The role of three-dimensional effects on ion injection and acceleration in perpendicular shocks
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| author | Orusa, Luca Caprioli, Damiano Sironi, Lorenzo Spitkovsky, Anatoly |
| author_facet | Orusa, Luca Caprioli, Damiano Sironi, Lorenzo Spitkovsky, Anatoly |
| contents | Understanding the conditions that enable particle acceleration at non-relativistic collisionless shocks is essential to unveil the origin of cosmic rays. We employ 2D and 3D hybrid simulations (with kinetic ions and fluid electrons) to explore particle acceleration and magnetic field amplification in non-relativistic perpendicular shocks, focusing on the role of shock drift acceleration and its dependence on the shock Mach number. We perform an analysis of the ion injection process and demonstrate why efficient acceleration is only observed in 3D. In particular, we show that ion injection critically depends on the "porosity" of the magnetic turbulence in the downstream region near the shock, a property describing how easily the post-shock region allows particles to traverse it and return upstream without being trapped. This effect can only be properly captured in 3D. Additionally, we explore the impact of numerical resolution on ion energization, highlighting how resolving small-scale turbulence -- on scales below the thermal ion gyroradius -- is essential for accurately modeling particle injection. Overall, our results emphasize the necessity of high-resolution 3D simulations to capture the fundamental microphysics driving particle acceleration at perpendicular shocks. |
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| spellingShingle | The role of three-dimensional effects on ion injection and acceleration in perpendicular shocks Orusa, Luca Caprioli, Damiano Sironi, Lorenzo Spitkovsky, Anatoly High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Plasma Physics Understanding the conditions that enable particle acceleration at non-relativistic collisionless shocks is essential to unveil the origin of cosmic rays. We employ 2D and 3D hybrid simulations (with kinetic ions and fluid electrons) to explore particle acceleration and magnetic field amplification in non-relativistic perpendicular shocks, focusing on the role of shock drift acceleration and its dependence on the shock Mach number. We perform an analysis of the ion injection process and demonstrate why efficient acceleration is only observed in 3D. In particular, we show that ion injection critically depends on the "porosity" of the magnetic turbulence in the downstream region near the shock, a property describing how easily the post-shock region allows particles to traverse it and return upstream without being trapped. This effect can only be properly captured in 3D. Additionally, we explore the impact of numerical resolution on ion energization, highlighting how resolving small-scale turbulence -- on scales below the thermal ion gyroradius -- is essential for accurately modeling particle injection. Overall, our results emphasize the necessity of high-resolution 3D simulations to capture the fundamental microphysics driving particle acceleration at perpendicular shocks. |
| title | The role of three-dimensional effects on ion injection and acceleration in perpendicular shocks |
| topic | High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Plasma Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.13436 |