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| Titel |
Particle acceleration at a reconnecting magnetic separator |
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James Threlfall, Thomas Neukirch, Clare Parnell, Solmaz Eradat Oskoui |
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EGU General Assembly 2014
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Artikel
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Englisch
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PDF |
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In: GRA - Volume 16 (2014) |
| Datensatznummer |
250096907
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 EGU/EGU2014-12439.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
| We present first results of test particle orbit calculations in a time-dependent electro-magnetic field configuration which models separator reconnection in three dimensions. The test particle orbits are calculated using the relativistic guiding-centre approximation. The test particles are accelerated to high kinetic energies by the parallel electric field generically associated with three-dimensional magnetic reconnection, with the final energy depending on the choice of model parameters. We will discuss how the test-particle orbits and the energy gain depend on the initial conditions, and how observations (for example, of solar flares) may be used to constrain our model parameters. |
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