OPTICS & PHOTONICS International Congress 2024

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HEDS2024 » Oral Presentation

Collisionless Shock 4

Fri. Apr 26, 2024 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM 311+312 (Pacifico Yokohama Conference Center)

Session Chair: Frederico Fiúza (IST)

9:25 AM - 9:50 AM

[HEDS11-02(Invited)] Particle Acceleration Upstream of Relativistic Collisionless Shocks

*Masanori Iwamoto1, Takanobu Amano2, Yosuke Matsumoto3, Shuichi Matsukiyo4, Masahiro Hoshino2 (1. Kyoto University, 2. The University of Tokyo, 3. Chiba University, 4. Kyushu University)

Particle acceleration at relativistic collisionless shocks is studied by particle-in-cell simulations. We demonstrate that efficient particle acceleration occurs in the upstream and that nonthermal ions and electrons are generated. We discuss the detailed acceleration mechanism and estimate the maximum attainable energy.

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