Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Feb 1984
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Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 277, Feb. 1, 1984, p. 429-434. NASA-supported research.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
84
Energetic Particles, Galactic Cosmic Rays, Particle Acceleration, Shock Waves, Compression Ratio, Energy Spectra, High Energy Interactions, Hydrodynamic Equations, Particle Diffusion, Particle Flux Density
Scientific paper
Cosmic-ray-mediated shocks may accelerate enough cosmic rays to high enough energies that they escape the shock, carrying an appreciable amount of energy before being convected to downstream infinity. Under such conditions, it is noted, the overall compression ratio cannot be determined from the conservation equations as in conventional hydrodynamic treatments, and the standard equations for shock acceleration admit arbitrarily high compression ratios. A procedure is outlined for obtaining the structure of high Mach number, cosmic-ray-mediated shocks, including their overall compresion ratio, around a low Mach number viscous subshock. Analytic solutions are obtained by quardrature for an energy-dependent diffusion coefficient in the limit of extreme sensitivity to energy, which, unlike previous solutions, include the finite thermal pressure of the preshock gas.
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