Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Scientific paper
2009-08-19
ApJ, 707, 1541 (2009)
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
10 pages, 5 figures, ApJ accepted
Scientific paper
We propose a model for Diffusive Shock Acceleration (DSA) in which stochastic magnetic fields in the shock precursor are generated through purely fluid mechanisms of a so-called small-scale dynamo. This contrasts with previous DSA models that considered magnetic fields amplified through cosmic ray streaming instabilities; i.e., either by way of individual particles resonant scattering in the magnetic fields, or by macroscopic electric currents associated with large-scale cosmic ray streaming. Instead, in our picture, the solenoidal velocity perturbations that are required for the dynamo to work are produced through the interactions of the pressure gradient of the cosmic ray precursor and density perturbations in the inflowing fluid. Our estimates show that this mechanism provides fast growth of magnetic field and is very generic. We argue that for supernovae shocks the mechanism is capable of generating upstream magnetic fields that are sufficiently strong for accelerating cosmic rays up to around 10^16 eV. No action of any other mechanism is necessary.
Beresnyak Andrey
Jones Thomas W.
Lazarian Alex
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