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1.
V. G. Kryvdyk 《Kinematics and Physics of Celestial Bodies》2009,25(6):277-301
We investigate a transformation of a magnetic field and plasma in nonhomogeneous magnetospheres of collapsing stars with a
dipole initial magnetic field and certain initial energy distributions of particles in the magnetosphere as the power low,
relativistic Maxwell and Boltzmann. The betatron mechanism of the charged particles acceleration in a collapsing star’s magnetosphere
is considered. When a magnetized star is compressed in the stage of the gravitational collapse, the magnetic field increases
strongly. This variable magnetic field generates a vortical electric field. Our calculations show that this electric field
will accelerate charged particles up to relativistic velocities. Thus, collapsing stars may be sources of high energy cosmic
rays in our galaxy as in others. The acceleration of particles during the collapse happens mostly in polar regions of the
magnetosphere that leads to polar relativistic streams (jets) formation. When moving in a magnetic field, these particles
will generate nonthermal electromagnetic radiation in a broad electromagnetic wavelength band from radioto gamma rays. Thus,
in the stage of the gravitational collapse, relativistic jets are formed in stellar magnetospheres. These jets are powerful
sources of the nonthermal electromagnetic radiation. 相似文献
2.
Active galactic nuclei and pulsars as cosmic ray sources 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
N.S. Kardashev 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2001,326(3):1122-1126
Relativistic e± particles and cosmic rays are accelerated in the magnetospheres of supermassive black holes and neutron stars. The possibility of synchrotron radiation with extremely high intensity inside the deepest regions of magnetospheres is investigated. Very high brightness temperatures are expected for such radiation by relativistic protons, which can be made even higher in the presence of non-stationary conditions, Doppler boosting and coherent processes. The main parameters for models of such high-brightness-temperature radiation are determined. Two types of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) are expected. One type is associated with the acceleration and ejection of relativistic e± particles only (probably non-IDV sources and FR-I radio galaxies). The second type of AGN is also associated with e± acceleration, but is dominated by the contribution of relativistic protons (probably IDV sources and FR-II radio galaxies). Analogous objects for pulsars are plerion and shell supernova remnants with neutron stars or pulsars without synchrotron nebulae, respectively. 相似文献
3.
Wolfgang Kundt 《Astrophysics and Space Science》1983,90(1):59-66
Within the more than 30 yr of cosmic ray astrophysics, neither their origin nor their precise mode of propagation have found undisputable explanations. Among the favoured boosters have been point sources, like supernovae and pulsars, as well as extended sources, like cosmic clouds and supernova remnants. Extended sources have been proposed by Fermi (1949), and pushed more recently by a number of investigators because of the huge available reservoirs, and because repetitive shock acceleration can generate power law spectra which are similar to the ones observed (Axfordet al., 1977; Bell, 1978; Blandford and Ostriker, 1978; Krymsky, 1977). Yet the shock acceleration model cannot easily be adjusted to achieve particle energies in excess of some critical energy, of order 104±1 GeV (Völket al., 1981). For this and several other reasons, the suggestion is revived that neutron stars are the dominant source of high-energy cosmic rays. To be more precise: the (relativistic) ionic component of the cosmic rays is argued to be injected by young binary neutron stars (?105 yr) whose rotating magnetospheres act like grindstones in the wind of their companion (Kundt, 1976). The high-energy (?30 GeV) electron-positron component may be generated by young pulsars (?105 yr) and by collision processes, and the electron component below 30 GeV predominantly by supernova remnants. 相似文献
4.
E. V. Derishev F. A. Aharonian V. V. Kocharovsky Vl. V. Kocharovsky 《Astrophysics and Space Science》2005,297(1-4):21-30
We discuss the properties of gamma-ray radiation accompanying the acceleration of cosmic rays via the converter mechanism.
The mechanism exploits multiple photon-induced conversions of high-energy particles from charged into neutral state (namely,
protons to neutrons and electrons to photons) and back. Because a particle in the neutral state can freely cross the magnetic
field lines, this allows to avoid both particle losses downstream and reduction in the energy gain factor, which normally
takes place due to highly collimated distribution of accelerated particles. The converter mechanism efficiently operates in
relativistic outflows under the conditions typical for Active Galactic Nuclei, Gamma-Ray Bursts, and microquasars, where it
outperforms the standard diffusive shock acceleration.
The accompanying radiation has a number of distinctive features, such as an increase of the maximum energy of synchrotron
photons and peculiar radiation beam-pattern, whose opening angle is much wider at larger photon energies. This provides an
opportunity to observe off-axis relativistic jets in GeV–TeV energy range. One of the implications is the possibility to explain
high-latitude unidentified EGRET sources as off-axis but otherwise typical relativistic-jet sources, such as blazars. 相似文献
5.
