Diffusive shock acceleration and magnetic field amplification

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 173, Issue 1-4, 2012, Pages 491-519

  Schure, K M ^a   Bell, A R ^a   O'C Drury, L ^c   Bykov, A M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c DUBLIN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Acceleration of particles; Cosmic rays; Instabilities

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION OF PARTICLES; DIFFUSIVE SHOCK ACCELERATIONS; HIGH-ENERGY ELECTRON; LENGTH SCALE; MAGNETIC FIELD AMPLIFICATION; MULTIPLE SHOCKS; PARTICLE ACCELERATION;

COSMIC RAYS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; STABILITY;

AMPLIFICATION;

EID: 84869492636     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: 15729672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11214-012-9871-7     Document Type: Review

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