Simulation of Relativistic Shocks and Associated Self-consistent Radiation
Abstract
We calculated radiation from electrons propagating in a uniform parallel magnetic field to verify our technique. We also used our new technique to calculate emission from electrons in small simulation systems with three different Lorentz factors and ambient parallel magnetic fields. We obtained spectra which are consistent with those generated by electrons propagating in turbulent magnetic fields, that are generated at an early nonlinear stage of the Weibel instability.
- Publication:
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Deciphering the Ancient Universe with Gamma-ray Bursts
- Pub Date:
- October 2010
- DOI:
- 10.1063/1.3509279
- arXiv:
- arXiv:0912.1583
- Bibcode:
- 2010AIPC.1279..261N
- Keywords:
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- interstellar magnetic fields;
- synchrotron radiation;
- astrophysical jets;
- 96.50.Bh;
- 41.60.Ap;
- 98.38.Fs;
- Interplanetary magnetic fields;
- Synchrotron radiation;
- Jets outflows and bipolar flows;
- Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
- E-Print:
- submitted to 2009 Fermi Symposium and eConf Proceedings C091122