Surfatron and stochastic acceleration of electrons at supernova remnant shocks.
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The surfatron offers the possibility of particle acceleration to arbitrarily high energies, given a sufficiently large system. Surfatron acceleration of electrons by waves excited by ions reflected from supernova remnant (SNR) shocks is investigated using particle simulations. It is shown that surfatron and stochastic acceleration could provide a seed population for the acceleration of cosmic ray electrons at SNR shocks.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Physical review letters
دوره 87 25 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2001