Collisionless shocks and particle acceleration: Lessons from studies of heliospheric shocks
Abstract
Acceleration processes at astrophysical collisionless shocks are reviewed with a special emphasis on the importance of in situ observations of heliospheric shocks. Topics to be included are nonlinear reaction of shock acceleration process, effect of neutral particles, and electron acceleration.
- Publication:
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Advances in Plasma Astrophysics
- Pub Date:
- June 2011
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S174392131100696X
- Bibcode:
- 2011IAUS..274..214T
- Keywords:
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- heliosphere;
- diffusive shock acceleration;
- cosmic rays;
- nonlinearity;
- supernova remnants;
- whistler waves