Shock-Wave and Plasma-Pinch Mechanisms of Galactic Cosmic-Ray Production

Journal Article · Fri Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2005 · Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1134/1.2010672· OSTI ID:20702534

Trubnikov, B A ^[1]

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1. Russian Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, pl. Kurchatova 1, Moscow, 123182 (Russian Federation)

Based on recent discoveries, we show that it is appropriate to complement the standard shock-wave model for the production of galactic cosmic rays by a plasma-pinch model. The latter describes well the production of high-energy cosmic rays, yields a simple formula for their intensity, and allows the threshold pattern of the knee-type kink in the secondary particle spectrum and a number of unusual phenomena observed above the threshold to be explained.

• OSTI ID: 20702534
• Journal Information: Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics, Vol. 101, Issue 1; Other Information: Translated from Zhurnal Ehksperimental'noj i Teoreticheskoj Fiziki, ISSN 0044-4510, 128, 183-192 (No. 1, 2005); DOI: 10.1134/1.2010672; (c) 2005 Pleiades Publishing, Inc; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); TN:; ISSN 1063-7761
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
ASTROPHYSICS
COSMIC RAY SOURCES
COSMIC RAY SPECTROMETERS
ENERGY SPECTRA
PLASMA
SHOCK WAVES