Electron acceleration by a wavy shock front: details on angular distribution

0361493 - ASÚ 2012 RIV GB eng C - Conference Paper (international conference)
Vandas, Marek - Karlický, Marian
Electron acceleration by a wavy shock front: details on angular distribution.
Advances in Plasma Astrophysics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011 - (Bonanno, A.), s. 201-203. IAU Symposium Proceedings Series, IAU S274. ISBN 9780521197410. ISSN 1743-9213.
[Symposium of the International Astronomical Union /274./. Giardini Naxos (IT), 06.09.2010-10.09.2010]
R&D Projects: GA AV ČR(CZ) IAA300030805; GA ČR GA205/09/0170
Grant - others:EU(XE) ESA-PECS project No. 98068
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z10030501
Keywords : acceleration of particles * shock waves * solar corona
Subject RIV: BN - Astronomy, Celestial Mechanics, Astrophysics

We studied numerically electron acceleration by a perpendicular wavy shock. Distribution function of accelerated electrons is highly anisotropic, with many sharp peaks. The peaks are caused by (usually single) reflections of electrons by the shock and subsequent transmission.
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