Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1995-12-03
(1996) ApJ, 56, L87
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
14 pages, plain TeX, accepted to Ap.J.Lett
Scientific paper
10.1086/309873
Many extended extragalactic radio sources require a local {\it in situ\/} acceleration mechanism for electrons, in part because the synchrotron lifetimes are shorter than the bulk travel time across the emitting regions. If the magnetic field in these sources is localized in flux tubes, reconnection may occur between regions of plasma $\be$ (ratio of particle to magnetic pressure) $<<1$, even though $\beta$ averaged over the plasma volume may be $\gsim 1$. Reconnection in low $\beta$ regions is most favorable to acceleration from reconnection shocks. The reconnection X-point regions may provide the injection electrons for their subsequent non-thermal shock acceleration to distributions reasonably consistent with observed spectra. Flux tube reconnection might therefore be able to provide $in\ situ$ acceleration required by large scale jets and lobes.
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