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Particle acceleration and nonthermal radiation in space plasmas

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Acceleration processes for fast particles in astrophysical and space plasmas are reviewed with emphasis on stochastic acceleration by MHD turbulence and on acceleration by shock waves. Radiation processes in astrophysical and space plasmas are reviewed with emphasis on plasma emission from the solar corona and electron cyclotron maser emission from planets and stars.

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Melrose, D.B. Particle acceleration and nonthermal radiation in space plasmas. Astrophys Space Sci 242, 209–246 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00645114

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