The propagation of energetic particles in the interplanetary space is considered on the basis of kinetic equation describing
the scattering of charged particles by magnetic irregularities and the particle focusing by regular magnetic field. Our analysis
confirms that angular distribution of solar cosmic rays contains a valuable information about properties of the particle scattering
in the interplanetary magnetic field. Steady state solutions of the kinetic equation are applied to the analysis of solar
proton events. 相似文献
6.
Estelle Asseo Alain Riazuelo 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2000,318(4):983-1004
The properties of waves able to propagate in a relativistic pair plasma are at the basis of the interpretation of several astrophysical observations. For instance, they are invoked in relation to radio emission processes in pulsar magnetospheres and to radiation mechanisms for relativistic radio jets. In such physical environments, pair plasma particles probably have relativistic, or even ultrarelativistic, temperatures. Besides, the presence of an extremely strong magnetic field in the emission region constrains the particles to one-dimensional motion: all the charged particles strictly move along magnetic field lines.
We take anisotropic effects and relativistic effects into account by choosing one-dimensional relativistic Jűttner–Synge distribution functions to characterize the distribution of electrons and/or positrons in a relativistic, anisotropic pair plasma. The dielectric tensor, from which the dispersion relation associated with plane wave perturbations of such a pair plasma is derived, involves specific coefficients that depend on the distribution function of particles. A precise determination of these coefficients, using the relativistic one-dimensional Jűttner–Synge distribution function, allows us to obtain the appropriate dispersion relation. The properties of waves able to propagate in anisotropic relativistic pair plasmas are deduced from this dispersion relation. The conditions in which a beam and a plasma, both ultrarelativistic, may interact and trigger off a two-stream instability are obtained from this same dispersion relation. Two astrophysical applications are discussed. 相似文献
We take anisotropic effects and relativistic effects into account by choosing one-dimensional relativistic Jűttner–Synge distribution functions to characterize the distribution of electrons and/or positrons in a relativistic, anisotropic pair plasma. The dielectric tensor, from which the dispersion relation associated with plane wave perturbations of such a pair plasma is derived, involves specific coefficients that depend on the distribution function of particles. A precise determination of these coefficients, using the relativistic one-dimensional Jűttner–Synge distribution function, allows us to obtain the appropriate dispersion relation. The properties of waves able to propagate in anisotropic relativistic pair plasmas are deduced from this dispersion relation. The conditions in which a beam and a plasma, both ultrarelativistic, may interact and trigger off a two-stream instability are obtained from this same dispersion relation. Two astrophysical applications are discussed. 相似文献
7.
Statistical acceleration of cosmic rays in a turbulent medium is considered. Charged particles are assumed to acquire energy in a bounded region of space and leave the acceleration region due to spatial diffusion caused by the scattering of cosmic rays in turbulent magnetic fields. Analytical solutions of the cosmic ray transport equation are obtained and equilibrium space-energy distributions of high-energy particles are studied in the acceleration region and beyond. 相似文献
8.
We consider the electron—positron plasma generation processes in the magnetospheres of magnetars—neutron stars with strong surface magnetic fields, B ? 1014–1015 G. We show that the photon splitting in a magnetic field, which is effective at large field strengths, does not lead to the suppression of plasma multiplication, but manifests itself in a high polarization of γ-ray photons. A high magnetic field strength does not give rise to the second generation of particles produced by synchrotron photons. However, the density of the first-generation particles produced by curvature photons in the magnetospheres of magnetars can exceed the density of the same particles in the magnetospheres of ordinary radio pulsars. The plasma generation inefficiency can be attributed only to slow magnetar rotation, which causes the energy range of the produced particles to narrow. We have found a boundary in the \(P - \dot P\) diagram that defines the plasma generation threshold in a magnetar magnetosphere. 相似文献
9.
With the ionization rate of neutral particles caused by cosmic rays and balanced by the recombination rate of ions for a cold, weakly ionized fluid threaded by stressed magnetic fields, we show that a local perturbation can evolve to a traveling wave with its perturbed quantities growing with time so long as the drift velocity between neutrals and ions is comparable to the Alfven speed of the fluid. Since the large drift velocity is one of the key assumptions to drive this instability, we name it the “drag instability”. We suggest that the drag instability might occur in the regions where magnetic fields are highly stressed such as a C-shock front or a collapsing proto-stellar cloud. 相似文献
10.
In this concise review of the recent developments in relativistic shock theory in the Universe we restrict ourselves to shocks
that do not exhibit quantum effects. On the other hand, emphasis is given to the formation of shocks under both non-magnetised
and magnetised conditions. We only briefly discuss particle acceleration in relativistic shocks where much of the results
are still preliminary. Analytical theory is rather limited in predicting the real shock structure. Kinetic instability theory
is briefed including its predictions and limitations. A recent self-similar relativistic shock theory is described which predicts
the average long-term shock behaviour to be magnetised and to cause reasonable power-law distributions for energetic particles.
