Particle acceleration at collisionless shocks: An overview

Journal Article · Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2005 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2032692· OSTI ID:20719178

Zank, G P; Gang, Li; Webb, G M; Le Roux, J A; Florinski, V; Ao, X; Rice, W K.M. ^[1]

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1. Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521 (United States)

An overview of shock acceleration is presented, focusing primarily on interplanetary shocks and the termination shock as examples. An extended discussion of recent advances in modeling real solar energetic particle (SEP) and energetic storm particle (ESP) events is presented. When the energy of accelerated particles becomes very large, their back reaction on the flow can result in a shock that is significantly mediated, and as an example, we consider some results for the termination shock.

• OSTI ID: 20719178
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 781, Issue 1; Conference: 4. annual IGPP international astrophysics conference, Palm Springs, CA (United States), 26 Feb - 3 Mar 2005; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2032692; (c) 2005 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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