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Physics Letters A

Volume 346, Issues 1–3, 10 October 2005, Pages 163-167
Physics Letters A

Relativistic surfing acceleration of ions at oblique shocks

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Abstract

It was shown in [M.A. Lee, V.D. Shapiro, R.Z. Sagdeev, J. Geophys. Res. 101 (1996) 4777] that one of the limits to the shock surfing acceleration of ions at quasiperpendicular shocks is because of the obliqueness of the shock wave. In this Letter, a critical obliqueness is found for the relativistic shock wave, below which the energy gain of the particle due to the shock surfing acceleration is not limited by the obliqueness of the shock wave.

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Acknowledgements

We would like to express our gratitude to Dr. Timothy Shy for his help in preparation of our manuscript.

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