The Trapping of Cosmic Rays Around Supernovae by Plasma Instabilities.

Abstract

Cosmic rays escaping from supernova as sources set up hydromagnetic instabilities. The instabilities can trap the cosmic rays in the neighborhood of the supernova until they are adiabatically decompressed. The importance of these instabilities for theories of supernova origin of cosmic rays are discussed.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA019767

Entities

People

  • Ellen Zweibel
  • Russell Kulsrud

Organizations

  • Princeton University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cosmic Rays
  • Instability
  • Plasma Instabilities
  • Supernovae

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.