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KINETICS OF COSMIC RAYS
(V.A.DOGIEL)

  • Propagation of cosmic rays in interstellar medium
    • Boltzmann equation in diffusive medium
    • Fokker-Planck equation
    • Diffusive approximation
    • Particle diffusion in random electromagnetic fields
    • Resonant scattering of particles by MHD-waves
    • Particle drain from the galaxy, galactic halo
  • Cosmic rays acceleration processes
    • Fermi acceleration
    • Formal kinetic equation derivation for acceleration in diffusive medium
    • Formation of power-law spectra
    • Shockwave acceleration of particles
    • Shockwave front structure subject to feedback from accelerated particles
    • Shockwave structure influence on spectral characteristics of accelerated particles
  • Number of accelerated particles; injection processes
    • Injection energy
    • Flux of accelerated particles; “runaway” particles
    • Paradoxes of interpretation of x-ray spectra of subrelativistic electrons of cosmic rays
  • Theory of cosmic rays origin
    • Diffusive and convective models of propagation
    • Theory of galactic wind
    • Local and global characteristics of cosmic rays; paradoxes of interpretation
    • Formation of chemical composition of cosmic rays in interstellar medium and its correct interpretation
    • Theory of origin of gamma and radio radiation of the galaxy
    • Peculiarities of kinetic equation for electronic component of cosmic rays
     
  • LITERATURE:
    1. V.L. Ginzburg, S.I. Syrovatsky. Origin of Cosmic Rays
    2. I.N. Toptygin. Cosmic Rays in Interstallar Magnetic Fields
    3. V.L. Berezinsky, S.V. Bulanov, V.L. Ginzburg, V.A. Dogiel, V.S. Ptuskin. Astrophysics of Cosmic Rays

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