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We investigate the role of nonlinear Alfvén-wave interaction in the diffusive shock acceleration of solar-wind ions at the Earth’s bow shock. Allowance for the nonlinear wave interaction through induced scattering and two-quanta absorption at plasma parameters β≲0.1 is shown to limit the Alfvén-wave amplitude δB to δB≲B, whereas the quasi-linear approach predicts the generation of waves with amplitudes much larger than the diffusive shock magnetic field strength B. The nonlinear interaction results in spectral wave energy transfer to lower frequencies, which yields a significant increase in the particle acceleration rate. 相似文献
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A Staged Z-pinch (H.U. Rahman, F.J. Wessel, N. Rostoker, Phys. Rev. Lett. 74:714, 1995), configured for a 100 ns, 2 MJ implosion accelerator, is studied using the 2-1/2 D, radiation-MHD code, MACH2. The Z-pinch
is configured as a cylindrical, high-atomic number plasma shell that implodes radially onto a co-axial, plasma target, for
example: Xenon onto a 50:50 mixture of Deuterium-Tritium. During implosion a shock develops in the plasma liner, producing
a conduction channel at the Xe/DT interface as the mass Xe accumulates, and preheating the DT target. During subsequent acceleration
and compression the Xe/DT interface remains stable, even as the outer surface of the Xe shell develops RT instabilities. At
peak implosion the simulated fusion-energy yield is 7.6 MJ, producing an energy gain of 3.8. 相似文献
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Numerical integration of particle trajectories is performed to evaluate the statistical acceleration coefficients D
TT for 1 to 100 MeV protons in a solar wind corotating interaction region (CIR) seen at 2.5 and 5.0 AU. Acceleration is followed in the solar wind reference frame and is due to random wave-particle interactions and to random drift motion in moderate scale field gradients. D
TT due to the first effect reaches a peak value of 4 × 10 –7 MeV2 s–1 post shock at 10 MeV at 2.5 AU consistent with estimates based both upon cyclotron resonance and transit time damping theory. D
TT from the second effect is less well established but is of the order of 10–7 MeV2 s–1 at 10 MeV, 5 AU. A comparison is made between the time constant for statistical acceleration within this CIR and estimates for diffuse shock acceleration and adiabatic deceleration. All three time constants are of the same order, but deceleration is faster than shock acceleration which in turn is faster than statistical acceleration. 相似文献
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The expression for the cutoff momentum of CR, accelerated by the supernova blast wave is derived. Geometrical factors (finite increase with time shock size, slowing shock speed and CR adiabatic effect in the downstream region) are shown to determine the value of the cutoff momentum. These factors are stronger than the time restriction and have a significant dynamical effect: the supernova blast wave cannot be completely smoothed by the CR backreaction even at very high Mach numbers. The shock transition always includes a pure gas subshock which strongly influences CR acceleration and shock evolution. It is shown that maximum particle energy achievable during CR acceleration by supernova shock can be as large as max ≈ Z × 1015 eV, if the diffusion coefficient is as small as the Bohm limit. Due to nonlinear effect and adiabatic heating in the downstream region in the free expansion phase the actual value of max is an order of magnitude higher than that from previous estimates based on the plane-wave consideration and is high enough to consider CR diffusive acceleration in SNRs as a main source of galactic CR at least up to the knee energy 3 × 1015 eV. 相似文献
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Based on the observed dependence of the mean charge of several elements (C, O, Ne, Mg, Si and Fe) on energy for the gradual event of 6 November 1997 we deduce plasma parameters in the accelerating site. This is done in the framework of a charge-consistent acceleration model which incorporates ionisation and recombination processes during heavy ion energization by a parallel shock wave. To obtain good fits to observations we have to assume for the product of the characteristic acceleration time and number density T
q
ac
N (3–10) ×109 s cm–3 and temperature T=106 K of a plasma where all the elements under consideration originated. 相似文献
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Stirling A. Colgate 《Solar physics》1988,118(1-2):1-15
