Acceleration of UHE Cosmic Ray Particles at Relativistic Jets in Extragalactic Radio Sources
Abstract
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A mechanism of ultra-high energy (UHE) cosmic ray acceleration in extragalactic radio sources at the interface between the relativistic jet and the ambient medium is discussed as a supplement to the shock acceleration in `hot spots'. Particles accelerated at the jet side boundary are expected to dominate at highest energies. The spectrum formation near the cut-off energy is modeled using the Monte Carlo particle simulations.
TeX, 5 pages + 4 postscript figures; to be published in Proc. ICRR Symposium on Extremely High Energy Cosmic Rays, ed. M. Nagano, Tanashi
TeX, 5 pages + 4 postscript figures; to be published in Proc. ICRR Symposium on Extremely High Energy Cosmic Rays, ed. M. Nagano, Tanashi