We calculate the structure of a relativistic shock wave in which the internal energy of the shocked fluid is radiated away on a time scale much shorter than the characteristic shock propagation time. The shock is assumed to move through a uniformly magnetized, neutral plasma consisting of protons, electrons, and positrons, and allowance is made for the possible production of electron/positron pairs in the shock itself. The radiation mechanism is taken to be synchrotron and inverse-Compton emission (the latter involving both synchrotron-produced and externally supplied seed photons) by the electrons and positrons. We simplify the discussion by considering a shock in which the magnetic field is transverse to the direction of propagation and f...
(Abridged) We consider the interaction of a relativistically-moving shell, composed of thermal photo...
Aims. This paper introduces a kinetic code that simulates gamma-ray burst (GRB) af...
We consider the synchrotron emission from relativistic shocks assuming that the radiating electrons ...
Relativistic shocks accelerate particles by the first order Fermi mechanism. These particles then em...
We study the dynamics of relativistic electromagnetic explosions as a possible mechanism for the pro...
Plasma instabilities excited in collisionless shocks are responsible for particle acceleration, gene...
We present a theory of ultrarelativistic collisionless shocks based on the relativistic kinetic two-...
Nonthermal radiation observed from astrophysical systems containing relativistic jets and shocks, e....
Evidence suggests that gamma-ray burst (GRB) ejecta are likely magnetized, although the degree of ma...
(Abridged): We study the collision of magnetized irregularities (shells) in relativistic outflows in...
Observations of both gamma-ray burst sources and certain classes of active galaxy indicate the prese...
The idea that cosmic relativistic jets are magnetically driven Poynting-dominated flows has many att...
The common observational feature of Pulsar Wind Nebulae (PWNe), gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), and AGN jet...
We report the results of 1D particle-in-cell simulations of ultrarelativistic shock waves in proton-...
Nonthermal radiation observed from astrophysical systems containing relativistic jets and shocks, e....
(Abridged) We consider the interaction of a relativistically-moving shell, composed of thermal photo...
Aims. This paper introduces a kinetic code that simulates gamma-ray burst (GRB) af...
We consider the synchrotron emission from relativistic shocks assuming that the radiating electrons ...
Relativistic shocks accelerate particles by the first order Fermi mechanism. These particles then em...
We study the dynamics of relativistic electromagnetic explosions as a possible mechanism for the pro...
Plasma instabilities excited in collisionless shocks are responsible for particle acceleration, gene...
We present a theory of ultrarelativistic collisionless shocks based on the relativistic kinetic two-...
Nonthermal radiation observed from astrophysical systems containing relativistic jets and shocks, e....
Evidence suggests that gamma-ray burst (GRB) ejecta are likely magnetized, although the degree of ma...
(Abridged): We study the collision of magnetized irregularities (shells) in relativistic outflows in...
Observations of both gamma-ray burst sources and certain classes of active galaxy indicate the prese...
The idea that cosmic relativistic jets are magnetically driven Poynting-dominated flows has many att...
The common observational feature of Pulsar Wind Nebulae (PWNe), gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), and AGN jet...
We report the results of 1D particle-in-cell simulations of ultrarelativistic shock waves in proton-...
Nonthermal radiation observed from astrophysical systems containing relativistic jets and shocks, e....
(Abridged) We consider the interaction of a relativistically-moving shell, composed of thermal photo...
Aims. This paper introduces a kinetic code that simulates gamma-ray burst (GRB) af...
We consider the synchrotron emission from relativistic shocks assuming that the radiating electrons ...