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

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 4318-4327

  Schopper, Rüdiger ^a   Birk, Guido T ^b   Lesch, Harald ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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EID: 0012668575     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.873696     Document Type: Article

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