Acceleration by relativistic shock fronts
Both a semi-analytic treatment and Monte-Carlo simulations of the problem of test particle acceleration at an ultra-relativistic shock predict a power-law spectrum of index d ln f/d ln p approximate to -4.2, where f is the phase space density and p the particle momentum. A brief review is given of t...
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| description | Both a semi-analytic treatment and Monte-Carlo simulations of the problem of test particle acceleration at an ultra-relativistic shock predict a power-law spectrum of index d ln f/d ln p approximate to -4.2, where f is the phase space density and p the particle momentum. A brief review is given of this result, together with a discussion of its robustness and relevance to observations. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:b65b0cb2-94fe-4d22-8769-d34a56e1bd782022-03-27T04:40:22ZAcceleration by relativistic shock frontsConference itemhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_5794uuid:b65b0cb2-94fe-4d22-8769-d34a56e1bd78Symplectic Elements at Oxford2002Kirk, JBoth a semi-analytic treatment and Monte-Carlo simulations of the problem of test particle acceleration at an ultra-relativistic shock predict a power-law spectrum of index d ln f/d ln p approximate to -4.2, where f is the phase space density and p the particle momentum. A brief review is given of this result, together with a discussion of its robustness and relevance to observations. |
| spellingShingle | Kirk, J Acceleration by relativistic shock fronts |
| title | Acceleration by relativistic shock fronts |
| title_full | Acceleration by relativistic shock fronts |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Acceleration by relativistic shock fronts |
| title_short | Acceleration by relativistic shock fronts |
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