Optical and UV Diagnostics of Supernova Remnant Shocks

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Oct 2001

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Space Science Reviews, v. 99, Issue 1/4, p. 209-218 (2001).

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The relatively faint optical and UV emission from non-radiative shock waves provides diagnostics for processes related to cosmic ray acceleration in collisionless shocks. Emission line profiles and intensities can be used to determine the efficiencies of electron-ion and ion-ion thermal equilibration, which influence the population of fast particles injected into the acceleration process. It is found that T_e/T_p declines with shock speed and that T_i is roughly proportional to mass in fast shocks. Important information about cosmic ray precursors may be available, but the interpretation is still somewhat ambiguous. The compression ratios in shocks which efficiently accelerate cosmic rays are predicted to be substantially larger than the factor of 4 expected for a strong shock in a γ = 5/3 perfect gas, and some limits may be available from observations.

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