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Astrophysical Jets from accreting Black Holes

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II.2 Diffusive shock acceleration<br />

● What is the average momentum gain when crossing the shock<br />

front?<br />

p shockfront=p1 U1 v pdownstream=p1 U 1−U 2<br />

<br />

v<br />

1<br />

〈 p〉=p∫ 0<br />

[ U 1−U 2<br />

v<br />

]2d = 2<br />

3 p U 1−U 2<br />

v

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