2 papers
astro-ph.HE2024
Electron-Ion Temperature Ratio in Transrelativistic Unmagnetized Shock Waves
Arno Vanthieghem, Vasileios Tsiolis, Frederico Fiuza +3
Weakly magnetized shock waves are paramount to a large diversity of environments, including supernova remnants, blazars, and binary-neutron-star mergers. Understanding the distribu…
astro-ph.HE2024
Electron heating in high Mach number collisionless shocks
Arno Vanthieghem, Vasileios Tsiolis, Anatoly Spitkovsky +3
The energy partition in high Mach number collisionless shock waves is central to a wide range of high-energy astrophysical environments. We present a new theoretical model for elec…