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arxiv: 1404.2104 · v2 · pith:SYVH5JN3new · submitted 2014-04-08 · 🌌 astro-ph.HE

Power requirements for cosmic ray propagation models involving re-acceleration and a comment on second order Fermi acceleration theory

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keywords accelerationmodelspowerre-accelerationcosmicfermiorderpropagation
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We derive an analytic expression for the power transferred from interstellar turbulence to the Galactic cosmic rays in propagation models which include re-acceleration. This is used to estimate the power required in such models and the relative importance of the primary acceleration as against re-acceleration. The analysis provides a formal mathematical justification for Fermi's heuristic account of second order acceleration in his classic 1949 paper.

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