Collisionless Shocks -- Magnetic Field Generation and Particle Acceleration

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2003-03-16

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0303360v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Proceedings from 1st NBSI on "Beams and Jets in Gamma Ray Bursts", held at NBIfAFG/NORDITA, Copenhagen, Denmark, August, 2002

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We present numerical results from plasma particle simulations of collisionless shocks and ultra-relativistic counter-streaming plasmas. We demonstrate how the field-particle interactions lead to particle acceleration behind the shock-front. Further, we demonstrate how ultra relativistic counter-streaming plasmas create large scale patchy magnetic field structures and that these field structures propagate down-stream of the shock front. These results may help explain the origin of the magnetic fields and accelerated electrons responsible for afterglow synchrotron radiation from gamma ray bursts.

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