The main focus in this review is on numerical experiments on highly relativistic shocks in (i) pair and (ii) electron-nucleon
plasmas and their limitations. These simulations do not validate all predictions of analytic and self-similar theory and so
far they do not solve the injection problem and the self-modification by self-generated cosmic rays. The main results of the
numerical experiments discussed in this review are: (i) a confirmation of shock evolution in non-magnetised relativistic plasma
in 3D due to either the lepton-Weibel instability (in pair plasmas) or to the ion-Weibel instability; (ii) the sensitive dependence
of shock formation on upstream magnetisation which causes suppression of Weibel modes for large upstream magnetisation ratios
σ>10−3; (iii) the sensitive dependence of particle dynamics on the upstream magnetic inclination angle θ
Bn
, where particles of θ
Bn
>34° cannot escape upstream, leading to the distinction between ‘subluminal’ and ‘superluminal’ shocks; (iv) particles in
ultra-relativistic shocks can hardly overturn the shock and escape to upstream; they may oscillate around the shock ramp for
a long time, so to speak ‘surfing it’ and thereby becoming accelerated by a kind of SDA; (v) these particles form a power-law
tail on the downstream distribution; their limitations are pointed out; (vi) recently developed methods permit the calculation
of the radiation spectra emitted by the downstream high-energy particles; (vii) the Weibel-generated downstream magnetic fields
form large-amplitude vortices which could be advected by the downstream flow to large distances from the shock and possibly
contribute to an extended strong field region; (viii) if cosmic rays are included, Bell-like modes can generate upstream magnetic
turbulence at short and, by diffusive re-coupling, also long wavelengths in nearly parallel magnetic field shocks; (ix) advection
of such large-amplitude waves should cause periodic reformation of the quasi-parallel shock and eject large-amplitude magnetic
field vortices downstream where they contribute to turbulence and to maintaining an extended region of large magnetic fields. 相似文献
11.
V. S. Ptuskin 《Astrophysics and Space Science》1979,61(2):259-265
A modification of the diffusional motion of cosmic rays in a large scale turbulent field is considered. The partial dragging of particles in the arbitrarily wandering magnetic field lines may lead to the creation of a new regime of diffusion of cosmic rays in the Galaxy. 相似文献
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O. B. Sushchov O. O. Kobzar B. I. Hnatyk V. V. Marchenko 《Kinematics and Physics of Celestial Bodies》2012,28(6):270-279
The propagation of ultra high energy cosmic rays in Galactic and extragalactic magnetic fields is investigated in the present paper. The motion of charged particles of different energies and chemical composition is simulated using different Galactic magnetic field models. Positions for the real sources of events registered at the Auger observatory are calculated taking into account the influence of both Galactic and extragalactic turbulent fields. The possibility of their correlation with the Centaurus A radio galaxy is analyzed. 相似文献
13.
E. Martínez-Gómez H. J. Durand-Manterola H. Pérez de Tejada 《Astrophysics and Space Science》2007,310(3-4):211-230
A model is presented to describe the energization of charged particles in planetary magnetospheres. The model is based on
the stochastic acceleration produced by a random electric field that is induced by the magnetic field fluctuations measured
within the magnetospheres. The stochastic behavior of the electric field is simulated through a Monte Carlo method. We solve
the equation of motion for a single charged particle—which comprises the stochastic acceleration due to the stochastic electric
field, the Lorentz acceleration (containing the local magnetic field and the corotational electric field) and the gravitational
planetary acceleration of the particle—under several initial conditions. The initial conditions include the ion species and
the velocity distribution of the particles which depends on the sources they come from (solar wind, ionospheres, rings and
satellites). We applied this model to Saturn’s inner magnetosphere using a sample of particles (H+, H2O+, N+, O+ and OH+) initially located on Saturn’s north pole, above the C-Ring, on the south pole of Enceladus, in the north pole of Dione and
above the E-Ring. The results show that the particles tend to increase the value of their energy with time reaching several
eV in a few seconds and the large energization is observed far from the planet. We can distinguish three main energization
regions within Saturn’s inner magnetosphere: minimum (Saturn’s ionosphere), intermediate (Dione) and high-energy (Enceladus
and the E-ring). The resulting energy spectrum follows a power-law distribution (>1 keV), a logistic, an exponential decay
or an asymmetric sigmoidal (<1 keV). 相似文献
14.
V. S. Ptuskin 《Astrophysics and Space Science》1981,76(2):265-278
The influence of relativistic particles on the dispersion properties of a cosmic plasma are considered. Use is made of the equation of magneto-hydrodynamics for the thermal plasma and the diffusion equation for cosmic rays. The mechanism of dissipation of the waves due to the diffusion of cosmic rays is shown to be predominant for magneto acoustic waves in the interstellar medium. 相似文献
15.
