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Observation of energetic electrons within magnetic islands

Daly, P. W.; Khotyaintsev, Y.; Vaivads, A. +10 more

Magnetic reconnection is the underlying process that releases impulsively an enormous amount of magnetic energy in solar flares , flares on strongly magnetized neutron stars and substorms in the Earth's magnetosphere. Studies of energy release during solar flares, in particular, indicate that up to 50% of the released energy is carried by accelera…