Mar 26–28, 2025
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
America/Toronto timezone

Particle Acceleration in Magnetically-Dominated Turbulence

Mar 28, 2025, 2:30 p.m.
15m
PI/4-405 - Bob Room (Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics)

PI/4-405 - Bob Room

Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

60
Contributed Talk

Speaker

Rostom Mbarek

Description

Building on recent advancements in understanding particle transport in magnetized media, we present a first-principles scaling law for the formation of non-thermal tails in particle spectra within mildly and strongly magnetized turbulent plasmas. This scaling is validated using results from kinetic Particle-In-Cell simulations, which show excellent agreement with our theoretical predictions. Finally, we discuss the astrophysical implications of these findings, particularly for the proton spectra in the coronae of supermassive black holes.

Presenter's Name Rostom Mbarek
Presenter's Email Address [email protected]
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Primary author

Rostom Mbarek

Co-author

Sasha Philippov

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