Courses ¨
THEORY OF COSMIC RADIATION
(V.A. Dogel)

  1. Description of radiation. Electromagnetic waves in a plasma.
  2. Longitudinal waves in a plasma. Dispersion equations for cold and hot plasma.
  3. Ion-sound waves. Transverse waves in a cold plasma. Dispersion equation.
  4. Magnetized plasma. Distribution of left and right-polarized waves.
  5. Polarization. Propagation of high frequency waves in magnetized plasmas.
  6. Faraday rotation of the plane of polarization. Waves of intermediate and low frequencies. Electron-cyclotron and ion cyclotron waves.
  7. Alfven waves. Rotation of the plane of polarization of alfven waves.
  8. The transfer equation. Losses of energy to radiation in the general case. The overall formula.
  9. Dipole, quadrupole and magnitodipolnoe radiation.
  10. Cherenkov radiation. Thomson scattering.
  11. The dynamics of radiation of relativistic particles. The overall formula. Ionization losses. Relativistic and nonrelativistic limits.
  12. Brake losses. Relativistic and nonrelativistic limits.
  13. Synchrotron losses. Relativistic and nonrelativistic limits.
  14. Emissions of particles together. Linear and circular polarization.
  15. Bend radiation in strong magnetic fields. Compton emission and losses.
  16. Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect. Astrophysical applications.
 
  • REFERENCES
    1. V.L. Ginzburg, S.I. Syrovatsky. The origin of cosmic rays. M. : Nauka, 1964
    2. V.L. Ginzburg. Propagation of electromagnetic waves in a plasma. M. : Nauka, 1967
    3. N. Krall and A. Trivelpiece. Fundamentals of plasma physics. M. : Nauka, 1975
    4. V.L. Ginzburg Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics. M. : Nauka, 1987
    5. V.V. Zheleznyakov. Radiation in astrophysical plasma. M. : Janus-K, 1997
    6. V.L. Berezinsky, S.V. Bulanov, V.L. Ginzburg, V.A. Dogel, V.S. Ptuskin. Astrophysics of cosmic rays. M. : Nauka, 1990

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