High energy phenomena on the surface of the Sun are manifestations of part of the solar dynamo cycle. Convection and magnetic field give rise to unstable, twisted flux loops that become solar flares when the resistive tearing mode proceeds to the nonlinear limit. If such twisted flux loops did not dissipate rapidly due to an enhanced resistivity, then the dynamo would not work. The act of dissipation leads to intense heating and acceleration leading to X-rays and accelerated particles. The particles in turn give rise to hard X-rays, gamma rays, neutrons, and solar cosmic rays. In high-energy astrophysics such phenomena occur in accretion disks around compact objects like black holes in quasars and SS433. The resulting acceleration may explain the observed extremely high-energy cosmic rays of up to 1020 eV and the high-energy gamma rays of 1012 to 1015 eV. These high energies are more readily explained by acceleration E parallel to B as opposed to stochastic shock acceleration. The anisotropy and localization of gamma rays from solar flares potentially may indicate which mechanism is prevalent. 相似文献
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We derive the expression for the ponderomotive force in the real multicomponent magnetospheric plasma containing heavy ions. The ponderomotive force considered includes the induced magnetic moment of all the species and arises due to inhomogeneity of the traveling low-frequency electromagnetic wave amplitude in the nonuniform medium. The nonlinear stationary force balance equation is obtained taking into account the gravitational and centrifugal forces for the plasma consisting of the electrons, protons and heavy ions (He+). The background geomagnetic field is taken for the dayside of the magnetosphere, where the magnetic field have magnetic “holes” (Antonova and Shabansky in Geomagn. Aeron. 8:639, 1968). The balance equation is solved numerically to obtain the nonlinear density distribution of ions (H+) in the presence of heavy ions (He+). It is shown that for frequencies less than the helium gyrofrequency at the equator the nonlinear plasma density perturbations are peaked in the vicinity of the equator due to the action of the ponderomotive force. A comparison of the cases of the dipole and dayside magnetosphere is provided. It is obtained that the presence of heavy ions leads to decrease of the proton density modification. 相似文献
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Jun-Ichi Sakai 《Solar physics》1989,120(1):117-124
We report on the results of plasma jet and shock formation during the current loop coalescence in solar flares. It is shown by a theoretical model based on the ideal MHD equation that the spiral, two-sided plasma jet can be explosively driven by the plasma rotational motion induced during the two current loop coalescence process. The maximum velocity of the jet can exceed the Alfvén velocity, depending on the plasma (= c
s
2
v
A
2
) ratio. The acceleration time getting to the maximum jet velocity is quite short and le than 1 s. The rebound following the plasma collapse driven by magnetic pinch effect can strongly induce super-Alfvénic flow. We present the condition of the shock formation. We briefly discuss the high-energy particle acceleration during the plasma collapse as well as by the shocks. 相似文献
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S. W. Kahler 《Solar physics》1984,90(1):133-138
In the second phase acceleration process the close time coincidence between the gradual hard X-ray burst and the type II shock wave is presumed due to shock acceleration of the electrons producing the gradual phase burst. We point out that recent studies of gradual hard X-ray bursts place the source heights well below the heights of 2–10 × 105 km traversed by the shock. Gradual phase energetic electrons therefore cannot be accelerated in the shock but must be produced elsewhere. We propose the loop systems of long decay X-ray events (LDEs) as the sites of the gradual phase electron production. 相似文献
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We solve the nonlinear problem of the dynamics of a steady-state, spherically symmetric stellar wind by taking into account particle acceleration to relativistic energies near the shock front. The particles are assumed to be accelerated through the Fermi mechanism, interacting with stellar-wind turbulence and crossing many times the shock front that separates the supersonic and subsonic stellar-wind regions. We take into account the influence of the accelerated particles on hydrodynamic plasma-flow parameters. Our method allows all hydrodynamic parameters of the shock front and plasma in the supersonic region to be determined in a self-consistent way and the accelerated-particle energy spectrum to be calculated. Our numerical and analytic calculations show that the plasma compression ratio at the shock front increases compared to the case where there are no relativistic particles and that the velocity profile in the supersonic region acquires a characteristic kink. The shape of the energy spectrum for the accelerated particles and their pressure near the front are essentially determined by the presumed dependence of the diffusion coefficient on particle energy, which, in turn, depends on the scale distribution of turbulent pulsations and other stellar-wind inhomogeneities. 相似文献
