Radiative losses and cut-offs of energetic particles at relativistic shocks

Details Radiative losses and cut-offs of energetic particles at relativistic shocks Radiative losses and cut-offs of energetic particles at relativistic shocks

2007-04-02

arxiv.org/abs/0704.0168v1

Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.378:625-634,2007

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

10 pages, 23 figures and 2 tables. Accepted for publication by MNRAS.

Scientific paper

10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.11800.x

We investigate the acceleration and simultaneous radiative losses of electrons in the vicinity of relativistic shocks. Particles undergo pitch angle diffusion, gaining energy as they cross the shock by the Fermi mechanism and also emitting synchrotron radiation in the ambient magnetic field. A semi-analytic approach is developed which allows us to consider the behaviour of the shape of the spectral cut-off and the variation of that cut-off with the particle pitch angle. The implications for the synchrotron emission of relativistic jets, such as those in gamma ray burst sources and blazars, are discussed.

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