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ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Volume 706, Issue 1, Pages 38-44Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/706/1/38
Keywords
acceleration of particles; cosmic rays; methods: numerical; shock waves; supernova remnants; turbulence
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Funding
- National Science Foundation [PHY05-51164]
- MNiSW [N N203 393034]
- The Foundation for Polish Science
- Iceland
- Liechtenstein
- Norway through the EEA Financial Mechanism
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Efficient acceleration of cosmic rays (via the mechanism of diffusive shock acceleration) requires turbulent, amplified magnetic fields in the shock's upstream region. We present results of multidimensional particle-in-cell simulations aimed at observing the magnetic field amplification that is expected to arise from the cosmic-ray current ahead of the shock, and the impact on the properties of the upstream interstellar medium. We find that the initial structure and peak strength of the amplified field are somewhat sensitive to the choice of parameters, but that the field growth saturates in a similar manner in all cases: the back-reaction on the cosmic rays leads to modification of their rest-frame distribution and also a net transfer of momentum to the interstellar medium, substantially weakening their relative drift while also implying the development of a modified shock. The upstream medium becomes turbulent, with significant spatial fluctuations in density and velocity, the latter in particular leading to moderate upstream heating; such fluctuations will also have a strong influence on the shock structure.
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