TY - JOUR
T1 - Interaction of the electromagnetic precursor from a relativistic shock with the upstream flow – II. Induced scattering of strong electromagnetic waves
AU - Lyubarsky, Yuri
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by the grant I-1362-303.7/2016 from the German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 The Author(s) Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society
PY - 2019/11/21
Y1 - 2019/11/21
N2 - This is the second in the series of papers aiming to study interaction of the electromagnetic precursor waves from relativistic shocks with the upstream flow. Here, I consider the induced scattering of strong waves. In such a wave, the electrons oscillate with relativistic velocities therefore, the scattering generally occurs in harmonics of the incident wave. I show that the induced scattering occurs predominantly in the first harmonics. I also show that even though in the weak case regime, the induced scattering rate is proportional to the intensity of the incident wave, in the strong wave case, the rate decreases as the wave amplitude grows.
AB - This is the second in the series of papers aiming to study interaction of the electromagnetic precursor waves from relativistic shocks with the upstream flow. Here, I consider the induced scattering of strong waves. In such a wave, the electrons oscillate with relativistic velocities therefore, the scattering generally occurs in harmonics of the incident wave. I show that the induced scattering occurs predominantly in the first harmonics. I also show that even though in the weak case regime, the induced scattering rate is proportional to the intensity of the incident wave, in the strong wave case, the rate decreases as the wave amplitude grows.
KW - Radiation mechanisms: non-thermal
KW - Relativistic processes
KW - Scattering
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85075256976&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1093/mnras/stz2712
DO - 10.1093/mnras/stz2712
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85075256976
VL - 490
SP - 1474
EP - 1478
JO - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
JF - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
SN - 0035-8711
IS - 1
ER -