Journal of The Korean Astronomical Society (천문학회지)
- Volume 34 Issue 4
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- Pages.289-291
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- 2001
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- 1225-4614(pISSN)
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- 2288-890X(eISSN)
Hydrodynamic approach to cosmic ray acceleration
- KO CHUNG-MING (Department of Physics, Institute of Astronomy and Center of Complex Systems, National Central University)
- Published : 2001.12.01
Abstract
To study the structure and dynamics of a cosmic-ray-plasma system, hydrodynamic approach is a fairly good approximation. In this approach, there are three basic energy transfer mechanisms: work done by the plasma flow against pressure gradients, cosmic ray streaming instability and stochastic acceleration. The interplay between these mechanisms gives a range of structures. We present some results of different version of the hydrodynamic approach, e.g., flow structure, injection, instability, acceleration with and without shocks.
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