Shock acceleration of electrons in the presence of synchrotron losses: I. test particle theory

Details Shock acceleration of electrons in the presence of synchrotron losses: I. test particle theory Shock acceleration of electrons in the presence of synchrotron losses: I. test particle theory

2009-12-10

arxiv.org/abs/0912.2053v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena

Manuscript accepted for publication in MNRAS

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We discuss a semi-analytical solution of the transport equation for electrons at a non-relativistic shock in the presence of synchrotron energy losses. We calculate the spectrum of accelerated (test) particles at any point upstream and downstream of the shock for an arbitrary diffusion coefficient and we specialize the results to three cases: 1) diffusion constant in momentum ($D(p)=D_{0}$), 2) Bohm diffusion ($D(p)\propto p$), and 3) Kolmogorov diffusion ($D(p)\propto p^{1/3}$). Of special importance is the determination of the shape of the cutoff in the electron spectrum which depends on the diffusion properties felt by particles in the shock region. The formalism can be generalized to the case of a shock with an upstream precursor induced by the dynamical reaction of accelerated particles.

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