Energetic Particle Acceleration in the Heliosphere

被引:5
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作者
Fisk, L. A. [1 ]
Gloeckler, G. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Michigan, Dept Atmospher Ocean & Space Sci, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
Heliosphere; Heliosheath; Particle Acceleration; STOCHASTIC ACCELERATION; SOLAR-WIND; DISTRIBUTIONS; HELIOSHEATH;
D O I
10.1063/1.4723598
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
There has been a remarkable discovery in the heliosphere. Ions accelerated in disparate plasma conditions - the quiet solar wind, disturbed conditions downstream from shocks, and throughout the heliosheath - all have the same spectrum, a power law with spectral index of -5 when expressed as a distribution function. An acceleration mechanism has been developed that can account for these observations, a pump mechanism, in which particles are pumped out of a core distribution through a series of compressions and expansions. The derivation of the governing equation of the pump mechanism and some important subtleties in the derivation are discussed.
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页码:116 / 123
页数:8
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