Relativistic collisionless shocks in unmagnetized electron-positron plasmas

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 668, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 974-979

  Kato, Tsunehiko N ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acceleration of particles; Instabilities; Magnetic fields; Plasmas; Shock waves

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949185739     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/521297     Document Type: Article

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