Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Feb 2004
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004a%26a...414..463v&link_type=abstract
Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.414, p.463-474 (2004)
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Instabilities, Turbulence, Galaxies: Bl Lacertae Objects: General, Gamma Rays: Theory, Shock Waves
Scientific paper
We investigate the spatial structure of collisionless collision fronts in relativistic outflows interacting with ambient material. As a result of the interaction, ambient particles are picked up by the outflow and generate transverse plasma waves via streaming instabilities. Pick-up particle transport under the influence of self-generated turbulence inside such interaction regions is studied. We extend our previous momentum space modeling to include also a spatial dimension. We find that the following possibilities are consistent with quasi-linear equations of particle transport and wave generation: (i) if background waves have small intensities inside the outflow region, leading to inefficient scattering across the pitch-angle, θ, of 90o, particles are isotropized in the backward hemisphere (relative to the outflow velocity vector) and self-generated waves have a steep, ∝ k-3 wavenumber spectrum; (ii) if background waves have large intensities, enabling particles to cross θ=90o, particles can be fully isotropized. In case (i), however, the calculated self-generated wave amplitudes are close to the magnitude of the ordered field for reasonable choices of model parameters, giving the particles a chance to be scattered across the resonance gap by non-resonant processes. If the resonance gap is filled, a large fraction of the pick-up particles is expected to return to the upstream region, and an ultra-relativistic shock wave is predicted to form in front of the outflow, where the two relativistic particle populations (ambient and reflected) mix and form a relativistic plasma. Reflection of pick-up protons decreases the π0-decay luminosity of relativistic outflows, leading to a need to update parameters of previous modeling. An example of outflow parameters reproducing typical TeV-blazar observations is presented.
Appendices A and B are only available in electronic form at http://www.edpsciences.org
Pohl Mario
Schlickeiser Reinhard
Vainio Rami
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