A new hypothesis of cosmic ray generation in plasma pinches.
Abstract
The author presents a hypothesis for the birth of galactic cosmic rays in cosmic plasma pinches resulting from neck-type contractions that force plasma to jet outwards. It is shown that the accelerated particle energy, E, has a power law dependency dN/dE ∝ E-s with index s = 1+√3 = 2.732 at the moment of neck breaking or pinch disruption. This value coincides with an observed galactic cosmic ray index s = 2.7. This result coroborates other evidence for the existence of electric currents in cosmic plasma.
- Publication:
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IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
- Pub Date:
- December 1992
- DOI:
- 10.1109/27.199547
- Bibcode:
- 1992ITPS...20..898T
- Keywords:
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- Cosmic Plasma;
- Galactic Cosmic Rays;
- Plasma Currents;
- Plasma Pinch;
- Electric Current;
- Particle Acceleration;
- Astrophysics