Shock drift acceleration of pickup protons at corotating interaction regions

Authors
Citation
Sv. Chalov, Shock drift acceleration of pickup protons at corotating interaction regions, J GEO R-S P, 106(A9), 2001, pp. 18667-18675
Citations number
41
Categorie Soggetti
Space Sciences
Journal title
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SPACE PHYSICS
ISSN journal
21699380 → ACNP
Volume
106
Issue
A9
Year of publication
2001
Pages
18667 - 18675
Database
ISI
SICI code
0148-0227(20010901)106:A9<18667:SDAOPP>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
It has been demonstrated recently that the diffusive shock acceleration the ory based on the assumption that the velocity distribution function of part icles is close to isotropy is incapable of explaining observed spectra of i ons accelerated at shocks in corotating interaction regions. In the present paper the shock drift acceleration of protons suffering multiple reflectio ns at shock fronts is studied as applied to the forward and reverse shocks detected at Ulysses on day 20, 1993, and on day 22, 1993. The velocity dist ribution function is considered to be anisotropic near the shock fronts, an d the magnetic moment of particles is supposed to be an adiabatic invariant which is valid in the case of weak scattering.