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强湍流磁场中电子辐射的极化

Polarization of radiation of electrons in highly turbulent magnetic fields

A. Yu. Prosekin, S. R. Kelner, F. A. Aharonian

摘要:

研究了电子在高度湍流的各向异性磁场中产生的抖动和同步辐射的偏振特性。净极化由磁场的几何形状提供,其方向平行于某个平面。这种情况可能出现在相对论激波中,在磁场通过所谓的韦伯不稳定性放大的过程中。虽然抖动辐射的偏振特性允许提取关于湍流光谱以及磁场几何形状的直接信息,但是同步辐射的偏振反映了磁场在其强度上的分布。对于各向同性分布的单能电子,我们发现同步辐射的偏振度大于抖动辐射的偏振度。对于电子能量的幂律分布,同步加速器的偏振度与抖动辐射之间的关系取决于该分布的光谱指数。

英文摘要:

We study the polarization properties of the jitter and synchrotron radiation produced by electrons in highly turbulent anisotropic magnetic fields. The net polarization is provided by the geometry of the magnetic field the directions of which are parallel to a certain plane. Such conditions may appear in the relativistic shocks during the amplification of the magnetic field through the so-called Weibel instability. While the polarization properties of the jitter radiation allows extraction of direct information on the turbulence spectrum as well as the geometry of magnetic field, the polarization of the synchrotron radiation reflects the distribution of the magnetic field over its strength. For the isotropic distribution of monoenergetic electrons, we found that the degree of polarization of the synchrotron radiation is larger than the polarization of the jitter radiation. For the power-law energy distribution of electrons the relation between the degree of polarization of synchrotron and jitter radiation depends on the spectral index of the distribution.

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