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Gaetano Zimbardo 《Planetary and Space Science》2011,59(7):468-1498
We propose a new model for explaining the observations of preferential heating of heavy ions in the polar solar corona. We consider that a large number of small scale shock waves can be present in the solar corona, as suggested by recent observations of polar coronal jets by the Hinode and STEREO spacecraft. The heavy ion energization mechanism is, essentially, the ion reflection off supercritical quasi-perpendicular collisionless shocks in the corona and the subsequent acceleration by the motional electric field E=−(1/c)V ×B. The acceleration due to E is perpendicular to the magnetic field, giving rise to large temperature anisotropy with T⊥?T∥, which can excite ion cyclotron waves. Also, heating is more than mass proportional with respect to protons, because the heavy ion orbit is mostly upstream of the quasi-perpendicular shock foot. The observed temperature ratios between O5+ ions and protons in the polar corona, and between α particles and protons in the solar wind are easily recovered. We also discuss the mechanism of heavy ion reflection, which is based on ion gyration in the magnetic overshoot of the shock. 相似文献
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The 850 K exospheric temperature inferred for Jupiter from the radio-occultation experiments on Pioneers 10 and 11 is shown to imply a heat input of 0.25–0.5 erg cm?2s?1. One possible source of this energy is precipitation of electrons from a warm plasma (temperature corresponding to energies of the order of 30–500 eV). A mechanism is suggested wherein the presence of this plasma can be accounted for by centrifugal acceleration and adiabatic compression of ionospheric electrons and protons. Present ideas of the source strength of ionospheric plasma, however, give heating rates that are too small by 1–2 orders of magnitude, although inferences from direct plasma measurements suggest that the required plasma is indeed present. 相似文献
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It is commonly believed that solar type II bursts are caused by accelerated electrons at a shock front. Holman and Pesses (1983) suggested that electrons creating type II bursts are accelerated by the shock drift mechanism. Zlobec et al. (1993) dealt with a fine structure of type II bursts (herringbones) and suggested a qualitative model where electrons are accelerated by a nearly perpendicular wavy shock front. Using this idea, we developed a model of electron acceleration by such a wavy shock front. Electrons are accelerated by the drift mechanism in the shock layer. Under simplifying assumptions it is possible to obtain an analytical solution of electron motion in the wavy shock front. The calculations show that electrons are rarely reflected more than once at the wavy shock front and that their final energy is mostly 1–3 times the initial one. Their acceleration does not depend significantly on shock spatial parameters. In the present model all electrons are eventually transmitted downstream where they form two downstream beams. Resulting spectral and angular distributions of accelerated electrons are presented and the relevance of the model to the herringbone beams is discussed. 相似文献
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We consider an expanding three-dimensional (3-D) piston as a driver of an MHD shock wave. It is assumed that the source-region surface accelerates over a certain time interval to achieve a particular maximum velocity. Such an expansion creates a large-amplitude wave in the ambient plasma. Owing to the nonlinear evolution of the wavefront, its profile steepens and after a certain time and distance a discontinuity forms, marking the onset of the shock formation. We investigate how the formation time and distance depend on the acceleration phase duration, the maximum expansion velocity (defining also acceleration), the Alfvén velocity (defining also Mach number), and the initial size of the piston. The model differs from the 1-D case, since in the 3-D evolution, a decrease of the wave amplitude with distance must be taken into account. We present basic results, focusing on the timing of the shock formation in the low- and high-plasma-beta environment. We find that the shock-formation time and the shock-formation distance are (1) approximately proportional to the acceleration phase duration; (2) shorter for a higher expansion velocity; (3) larger in a higher Alfvén speed environment; (4) only weakly dependent on the initial source size; (5) shorter for a stronger acceleration; and (6) shorter for a larger Alfvén Mach number of the source surface expansion. To create a shock causing a high-frequency type II burst and the Moreton wave, the source region expansion should, according to our results, achieve a velocity on the order of 1000 km?s?1 within a few minutes, in a low Alfvén velocity environment. 相似文献
