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Whence particle acceleration
M. V. Medvedev, A. Spitkovsky
We discuss how the electrons in relativistic GRB shocks can reach near-equipartition in energy with the protons. We emphasize the non-Fermi origin of such acceleration. We argue th…
Extreme Astrophysics with Neutron Stars
Dong Lai, Marten van Kerkwijk, Jon Arons +11
We highlight recent theoretical and observational progress in several areas of neutron star astrophysics, and discuss the prospect for advances in the next decade.
Life Cycles of Magnetic Fields in Stellar Evolution
D. Uzdensky, J. Arons, S. Balbus +5
This is a white paper submitted to the Stars and Stellar Evolution (SSE) Science Frontier Panel (SFP) of the NRC's Astronomy and Astrophysics 2010 Decadal Survey. The white paper i…
Radiative cooling in relativistic collisionless shocks. Can simulations and experiments probe relevant GRB physics?
Mikhail V. Medvedev, Anatoly Spitkovsky
We address the question of whether numerical particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations and laboratory laser-plasma experiments can (or will be able to, in the near future) model realistic…
Magnetic field evolution in relativistic unmagnetized collisionless shocks
Uri Keshet, Boaz Katz, Anatoly Spitkovsky +1
We study relativistic unmagnetized collisionless shocks using unprecedentedly large particle-in-cell simulations of two-dimensional pair plasma. High energy particles accelerated b…