Acceleration Mechanisms

Abstract

Glossary I. Background and context of the subject II. Stochastic acceleration III. Resonant scattering IV. Diffusive shock acceleration V. DSA at multiple shocks VI. Applications of DSA VII. Acceleration by parallel electric fields VIII. Other acceleration mechanisms IX. Future directions X. Appendix: Quasilinear equations XI. Bibliography

To be published in Meyers, Robert (Ed.) Encyclopedia of complexity and systems science, Springer review completed late 2007