Acceleration and transport of energetic charged particles in space

DOI10.1023/A:1012212417410MaRDI QIDQ5952676zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors J. R. Jokipii

Publication date 2001

Published in Astrophysics and Space Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1012212417410

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Ionized gas flow in electromagnetic fields; plasmic flow (76X05) Motion of charged particles (78A35) Hydrodynamic and hydromagnetic problems in astronomy and astrophysics (85A30)

Review text

The observed energy spectrum of charged energetic particles (cosmic rays) seems to be quite smooth. This suggests a common mechanism responsible for particles of all energies up to \(10^{20}\)\,eV energies or more. The arrival directions are distributed evenly, the observed anisotropies are quite small even at energies of the order of \(10^{18}\)\,eV. Here various scenarios of acceleration are discussed, among others the second-order Fermi acceleration, shocks and cosmic-ray viscosity. It is concluded that the most likely mechanism of acceleration of the most energetic particles to high energies is the diffusive shock acceleration. The benefit of this mechanism is that it produces a power-law energy spectrum with a spectral index very insensitive to parameters, and it is close in magnitude to that observed in a variety of contexts. It is also reasonably fast and efficient. As one example of the success of this picture the cosmic rays of the heliosphere are discussed.

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