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E.A. Dorfi 《Astrophysics and Space Science》2000,272(1-3):227-238
Supernova Remnants (SNRs) are the most likely sources of the galactic cosmic rays up to energies of about 1015 eV/nuc. The large scale shock waves of SNRs are almost ideal sites to accelerate particles up to these highly non-thermal
energies by a first order Fermi mechanism which operates through scattering of the particles at magnetic irregularities. In
order to get an estimate on the total amount of the explosion energy E
SNconverted into high energy particles the evolution of a SNR has to be followed up to the final merging with the interstellar
medium. This can only be done by numerical simulations since the non-linear modifications of the shock wave due to particle
acceleration as well as radiative cooling processes at later SNR stages have to be considered in such investigations. Based
on a large sample of numerical evolution calculations performed for different ambient densities n
ext, SN explosion energies, magnetic fields etc. we discuss the final ‘yields’ of cosmic rays at the final SNR stage where the
Mach number of the shock waves drops below 2. At these times the cosmic rays start to diffuse out of the remnant. In the range
of external densities of10-2 ≤ n
ext/[cm-3] ≤ 30 we find a the total acceleration efficiency of about 0.15 E
SN with an increase up to 0.24 E
SN at maximum for an external density of n
ext = 10 cm-3. Since for the larger ambient densities radiative cooling can reduce significantly the total thermal energy content of the
remnant dissipation of Alfvén waves can provide an important heating mechanism for the gas at these later stages. From the
collisions of the cosmic rays with the thermal plasma neutral pions are generated which decay subsequently into observable
γ-rays above 100 MeV. Hence, we calculate these γ-ray luminosities of SNRs and compare them with current upper limits of ground
based γ-raytelescopes. The development of dense shells due to cooling of the thermal plasma increases the γ-ray luminosities
and e.g. an external density of n
ext = 10 cm-3 with E
SN = 1051 erg can lead to a γ-ray flux above 10-6 ph cm-2 s-1 for a remnant located at a distance of 1 kpc.
This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
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S. P. Regan T. C. Sangster D. D. Meyerhofer K. Anderson R. Betti T. R. Boehly T. J. B. Collins R. S. Craxton J. A. Delettrez R. Epstein O. V. Gotchev V. Yu. Glebov V. N. Goncharov D. R. Harding P. A. Jaanimagi J. P. Knauer S. J. Loucks L. D. Lund J. A. Marozas F. J. Marshall R. L. Mccrory P. W. Mckenty S. F. B. Morse P. B. Radha W. Seka S. Skupsky H. Sawada V. A. Smalyuk J. M. Soures C. Stoeckl B. Yaakobi J. A. Frenje C. K. Li R. D. Petrasso F. H. SÉguin 《Astrophysics and Space Science》2005,298(1-2):227-233
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The effect of shock wave propagation is investigated with respect to precursor heating and acceleration, upstream, with the aim of explaining Supernova (SN) observations.A model is presented, where two different sources of Langmuir waves produce upstream heating and acceleration: (1) Langmuir waves excited by resonance beam particles, that are accelerated through the shock front by Bell's mechanism; and (2) Langmuir waves, created in the post-shock turbulent zone.The most important processes considered in the calculations are: (1) the heating efficiency of beam particles of different velocity; (2) Bell's acceleration efficiency; (3) the spectrum of Langmuir waves created in a turbulent regime; (4) the effects of density, and of the density gradient in the medium, where the shock propagates.The calculations are applied to type II SN. The results show that temperatures of 105–106 K, obtained in the preshock region, can explain P-Cygni observed line profiles. Moreover, accelerations of the plasma in front of the shock up tov108 cm s–1 by momentum exchange, are in good agreement with observations.Partially supported by Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Technológico (CNPq) and Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP). 相似文献
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We analyze particle acceleration processes in large solar flares, using observations of the August, 1972, series of large events. The energetic particle populations are estimated from the hard X-ray and γ-ray emission, and from direct interplanetary particle observations. The collisional energy losses of these particles are computed as a function of height, assuming that the particles are accelerated high in the solar atmosphere and then precipitate down into denser layers. We compare the computed energy input with the flare energy output in radiation, heating, and mass ejection, and find for large proton event flares that:
- The ～10–102 keV electrons accelerated during the flash phase constitute the bulk of the total flare energy.
