Whence particle acceleration

Details Whence particle acceleration Whence particle acceleration

2009-06-05

arxiv.org/abs/0906.1087v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena

Proceedings of the meeting ``070228 - The Next Decade of GRB Afterglows'' held March 19-23, 2007 in Amsterdam

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We discuss how the electrons in relativistic GRB shocks can reach near-equipartition in energy with the protons. We emphasize the non-Fermi origin of such acceleration. We argue that the dynamics of the electrons in the foreshock region and at the shock front plays an important role. We also demonstrate that PIC simulations can directly probe this physics in the regimes relevant to GRBs.

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