A new hypothesis of cosmic ray generation in plasma pinches

A new hypothesis of cosmic ray generation in plasma pinches

A hypothesis for the birth of galactic cosmic rays in cosmic plasma pinches resulting from neck-type contractions that force plasma to jet outward is presented. It is shown that the accelerated particle energy, E, has a power law dependency dN/dE approximately E/sup -s/ with index s=1+ square root 3...

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Veröffentlicht in:IEEE transactions on plasma science 1992-12, Vol.20 (6), p.898-904
1. Verfasser: Trubnikov, B.A.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Acceleration
Atmosphere
Atomic measurements
Cosmic rays
Current
Laboratories
Neck
Plasma accelerators
Surface tension
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Zusammenfassung:A hypothesis for the birth of galactic cosmic rays in cosmic plasma pinches resulting from neck-type contractions that force plasma to jet outward is presented. It is shown that the accelerated particle energy, E, has a power law dependency dN/dE approximately E/sup -s/ with index s=1+ square root 3=2.732 at the moment of neck breaking or pinch disruption. This value coincides with an observed galactic cosmic ray index s=2.7. This result corroborates other evidence for the existence of electric currents in cosmic plasma.< >
ISSN:0093-3813
1939-9375
DOI:10.1109/27.199547