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arxiv: astro-ph/0207159 · v1 · submitted 2002-07-08 · 🌌 astro-ph

On particle acceleration in turbulent shear boundary layers of relativistic jets

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We discuss processes accelerating cosmic ray electrons at boundaries of relativistic jets. The resulting spectrum is expected to posses two characteristic components: a power-law distribution at lower energies and a harder high energy component preceding the high energy cut-off. An example of high energy spectrum from such electron distribution is presented, including the synchrotron and the inverse-Compton components. A characteristic feature of the synchrotron spectrum of such electrons is its highest frequency part which occurs above the power-law fitted to the low frequency spectral range.

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