Efficiency limits of diffusive shock acceleration

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2007-08-10

arxiv.org/abs/0708.1444v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

4 pages, 4 figures, proceedings of the 30th ICRC, Merida, Mexico 2007

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It is well accepted today that diffusive acceleration in shocks results to the cosmic ray spectrum formation. This is in principle true for non-relativistic shocks, since there is a detailed theory covering a large range of their properties and the resulting power-law spectrum, which is nevertheless not as efficient to reach the very high energies observed in the cosmic ray spectrum. On the other hand, the cosmic ray maximum energy and the resulting spectra from relativistic shocks, are still under investigation and debate concerning their contribution to the features of the cosmic ray spectrum and the measured, or implied, cosmic ray radiation from candidate astrophysical sources. Here, we discuss the efficiency of the first order Fermi (diffusive) acceleration mechanism up to relativistic shock speeds, presenting Monte Carlo simulations.

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