Reuven Opher 《Astrophysics and Space Science》1997,256(1-2):37-50
We discuss some of the major areas in astronomy and cosmology where plasma physics is important: (1) origin of stars; (2) distortions of the microwave background radiation; (3) expansion rate of the Early Universe; (4) the magnetic fields and relativistic electrons in jets; (5) the collimation of jets; (6) the origin of stellar winds; (7) the origin of filaments and clouds not gravitationally bound; and (8) the origin of cosmic rays. 相似文献
16.
Matter collapsing to a singularity in a gravitational field is still an intriguing question. Similar situation arises when
discussing the very early universe or a universe recollapsing to a singularity. It was suggested that inclusion of mutual
gravitational interactions among the collapsing particles can avert a singularity and give finite value for various physical
quantities. We also discussed how inclusion of large dark energy term compensates for the net gravity. The discussion is taken
further by including the effects of charge, magnetic fields and rotation. The role of large extra dimensions under the extreme
initial conditions is discussed and possible connection with the cyclic brane theory is explored. We constrain various cosmic
quantities like the net charge, number density of magnetic monopoles, primordial magnetic fields, size of the extra dimensions,
etc. We are also able to arrive at the parameters governing the observed universe. 相似文献
17.
On the origin of highest energy cosmic rays 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
In this paper we show that the conventional diffusive shock acceleration mechanism for cosmic rays associated with relativistic astrophysical shocks in active galactic nuclei (AGNs) has severe difficulties to explain the highest energy cosmic ray events. We show that protons above around 2 x 1020 eV could have marginally been produced by this mechanism in an AGN or a rich galaxy cluster not further away than around 100 Mpc. However, for the highest energy Fly's Eye and Yakutsk events this is inconsistent with the observed arrival directions. Galactic and intergalactic magnetic fields appear unable to alter the direction of such energetic particles by more than a few degrees. We also discuss some other options for these events associated with relativistic particles including pulsar acceleration of high Z nuclei. At the present stage of knowledge the concept of topological defects left over from the early universe as the source for such events appears to be a promising option. Such sources are discussed and possible tests of this hypothesis are proposed. 相似文献
18.
We consider the transfer of radiation and calculate the force of its pressure in the electron gyroresonance line in the atmospheres of magnetic degenerate stars. We specify the atmospheric parameters for which an outflow of plasma is possible under radiation pressure in the cyclotron line. We show that the permittivity tensor of a mildly relativistic plasma in a strong magnetic field found by applying relativistic corrections to the cyclotron resonance condition and by taking into account the vacuum polarization and recoil effects during photon scattering should be used to obtain proper results. We have determined the real and imaginary parts of the refractive indices and the polarization coefficients for normal electromagnetic waves when scattering dominates over absorption. Relativistic effects, which change greatly the dispersion and resonant absorption of waves propagating almost perpendicular to the magnetic field, and vacuum polarization have been found to change qualitatively the gyroresonance radiation spectrum and pressure for a wide range of parameters of stellar magnetospheres. 相似文献
19.
Neophytos Messios Demetrios B. Papadopoulos Nikolaos Stergioulas 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2001,328(4):1161-1168
Strong magnetic fields in relativistic stars can be a cause of crust fracturing, resulting in the excitation of global torsional oscillations. Such oscillations could become observable in gravitational waves or in high-energy radiation, thus becoming a tool for probing the equation of state of relativistic stars. As the eigenfrequency of torsional oscillation modes is affected by the presence of a strong magnetic field, we study torsional modes in magnetized relativistic stars. We derive the linearized perturbation equations that govern torsional oscillations coupled to the oscillations of a magnetic field, when variations in the metric are neglected (Cowling approximation). The oscillations are described by a single two-dimensional wave equation, which can be solved as a boundary-value problem to obtain eigenfrequencies. We find that, in the non-magnetized case, typical oscillation periods of the fundamental torsional modes can be nearly a factor of 2 larger for relativistic stars than previously computed in the Newtonian limit. For magnetized stars, we show that the influence of the magnetic field is highly dependent on the assumed magnetic field configuration, and simple estimates obtained previously in the literature cannot be used for identifying normal modes observationally. 相似文献
20.
Vadim Urpin 《Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy》2017,38(3):41
The magnetospheres around neutron stars should be very particular because of their strong magnetic field and rapid rotation. A study of the pulsar magnetospheres is of crucial importance since it is the key issue to understand how energy outflow to the exterior is produced. In this paper, we discuss magnetohydrodynamic processes in the pulsar magnetosphere. We consider in detail the properties of magnetohydrodynamic waves that can exist in the magnetosphere and their instabilities. These instabilities lead to formation of magnetic structures and can be responsible for short-term variability of the pulsar emission. 相似文献