Abstract
We have investigated particle acceleration and emission from shocks and shear
flows associated with an unmagnetized relativistic jet plasma propagating into
an unmagnetized ambient plasma. Strong electro-magnetic fields are generated in
the jet shock via the filamentation (Weibel) instability. Shock field strength
and structure depend on plasma composition ((\$e^\pm\$ or \$e^-\$- \$p^+\$ plasmas)
and Lorentz factor. In the velocity shear between jet and ambient plasmas,
strong AC (\$e^\pm\$ plasmas) or DC (\$e^-\$- \$p^+\$ plasmas) magnetic fields are
generated via the kinetic Kelvin-Helmholtz instability (kKHI), and the magnetic
field structure also depends on the jet Lorentz factor. We have calculated,
self-consistently, the radiation from electrons accelerated in shock generated
magnetic fields. The spectra depend on the jet's initial Lorentz factor and
temperature via the resulting particle acceleration and magnetic field
generation. Our ongoing "Global" jet simulations containing shocks and velocity
shears will provide us with the ability to calculate and model the complex time
evolution and/or spectral structure observed from gamma-ray bursts, AGN jets,
and supernova remnants.
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