دورية أكاديمية
Acceleration of Electrons and Ions by an 'Almost' Astrophysical Shock in the Heliosphere
| العنوان: | Acceleration of Electrons and Ions by an 'Almost' Astrophysical Shock in the Heliosphere |
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| المؤلفون: | Immanuel Christopher Jebaraj, Oleksiy Agapitov, Vladimir Krasnoselskikh, Laura Vuorinen, Michael Gedalin, Kyung-Eun Choi, Erika Palmerio, Nicolas Wijsen, Nina Dresing, Christina Cohen, Athanasios Kouloumvakos, Michael Balikhin, Rami Vainio, Emilia Kilpua, Alexandr Afanasiev, Jaye Verniero, John Grant Mitchell, Domenico Trotta, Matthew Hill, Nour Raouafi, Stuart D. Bale |
| المصدر: | The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Vol 968, Iss 1, p L8 (2024) |
| بيانات النشر: | IOP Publishing, 2024. |
| سنة النشر: | 2024 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Astrophysics |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Interplanetary shocks, Solar energetic particles, Solar coronal mass ejection shocks, Interplanetary particle acceleration, Astrophysics, QB460-466 |
| الوصف: | Collisionless shock waves, ubiquitous in the Universe, are crucial for particle acceleration in various astrophysical systems. Currently, the heliosphere is the only natural environment available for their in situ study. In this work, we showcase the collective acceleration of electrons and ions by one of the fastest in situ shocks ever recorded, observed by the pioneering Parker Solar Probe at only 34.5 million km from the Sun. Our analysis of this unprecedented, near-parallel shock shows electron acceleration up to 6 MeV amidst intense multiscale electromagnetic wave emissions. We also present evidence of a variable shock structure capable of injecting and accelerating ions from the solar wind to high energies through a self-consistent process. The exceptional capability of the probe’s instruments to measure electromagnetic fields in a shock traveling at 1% the speed of light has enabled us, for the first time, to confirm that the structure of a strong heliospheric shock aligns with theoretical models of strong shocks observed in astrophysical environments. This alignment offers viable avenues for understanding astrophysical shock processes and the self-consistent acceleration of charged particles. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 2041-8213 2041-8205 |
| Relation: | https://doaj.org/toc/2041-8205 |
| DOI: | 10.3847/2041-8213/ad4daa |
| URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/779073aee96d4f7bb89e6601e659bc0a |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsdoj.779073aee96d4f7bb89e6601e659bc0a |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
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| DOI: | 10.3847/2041-8213/ad4daa |