Acceleration mechanics in relativistic shocks by the weibel instability

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 642, Issue 2 I, 2006, Pages 1267-1274

  Nishikawa, K I ^a   Hardee, P E ^b   Hededal, C B ^c   Fishman, G J ^d  

^a NATIONAL SPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceleration of particles; Instabilities; Plasmas; Shock waves

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746093897     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/501426     Document Type: Article

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