Particle Acceleration in Astrophysical Plasmas
Geospace and Beyond
Geophysical Monograph Series (Series Nr. 156)
1. Edition January 2005
278 Pages, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 156.
Space is dominated by plasma and a myriad of physical processes through which it has been evolving for billions of years. In our effort to understand what the universe has been and what it will become, we turn to the nature of matter, space, and the various interactions that change this environment. Our contact with the remote regions of the universe is dominated by the photons and high-energy particles produced there long ago, with light often the result of physical processes that involve particles accelerated to high energy. Developing our knowledge of particle acceleration across all spatial scales and energies is one of the keys to understanding the evolving universe. It is also the subject of this book.
D. L. Gallagher, J. L Horwitz, J. D. Perez, R. D. Preece, and J.J. Quenby vii
Introduction to Particle Acceleration in the Cosmos
D. L. Gallagher, J. L. Horwitz, J. D. Perez, and J. J.Quenby 1
Shock Acceleration
Diffusive Shock Acceleration in Astrophysics
J. J. Quenby and A. Meli 9
On Bow Shock Source of Cusp Energetic Ions
Shen-Wu Chang and Karlheinz J. Trattner 21
Generation of Diamagnetic Cavities at the Bow Shock by IonKinetic Effects
Yu Lin 31
Diffusive Compression Acceleration
Joe Giacalone, Jack R. Jokipii, and Jozsef Kota 41
Particle Acceleration and Transport at CME-Driven Shocks: A CaseStudy
Gang Li, G. P. Zank, M. I. Desai, G M. Mason, and W.K.M.Rice 51
Cosmic Ray Acceleration at Relativistic Shock Waves With a"Realistic" Magnetic Field Structure
Jacek Niemiec and Michal Ostrowski 59
Kinetics of Particles in Relativistic Collisionless Shocks
Mikhail V. Medvedev, Luis O. Silva, Ricardo A. Fonseca, J. W.Tonge, and Warren B. Mori 65
Studies of Relativistic Shock Acceleration
A. Meli and J. J. Quenby 71
Energy Spectra of Energetic Ions Around Quasi-ParallelShocks
T. Sugijama, M. Fujimoto, and H. Matsumoto 87
Particle Acceleration in Shell Supernova Remnants: ObservationalEvidence
Stephen P. Reynolds 97
Waves and Turbulence Acceleration Overview: ParticleAcceleration by Waves and Turbulence
Robert Y. Lysak 107
The Connection Between Parallel Electric Fields and IonAcceleration in Astrophysical Plasmas
F.J. Lund 109
Simulation Study of Beam-Plasma Interaction and AssociatedAcceleration of Background Ions
X. Y. Wang and Y. Lin 117
Particle Acceleration and Current Disruption From theCross-Field Current Instability
Anthony T. Y. Lui 125
Magnetic Energy Storage and Stochastic Acceleration
The Role of Electron Acceleration in Quick ReconnectionTriggering
Masaki Fujimoto and Iku Shinohara 139
The Hall Current System for Magnetic Reconnection in theMagnetotail
T. Nagai and M. Fujimoto 149
Plasma Acceleration due to Transition Region Reconnection
J. Buchner, B. Nikutowski, and A. Otto 161
RHESSI Observations of Particle Acceleration in SolarFlares
R. P. Lin 171
Magnetohydrodynamic Analysis of the January 20, 2001, CME-CMEInteraction Effect
A. H. Wang, S. T. Wu, and N. Gopalswamy 185
The Quadrupole as a Source of Cusp Energetic Particles: I.General Considerations
Robert B. Sheldon, Theodore A. Fritz, and Jiasheng Chen197
Adiabatic, Diffusive, and Double Layer Acceleration
Electron Phasespace Density Analysis Based on Test-ParticleSimulations of Magnetospheric
Compression Events
Jennifer L. Cannon and Xinlin Li 205
Parameterization of Ring Current Adiabatic Energization
M. W. Liemohn and G. V. Khazanov 215
Interrelation Among Double Layers, Parallel Electric Fields, andDensity Depletions
Nagendra Singh 231
Acceleration and Outflow of Matter From Celestial Objects
Rickard Lundin, Stanislav Barabash, and Anatol Guglielmi249
Studies of Exotic Acceleration Processes and FundamentalPhysics
Exotic Acceleration Processes and Fundamental Physics
Giovanni Amelino-Camelia 265
Improving Limits on Planck-Scale Lorentz Symmetry TestTheories
Giovanni Amelino-Camelia 269
Spectral Evolution of Two High-Energy Gamma-Ray Bursts
Yuki Kaneko, Robert D. Preece, Maria Magdalena Gonzalez, BrendaL. Dingus, and Michael S. Briggs 275
