Speaker
Jakub Gazdoš
Description
Synchrotron radio emission has been detected from jet termination regions of young stars, indicating the presence of relativistic electrons. Non-thermal electrons are most probably accelerated through the Fermi I acceleration. However, thermal electrons in the jet are not energetic enough to traverse the shock. This brings up the need for an electron pre-acceleration mechanism. We perform Particle-in-Cell (PIC) simulations of these astrophysical shocks to study the Shock Surfing Acceleration (SSA) mechanism. We will present preliminary results of 1D simulations of perpendicular shocks in electron-proton weakly magnetised plasma.
Authors
Anabella Teresa Araudo
Jakub Gazdoš
Jan Benáček
Michelle Tsirou
(Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences (FZU))