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Cosmic ray acceleration in hydromagnetic flux tubes

Abstract:
We find that hydromagnetic flux tubes in back-flows in the lobes of radio galaxies offer a suitable environment for the acceleration of cosmic rays (CR) to ultra-high energies. We show that CR can reach the Hillas (1984) energy even if the magnetized turbulence in the flux tube is not sufficiently strong for Bohm diffusion to apply. First-order Fermi acceleration by successive weak shocks in a hydromagnetic flux tube is shown to be equivalent to second-order Fermi acceleration by strong turbulence.
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Published
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Peer reviewed

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10.1093/mnras/stz1604

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University of Oxford
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MPLS Division
Department:
Physics
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Institution:
University of Oxford
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MPLS Division
Department:
Physics
Sub department:
Astrophysics
Department:
ASTROPHYSICS
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0000-0002-3493-7737
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS Division
Department:
Physics
Sub department:
Astrophysics
Role:
Author


Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Journal:
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society More from this journal
Volume:
487
Issue:
4
Pages:
4571–4579
Publication date:
2019-06-19
Acceptance date:
2019-05-31
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EISSN:
1365-2966
ISSN:
0035-8711


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pubs:1010695
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uuid:a3003585-339b-41c9-8966-4eaf96b3cf72
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pubs:1010695
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1010695
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2019-06-20

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