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The Heating of Thermal Electrons in Fast Collisionless Shocks: The Integral Role of Cosmic Rays
Cara E. Rakowski, J. Martin Laming, Parviz Ghavamian
Understanding the heating of electrons to quasi-thermal energies at collisionless shocks has broad implications for plasma astrophysics. It directly impacts the interpretation of X…
A Physical Relationship Between Electron-Proton Temperature Equilibration and Mach Number in Fast Collisionless Shocks
Parviz Ghavamian, J. Martin Laming, Cara E. Rakowski
The analysis of Balmer-dominated optical spectra from non-radiative (adiabatic) SNRs has shown that the ratio of the electron to proton temperature temperature at the blast wave is…
[Ne V] Imaging of N49 in the Large Magellanic Cloud
Cara E. Rakowski, John C. Raymond, Andrew H. Szentgyorgyi
We present sub-arcsecond imaging in [Ne V] of N49, the brightest optical SNR in the LMC. Between the "cool" optical and "hot" X-ray regimes, [Ne V] emission indicates intermediate…
Extraordinarily Hot X-ray Emission from the 09 Emission Line Star HD 119682
C. E. Rakowski, N. S. Schulz, S. J. Wolk +1
We present new optical and X-ray observations to show that the X-ray source 1 WGA J1346.5--6255 previously associated with the SNR G309.2--0.6 can be unequivocally identified with…
Cosmic Ray Acceleration at the Forward Shock in Tycho's Supernova Remnant: Evidence from Chandra X-ray Observations
J. S. Warren, J. P. Hughes, C. Badenes +7
We present evidence for cosmic ray acceleration at the forward shock in Tycho's supernova remnant (SNR) from three X-ray observables: (1) the proximity of the contact discontinuity…
Electron-Ion Temperature Equilibration at Collisionless Shocks in Supernova Remnants
Cara E. Rakowski
The topic of this review is the current state of our knowledge about the degree of initial equilibration between electrons, protons and ions at supernova remnant (SNR) shocks. Spec…