Ion leakage from quasiparallel collisionless shocks: implications for injection and shock dissipation

dc.creatorMalkov, M. A.
dc.date1998-06-25
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dc.descriptionA simplified model of particle transport at a quasiparallel one-dimensional collisionless shock is suggested. In this model the MHD-turbulence behind the shock is dominated by a circularly polarized, large amplitude Alfvén wave originated upstream from the turbulence excited by particles leaking from the downstream medium. It is argued that such a wave having significantly increased its magnetic field during the transmission through the shock interface can effectively trap thermal ions, regulating their leakage upstream. Together with a background turbulence this wave also plays a fundamental role in thermalization of the incoming ion flow. The spectrum of leaking particles and the amplitude of the wave excited by these particles are selfconsistently calculated. The injection rate into the first order Fermi acceleration based on this leakage mechanism is obtained and compared with computer simulations. The related problem of shock energy distribution between thermal and nonthermal components of the shocked plasma is discussed. The chemical composition of the leaking particles is studied.
dc.description20 pages, 8 PostScript figures, uses revtex, boxedeps.tex, to appear in Phys. Rev. E
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9806340
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9806340
dc.identifierPhys.Rev.E58:4911-4928,1998
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevE.58.4911
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/206996
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.subjectPlasma Physics
dc.titleIon leakage from quasiparallel collisionless shocks: implications for injection and shock dissipation
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