by Colby Haggerty | Jan 22, 2024 | Uncategorized
G. Zacharegkas, D. Caprioli, C. C. Haggerty, S. Gupta and B. Schroer Abstract: The nonresonant streaming instability (Bell instability) plays a pivotal role in the acceleration and confinement of cosmic rays (CRs); yet, the exact mechanism responsible for its...
by Colby Haggerty | Jan 22, 2024 | shocks
C.C. Haggerty, D. Caprioli, P.A. Cassak, M.H. Barbhuiya, L. Wilson III, D. Turner Abstract: Collisionless plasma shocks are a common feature of many space and astrophysical systems and are sources of high-energy particles and non thermal emission, channeling as much...
by Colby Haggerty | Jan 22, 2024 | magnetic reconnection
R. Mbarek, C.C. Haggerty, L. Sironi, M.A. Shay, and D. Caprioli Abstract: We derive basic scaling equations for relativistic magnetic reconnection in the general case of asymmetric inflow conditions and obtain predictions for the outflow Lorentz factor and the...
by Colby Haggerty | Jan 22, 2024 | shocks
A. Johlander, M. Battarbee, A. Vaivads, L. Turc, Y. Pfau-Kempf, U. Ganse, M. Grandin, M. Dubart, Yu. V. Khotyaintsev, D. Caprioli, C. Haggerty, S. J. Schwartz, B. L. Giles, M. Palmroth Abstract: Collisionless shocks are some of the most efficient particle accelerators...