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相对论激波全三维模拟中的韦伯不稳定性和相关强场

Weibel instability and associated strong fields in a fully 3D simulation of a relativistic shock

K. -I. Nishikawa, J. Niemiec, P. E. Hardee, M. Medvedev, H. Sol, Y. Mizuno, B. Zhang, M. Pohl, M. Oka, D. H. Hartmann

摘要:

等离子体不稳定性(例如,Buneman,Weibel和其他双流不稳定性)在无碰撞冲击中激发,是粒子(电子,正电子和离子)加速的原因。利用一种新的三维相对论粒子模拟程序,研究了非磁化相对论正负电子喷流在非磁化正负电子等离子体中传播时的粒子加速和激波结构。为了研究韦伯不稳定性、粒子加速机制和激波结构的非线性阶段,使用了一个长的模拟系统进行了模拟。冷喷流电子被热化和减慢,而周围的电子被扫起来,以创建一个部分发展的流体动力学(HD)一样的激波结构。在先导冲击中,电子密度在模拟帧中增加了3.5倍。在尾激波中产生强电磁场,并提供发射点。我们讨论了我们的模拟结果在活动星系核和伽玛暴背景下的可能影响。

英文摘要:

Plasma instabilities (e.g., Buneman, Weibel and other two-stream instabilities) excited in collisionless shocks are responsible for particle (electron, positron, and ion) acceleration. Using a new 3-D relativistic particle-in-cell code, we have investigated the particle acceleration and shock structure associated with an unmagnetized relativistic electron-positron jet propagating into an unmagnetized electron-positron plasma. The simulation has been performed using a long simulation system in order to study the nonlinear stages of the Weibel instability, the particle acceleration mechanism, and the shock structure. Cold jet electrons are thermalized and slowed while the ambient electrons are swept up to create a partially developed hydrodynamic (HD) like shock structure. In the leading shock, electron density increases by a factor of 3.5 in the simulation frame. Strong electromagnetic fields are generated in the trailing shock and provide an emission site. We discuss the possible implication of our simulation results within the AGN and GRB context.

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