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无碰撞相对论喷流中粒子加速、磁场产生和伴随发射

Particle Acceleration, Magnetic Field Generation, and Associated Emission in Collisionless Relativistic Jets

K. -I. Nishikawa, Y. Mizuno, G. J. Fishman, P. Hardee

摘要:

从包含相对论喷流和激波的天体物理系统观测到的非热辐射,例如,活动星系核(AGN)、伽马射线暴(GRB)和银河系微类星体系统通常具有幂律发射光谱。最近使用注入的相对论电子-离子(正负电子)射流的PIC模拟表明,加速发生在下游射流。激波加速是天体物理等离子体中普遍存在的现象。等离子体波及其相关的不稳定性(例如,Buneman不稳定性,其他两个流不稳定性,和韦伯不稳定性)中创建的冲击负责粒子(电子,正电子,和离子)加速。模拟结果表明,韦伯不稳定性是负责产生和放大高度不均匀,小尺度磁场。这些磁场有助于电子在喷射头后面的横向偏转。来自偏转电子的"抖动“辐射与同步辐射具有不同的性质,同步辐射假定有均匀的磁场。这种抖动辐射对于理解伽马射线暴、相对论喷流和超新星遗迹中复杂的时间演化和/或光谱结构可能是重要的。

英文摘要:

Nonthermal radiation observed from astrophysical systems containing relativistic jets and shocks, e.g., active galactic nuclei (AGNs), gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), and Galactic microquasar systems usually have power-law emission spectra. Recent PIC simulations using injected relativistic electron-ion (electro-positron) jets show that acceleration occurs within the downstream jet. Shock acceleration is a ubiquitous phenomenon in astrophysical plasmas. Plasma waves and their associated instabilities (e.g., the Buneman instability, other two-streaming instability, and the Weibel instability) created in the shocks are responsible for particle (electron, positron, and ion) acceleration. The simulation results show that the Weibel instability is responsible for generating and amplifying highly nonuniform, small-scale magnetic fields. These magnetic fields contribute to the electron's transverse deflection behind the jet head. The ``jitter'' radiation from deflected electrons has different properties than synchrotron radiation which assumes a uniform magnetic field. This jitter radiation may be important to understanding the complex time evolution and/or spectral structure in gamma-ray bursts, relativistic jets, and supernova remnants.

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