Relativistic Shocks and Ultra High Energy Cosmic Ray Origin
arXiv:astro-ph/0407531 · doi:10.1393/ncb/i2005-10120-6
Abstract
The current status of the theory of particle acceleration at relativistic shocks is presented, and a few possible scenarios for ultra-high-energy cosmic ray production at such shocks are briefly discussed.
arXiv commentProceedings of the Vulcano Workshop 2004 "Frontier Objects in Astrophysics and Particle Physics", F. Giovannelli & G. Mannocchi (eds.), Italian Physical Society, Editrice Compositori, Bologna, Italy (in press) (13 pages, 2 figures)