A critical Mach number for electron injection in collisionless shocks

Details A critical Mach number for electron injection in collisionless shocks A critical Mach number for electron injection in collisionless shocks

2010-04-22

arxiv.org/abs/1004.3838v1

Phys.Rev.Lett.104:181102,2010

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena

4 pages, 2 figure, accepted for publication in Physical Review Letters

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.181102

Electron acceleration in collisionless shocks with arbitrary magnetic field orientations is discussed. It is shown that the injection of thermal electrons into diffusive shock acceleration process is achieved by an electron beam with a loss-cone in velocity space that is reflected back upstream from the shock through shock drift acceleration mechanism. The electron beam is able to excite whistler waves which can scatter the energetic electrons themselves when the Alfven Mach number of the shock is sufficiently high. A critical Mach number for the electron injection is obtained as a function of upstream parameters. The application to supernova remnant shocks is discussed.

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