Energy Spectrum Of Nonthermal Electrons Accelerated At A Plane Shock

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2011-02-15

arxiv.org/abs/1102.3109v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena

10 pages with 5 figures, submitted to Journal of Korean Astronomical Society

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We calculate the energy spectra of cosmic ray (CR) protons and electrons at a plane shock with quasi-parallel magnetic fields, using time-dependent, diffusive shock acceleration (DSA) simulations, including energy losses via synchrotron emission and Inverse Compton (IC) scattering. A thermal leakage injection model and a Bohm type diffusion coefficient are adopted. The electron spectrum at the shock becomes steady after the DSA energy gains balance the synchrotron/IC losses, and it cuts off at the equilibrium momentum p_{eq}. In the postshock region the cutoff momentum of the electron spectrum decreases with the distance from the shock due to the energy losses and the thickness of the spatial distribution of electrons scales as p^{-1}. Thus the slope of the downstream integrated spectrum steepens by one power of p for p_{br}

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