Magnetic Field Amplification and Saturation by Turbulence in A Relativistic Shock Propagating through An Inhomogeneous Medium

Mizuno, Y.; Pohl, M.; Niemiec, J.; Zhang, B.; Nishikawa, K.I.; Hardee, P.E.

doi:10.1051/eas/1361025

Magnetic Field Amplification and Saturation by Turbulence in A Relativistic Shock Propagating through An Inhomogeneous Medium

2013

3 pages

Part of Proceedings, Gamma-Ray Burst Symposium 2012 : 15 years of Gamma-Ray Bursts afterglows: progenitors, environments and host galaxies from the nearby to the early Universe : Marbella, Spain, October 8-12, 2012, 173-175

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EAS Publ.Ser. 61 (2013) 173-175

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Gamma-Ray Burst Symposium 2012, 173-175

Published: 2013

DOI:

10.1051/eas/1361025

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Abstract: (EDP Sciences)

We perform two-dimensional relativistic magnetohydrodynamic simulations of a mildly relativistic shock propagating through an inhomogeneous medium. Simulation results show that the postshock region becomes turbulent owing to preshock density inhomogeneity, and the magnetic field is strongly amplified due to the stretching and folding of field lines in the turbulent velocity field. The amplified magnetic field evolves into a filamentary structure in two-dimensional simulations. The magnetic energy spectrum is flatter than the Kolmogorov spectrum and indicates that the so-called small-scale dynamo is occurring in the postshock region.

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