Large-scale electron acceleration by parallel electric fields during magnetic reconnection
DOI: 10.1038/nphys2249
Bibcode: 2012NatPh...8..321E
Egedal, J.; Daughton, W.; Le, A.
United States
Abstract
Magnetic reconnection is a process by which the field lines of a magnetized plasma undergo dramatic realignment, releasing large amounts of energy. Large-scale simulations of reconnection events in the Earth's magnetosphere suggest that this process takes place over much greater distances than previously expected.
2012
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Nature Physics
Cluster
194