Simulation of Relativistic Shocks and Associated Self-consistent Radiation

Journal Article · Fri Oct 15 00:00:00 EDT 2010 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3509279· OSTI ID:21426614

Nishikawa, K -I; Mizuno, Y ^[1]; Niemiec, J ^[2]; Medvedev, M ^[3]; Zhang, B ^[4]; Hardee, P ^[5]; Nordlund, A ring; Frederiksen, J ^[6]; Sol, H ^[7]; Pohl, M ^[8]; Hartmann, D H ^[9]; Fishman, G J ^[10]

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1. National Space Science and Technology Center, Huntsville, AL 35805 (United States)
2. Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, ul. Radzikowskiego 152, 31-342 Krakow (Poland)
3. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kansas, KS 66045 (United States)
4. Department of Physics, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV 89154 (United States)
5. Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 (United States)
6. Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Juliane Maries Vej 30, 2100 Copenhagen Oe (Denmark)
7. H. SolLUTH, Observatore de Paris-Meudon, 5 place Jules Jansen, 92195 Meudon Cedex (France)
8. Institue of Physics and Astronomy, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse 24/25 14476 Potsdam-Golm (Germany)
9. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634 (United States)
10. NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL 35805 (United States)

We calculated radiation from electrons propagating in a uniform parallel magnetic field to verify our technique. We also used our new technique to calculate emission from electrons in small simulation systems with three different Lorentz factors and ambient parallel magnetic fields. We obtained spectra which are consistent with those generated by electrons propagating in turbulent magnetic fields, that are generated at an early nonlinear stage of the Weibel instability.

• OSTI ID: 21426614
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1279, Issue 1; Conference: Conference on deciphering the ancient universe with gamma-ray bursts, Kyoto (Japan), 19-23 Apr 2010; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3509279; (c) 2010 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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