- The flare can be divided into two regions depending on whether the electron energy input goes into radiation or explosive heating. The computed energy input to the radiative quasi-equilibrium region agrees with the observed flare energy output in optical, UV, and EUV radiation.
- The electron energy input to the explosive heating region can produce evaporation of the upper chromosphere needed to form the soft X-ray flare plasma.
- Very intense energetic electron fluxes can provide the energy and mass for interplanetary shock wave by heating the atmospheric gas to energies sufficient to escape the solar gravitational and magnetic fields. The threshold for shock formation appears to be ～1031 ergs total energy in >20 keV electrons, and all of the shock energy can be supplied by electrons if their spectrum extends down to 5–10 keV.
- High energy protons are accelerated later than the 10–102 keV electrons and most of them escape to the interplanetary medium. The energetic protons are not a significant contributor to the energization of flare phenomena. The observations are consistent with shock-wave acceleration of the protons and other nuclei, and also of electrons to relativistic energies.
- The flare white-light continuum emission is consistent with a model of free-bound transitions in a plasma with strong non-thermal ionization produced in the lower solar chromosphere by energetic electrons. The white-light continuum is inconsistent with models of photospheric heating by the energetic particles. A threshold energy of ～5×1030 ergs in >20 keV electrons is required for detectable white-light emission.
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Using particle aspect approach, the effect of multi-ions densities on the dispersion relation, growth rate, perpendicular resonant energy and growth length of electromagnetic ion cyclotron wave with general loss-cone distribution function in hot anisotropic multi-ion plasma is presented for auroral acceleration region. It is observed that higher He+ and O+ ions densities enhance the wave frequency closer to the H+ ion cyclotron frequency and growth rate of the wave. The differential heating of He+ ions perpendicular to the magnetic field is enhanced at higher densities of He+ ions. The waves require longer distances to achieve observable amplitude by wave-particle interactions mechanism as predicted by growth length. It is also found that electron thermal anisotropy of the background plasma enhances the growth rate and reduces the growth length of multi-ions plasma. These results are determined for auroral acceleration region. 相似文献
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Saku Tsuneta 《Solar physics》1982,113(1-2):35-48
Some X-class flares (hot thermal flares, HTF) observed with the Hinotori satellite show unique behavior: slow time variability, a compact hard X-ray source containing dense (n > 1011 cm–3) and hot (T > 3 × 107 K) plasma, and unusually weak microwave emission in spite of the intense magnetic field (B > 330 G) required theoretically to sustain the hot plasma. These observations show that HTF's have essentially thermal characteristics throughout the flare evolution, while in impulsive flares, there is a transition in the energy release mode from particle acceleration (impulsive phase) to plasma heating (gradual phase). This behavior can be explained in a unified manner by employing parallel DC electric field acting over large distances. 相似文献