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Reacceleration of Relativistic Electrons by Turbulent Alfvén Waves in Radio Jets

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

D.-Y. Wang  and
Y. Ma
D.-Y. Wang
Affiliation:
Purple Mountain Observatory, Nanjing, 210008, China
Y. Ma
Affiliation:
Purple Mountain Observatory, Nanjing, 210008, China

Abstract

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Relativistic electrons may be effectively accelerated by turbulent Alfvén waves in radio jets. The acceleration spectrum is a power law with the electron energy as high as γ ~ 106, but the spectrum index is ~ 1.2 in the condition of diffusion approximation, which is less than the observation value.

Type
Part II: Posters
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 195: Highly Energetic Physical Processes and Mechanisms , 2000 , pp. 439 - 441
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2000 

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