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相对论激波的相干辐射效率

The Efficiency of Coherent Radiation from Relativistic Shocks

Takanobu Amano, Masanori Iwamoto, Yosuke Matsumoto, Masahiro Hoshino

摘要:

本文讨论了磁化无碰撞等离子体中天体物理相对论激波产生强电磁波发射的机制。在磁化激波处,粒子被激波压缩的磁场反射,产生环状动量分布,引起等离子体不稳定性。同步脉泽不稳定性(SMI)激发时,将产生强相干的高频电磁波,而韦伯不稳定性(WI)为主导模式时,将产生非传播的磁涨落。这个问题在天体物理学上有很大的意义,因为如果发射出强烈的辐射,与上游介质的相互作用会产生一个大振幅的静电场(或尾场),这可能对超高能宇宙射线的加速起作用。我们回顾了我们最近的努力,以测量电磁波发射效率使用完全自洽的,二维(2D)的粒子在细胞(PIC)模拟对等离子体。我们发现,在2D的发射效率是系统低于一维(1D)PIC模拟结果。然而,即使当WI活动以产生大幅度磁波动时,功率仍然有限。简要讨论了目前的结果的天体物理意义。

英文摘要:

We discuss a mechanism for intense electromagnetic wave emission at an astrophysical relativistic shock in a magnetized collisionless plasma. At the magnetized shock, the particle reflection by a compressed magnetic field of the shock produces a ring-like distribution in momentum, which gives rise to plasma instabilities. Intense and coherent high-frequency electromagnetic waves will be emitted if the synchrotron maser instability (SMI) is excited, whereas non-propagating magnetic fluctuations will be generated when the Weibel instability (WI) is the dominant mode. The problem is of great astrophysical interest because if intense radiation is emitted, the interaction with the upstream medium induces a large-amplitude electrostatic field (or Wakefield), which may play a role for the acceleration of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays. We review our recent effort to measure the efficiency of the electromagnetic wave emission using fully self-consistent, two-dimensional (2D) particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations for pair plasmas. We found that the emission efficiency in 2D was systematically lower than one dimensional (1D) PIC simulation results. However, the power remains finite even when the WI is active to generate large-amplitude magnetic fluctuations. Astrophysical implications of the present results are briefly discussed.

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