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SYPA: Energetic Particle Acceleration in Space and Laboratory

SYPA 1: Particle Acceleration

SYPA 1.1: Invited Talk

Wednesday, April 1, 2009, 17:00–17:30, Zahnklinik

Particle acceleration in astroparticle physics — •Reinhard Schlickeiser — Institut für Theoretische Physik, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum

Observations of the photon radiation at TeV energies from cosmic particle accelerators by the H.E.S.S. and MAGIC air Cherenkov telescopes require extreme conditions on the efficiency and quickness of cosmic particle acceleration mechanisms. The main types of electromagnetic acceleration mechanisms are reviewed with special emphasis on their individual strengths and weaknesses.