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arXiv 2008.12308astro-ph.HEphysics.plasm-ph
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Cosmic-Ray修正激波的动力学模拟I:流体动力学

Kinetic Simulations of Cosmic-Ray-Modified Shocks I: Hydrodynamics

Colby C. Haggerty, Damiano Caprioli

摘要:

无碰撞等离子体激波是空间和天体物理系统中非热粒子加速的有效源。我们使用混合(动力离子-流体电子)模拟研究的非线性反馈的自生高能粒子(宇宙射线,CR)的冲击流体力学。当CR加速是有效的,我们发现的上游前体,其中流入的等离子体被压缩和加热,和下游后体,在CR和放大磁场的能通量发挥动力学作用的证据。这是第一次,我们评估如何在postcursor的非线性磁波动优先旅行远离冲击在大约当地阿尔文速度相对于下游等离子体。磁和CR能量相对于热等离子体的漂移大大增加了冲击压缩比相对于标准预测,特别是超过4的强冲击。这样的修改也对通过扩散冲击加速的粒子的光谱有影响,这是一个重要的结果,在一篇配套论文中详细描述,Caprioli,Haggerty & Blasi 2020,arXiv:2009.00007 [astro-ph.HE]。

英文摘要:

Collisionless plasma shocks are efficient sources of non-thermal particle acceleration in space and astrophysical systems. We use hybrid (kinetic ions -- fluid electrons) simulations to examine the non-linear feedback of the self-generated energetic particles (cosmic rays, CRs) on the shock hydrodynamics. When CR acceleration is efficient, we find evidence of both an upstream precursor, where the inflowing plasma is compressed and heated, and a downstream postcursor, where the energy flux in CRs and amplified magnetic fields play a dynamical role. For the first time, we assess how non-linear magnetic fluctuations in the postcursor preferentially travel away from the shock at roughly the local Alfvén speed with respect to the downstream plasma. The drift of both magnetic and CR energy with respect to the thermal plasma substantially increases the shock compression ratio with respect to the standard prediction, in particular exceeding 4 for strong shocks. Such modifications also have implications for the spectrum of the particles accelerated via diffusive shock acceleration, a significant result detailed in a companion paper, Caprioli, Haggerty & Blasi 2020, arXiv:2009.00007 [astro-ph.HE].

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