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2004ApJ...617L..37H - Astrophys. J., 617, L37-L40 (2004/December-2)

Filamentary jets as a cosmic-ray ``Zevatron''.

HONDA M. and HONDA Y.S.

Abstract (from CDS):

Strong, anisotropic turbulence reflecting magnetized filaments is considered, to model the diffusive acceleration of particles by shock waves in active galactic nucleus jets. We address that at knot A of the nearby M87 jet, the shock involving the filamentary turbulence can accelerate an iron nucleus to zetta-eV (ZeV; 10²¹ eV) ranges. A smaller value of the particle diffusion coefficient is found to be essential to achieve a ZeV cosmic-ray accelerator, a ``Zevatron.''

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Journal keyword(s): Acceleration of Particles - Galaxies: Individual: Messier Number: M87 - Galaxies: Jets - Magnetic Fields - Methods: Analytical - Shock Waves

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