Particle acceleration in three-dimensional reconnection regions: A new test particle approach

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作者
Schopper, R [1 ]
Birk, GT
Lesch, H
机构
[1] Univ Alaska, Inst Geophys, Fairbanks, AK 99775 USA
[2] Univ Toronto, Dept Astron, Toronto, ON M5S 1A7, Canada
[3] LMU Univ, Inst Astron & Astrophys, D-81679 Munich, Germany
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10.1063/1.873696
中图分类号
O35 [流体力学]; O53 [等离子体物理学];
学科分类号
070204 ; 080103 ; 080704 ;
摘要
Magnetic Reconnection is an efficient and fast acceleration mechanism by means of direct electric field acceleration parallel to the magnetic field. Thus, acceleration of particles in reconnection regions is a very important topic in plasma astrophysics. In this paper we show that the conventional analytical models and numerical test particle investigations can be misleading concerning the energy distribution of the accelerated particles, since they oversimplify the electric field structure by the assumption that the field is homogeneous. These investigations of the acceleration of charged test particles are extended by considering three-dimensional field configurations characterized by localized field-aligned electric fields. Moreover, effects of radiative losses are discussed. The comparison between homogeneous and inhomogeneous electric field acceleration in reconnection regions shows dramatic differences concerning both, the maximum particle energy and the form of the energy distribution. (C) 1999 American Institute of Physics. [S1070-664X(99)01811-X].
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页码:4318 / 4327
页数:10
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