Cosmology seminar - Cosmic rays and relativistic shock acceleration in extragalactic jets: Numerical simulations

by Dr Athina Meli (Université de Liège)

Friday 27 Apr 2012, 14:00 → 15:00 Europe/Brussels

E/3rd floor-E.349 - Seminar room (E.349) (Marc de Hemptinne (chemin du Cyclotron, 2, Louvain-la-Neuve))

The particle shock acceleration mechanism is invoked to explain non-thermal cosmic rays in Supernova Remnants, Active Galactic Nuclei and Gamma Ray Bursts jets. The importance of relativistic shock acceleration mechanism and the production of very high energy cosmic rays in extragalactic sources, is a recurring theme raising a significant interest in the research community. I will overview the cosmic ray shock acceleration mechanism theory, and will address the properties of non-relativistic and relativistic individual and multiple shocks in Active Galactic Nuclei jets, focusing on simulation studies.