SPRG Seminars

May 10, 2011:

" Electron Acceleration at Shocks: Geotail Observations "

Mitsuo Oka, Space Science Laboratory, University of California at Berkeley

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The standard model of cosmic ray electron acceleration  requires electrons to be pre-accelerated to mildy relativistic  energies. As such, the Earth's bow shock and interplanetary  shocks are excellent natural laboratories for the study of  electron acceleration by (at least non-relativistic) shocks. In  this seminar talk, I will present Geotail results with particular  emphasis on its possible relationship with whistler waves. I  will also present a brief review on related theories and  discuss what we can expect from THEMIS/ARTEMIS observations.