Particle Acceleration at Relativistic Shocks
| dc.creator | Gallant, Yves A. | |
| dc.date | 2002-01-15 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T02:02:16Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T02:02:16Z | |
| dc.description | I review the current status of Fermi acceleration theory at relativistic shocks. I first discuss the relativistic shock jump conditions, then describe the non-relativistic Fermi mechanism and the differences introduced by relativistic flows. I present numerical calculations of the accelerated particle spectrum, and examine the maximum energy attainable by this process. I briefly consider the minimum energy for Fermi acceleration, and a possible electron pre-acceleration mechanism. | |
| dc.description | 17 pages, 4 figures. To appear in "Relativistic Flows in Astrophysics", A.W. Guthmann, M. Georganopoulos, A. Marcowith and K. Manolokou, eds., Lecture Notes in Pysics, Springer Verlag | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0201243 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0201243 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/4027 | |
| dc.subject | Astrophysics | |
| dc.title | Particle Acceleration at Relativistic Shocks | |
| dc.type | text |