Particle acceleration mechanisms
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Particle acceleration mechanisms
In this paper we review the possible mechanisms for production of non-thermal electrons which are responsible for the observed non-thermal radiation in clusters of galaxies. Our primary focus is on non-thermal Bremsstrahlung and inverse Compton scattering, that produce hard X-ray emission. We first give a brief review of acceleration mechanisms and point out that in most astrophysical situation...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
سال: 1994
ISSN: 0067-0049,1538-4365
DOI: 10.1086/191869