrum.

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Main Authors: Bell, A, Matthews, J, Blundell, K
Format: Journal article
Published: Oxford University Press 2019
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description We show that the energy required to turbulently amplify magnetic field during cosmic ray (CR) acceleration by shocks extracts energy from the CR and steepens the CR energy spectrum.
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spelling oxford-uuid:9c1bf3cf-0c07-4e94-9d18-7424b4f68f7f2022-03-27T00:33:45ZCosmic ray acceleration by shocks: spectral steepening due to turbulent magnetic field amplificationJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:9c1bf3cf-0c07-4e94-9d18-7424b4f68f7fSymplectic Elements at OxfordOxford University Press2019Bell, AMatthews, JBlundell, KWe show that the energy required to turbulently amplify magnetic field during cosmic ray (CR) acceleration by shocks extracts energy from the CR and steepens the CR energy spectrum.
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Cosmic ray acceleration by shocks: spectral steepening due to turbulent magnetic field amplification
title Cosmic ray acceleration by shocks: spectral steepening due to turbulent magnetic field amplification
title_full Cosmic ray acceleration by shocks: spectral steepening due to turbulent magnetic field amplification
title_fullStr Cosmic ray acceleration by shocks: spectral steepening due to turbulent magnetic field amplification
title_full_unstemmed Cosmic ray acceleration by shocks: spectral steepening due to turbulent magnetic field amplification
title_short Cosmic ray acceleration by shocks: spectral steepening due to turbulent magnetic field amplification
title_sort cosmic ray acceleration by shocks spectral steepening due to turbulent magnetic field amplification
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