Physics of relativistic shocks

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2009-09-17

arxiv.org/abs/0909.3309v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena

Subm. to proceedings of the Annual International Astrophysics Conference (AIAC-8), Hawaii, 2009

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Relativistic shocks are usually thought to occur in violent astrophysical explosions. These collisionless shocks are mediated by a plasma kinetic streaming instability, often loosely referred to as the Weibel instability, which generates strong magnetic fields "from scratch" very efficiently. In this review paper we discuss the shock micro-physics and present a recent model of "pre-conditioning" of an initially unmagnetized upstream region via the cosmic-ray-driven Weibel-type instability.

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