Editors:
- Presents a comprehensive and up-to-date review of particle acceleration over the complete range of accelerated particles observed in the near-Earth space to those originating in the most distant parts of the Universe
- Reviews observations of accelerated populations from the magnetosphere to extragalactic scales
- Covers the complete range of topics in the field from space physics to astrophysics
- Written by a rare and unique collection of experts
Part of the book series: Space Sciences Series of ISSI (SSSI, volume 45)
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About this book
The review articles collected in this volume present a critical assessment of particle acceleration mechanisms and observations from suprathermal particles in the magnetosphere and heliosphere to high-energy cosmic rays, thus covering a range of energies over seventeen orders of magnitude, from 103 eV to 1020 eV. The main themes are observations of accelerated populations from the magnetosphere to extragalactic scales and assessments of the physical processes underlying particle acceleration in different environments (magnetospheres, the solar atmosphere, the heliosphere, supernova remnants, pulsar wind nebulae and relativistic outflows). Several contributions review the status of shock acceleration in different environments and also the role of turbulence in particle acceleration. Observational results are compared with modelling in different parameter regimes. The book concludes with contributions on the status of particle acceleration research and its future perspectives.
This volume is aimed at graduate students and researchers active in astrophysics and space science.
Previously published in Space Science Reviews journal, Vol. 173 Nos. 1-4, 2012.
Keywords
- Auroral Acceleration Reviewed
- Flare Acceleration Reviewed
- Heliospheric Energetic Particles
- Magnetic Field Magnification
- Magnetospheric Particles
- Particle Acceleration Mechanisms
- Radiation Belt Particles
- Relativistic Outflows
- Shock Acceleration Modelling
- Supernova Remnant Particle Acceleration
- Termination Shock Acceleration
Editors and Affiliations
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The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, Berkhamsted, United Kingdom
André Balogh
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Ioffe Institute of Physics &Technology, Russian Academy of Sciences, St.Petersburg, Russia
Andrei Bykov
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Space Sciences Lab, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, USA
Robert P. Lin
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Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophys, Cambridge, USA
John Raymond
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Max Planck Institute, Garching, Germany
Manfred Scholer
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Particle Acceleration in Cosmic Plasmas
Editors: André Balogh, Andrei Bykov, Robert P. Lin, John Raymond, Manfred Scholer
Series Title: Space Sciences Series of ISSI
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-6454-9Published: 11 January 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-9426-4Published: 25 June 2015
Series ISSN: 1385-7525
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 640
Additional Information: Originally published in Space Science Reviews, Volume 173, 2012